John Cena is regarded as one of the best when it comes to cutting a promo, whether he's cutting down opponents, explaining the story, or getting the crowd on his side.
Shelton Benjamin is among those who believe Cena is top tier on the mic.
"John Cena, to me, is the best promo in wrestling. I use Cena because he's still one of the faces of pro wrestling, but he's also from my class. He's always been a guy, when he talks, he can win over anybody. You put him in any situation, I don't care what it is, it can be as ridiculous or as serious as you want, he makes it work. I remember sitting back and watching him and going, 'How does he do that?' The one time I spoke and asked him about it, he was like, 'I'm a nerd. I just sit at home and talk to myself in the mirror.' This is what he said back in OVW. Hindsight is always 20/20. When he said that to me, I'm like, 'Sit and talk to yourself in the mirror? What?' I didn't realize that was a breadcrumb and I didn't pick up on it. Later, even Vince McMahon, he was kind of coaching me one time and he was saying, 'You go in, talk to yourself in the mirror.' Again, I was like, 'Talk to yourself in the mirror?' It was another breadcrumb. When he said it, I got it a little more, but I still wasn't fully committed to the idea. Those are situations where I dropped the ball," Shelton recalled on Energis podcast.
Elsewhere during the podcast, Shelton discussed a potential future in acting. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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