John Cena Shares That He Put Moves Into Matches Suggested By Make A Wish Kids

John Cena talks Make A Wish.

While many pro wrestlers in WWE have commonly fulfilled wishes for Make A Wish children, no WWE superstar has been more giving with his visits than John Cena, so much so that a few years ago, Guinness World Records would acknowledge Cena’s work with the foundation.

While speaking to PEOPLE in a new interview where Cena was shown multiple pictures from throughout his wrestling and acting career, Cena spoke about the wishes he has granted.

“I’m so grateful for the time I’ve been able to spend on Make-A-Wish. I’m even more grateful that my fellow superstars, my coworkers, and my colleagues now look at it as an aspirational thing. Because they’re only going to want to meet John Cena for a little bit. The reason I just drop what I’m doing in that environment to do whatever I can is because the experience can truly make a difference. To talk with the family is just like I’m talking right now. You get to kit them up for the night. You get to give them stuff that, like, I came to see this person. Well, here’s all the stuff I have. With me, it’s a great lineup because it’s my ring gear. I’m not giving them, like, a T-shirt that looks like me in wrestling tights. I’m like, ‘hey, this is the stuff I’m going to wear. Here, here you go.’ Then I’ll ask him for advice. Like, ‘oh, you should do this move.’ I’ll just go put it in the match. Because we’re entertainment. I think that’s the absolute magic of sports entertainment. No one in the audience knows that that young person was like, hey, ‘I want you to do this move’, and it will seamlessly be put into the performance. But it will affect both of us on a plane that’s indescribable.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Cena spoke about trying to find somewhere he could get wrestling training, noting that schools were mythical to him. You can read more about that here.

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