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John Cena divided opinion during his run as the star of the company. Eventually, fans have come to respect him as one of the all-time greats of pro wrestling. A former WWE star who started in the company nearly during the same time as Cena recently gave his opinion on the Hollywood star. Maven Huffman recently created and posted an interesting video on his YouTube channel. In the video, we can see the former wrestler rating the WWE stars that he has known and worked with over the years.

Somewhere around halfway into the video, we see Huffman revealing Cena’s photograph. This indicated that he would give his opinions on the Hollywood star next. What he said about the WWE legend could appear shocking to a number of fans.

Attitude era star doesn’t consider John Cena a ‘good worker’

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In his YouTube video, Maven rated and discussed a number of WWE stars. His opinion of John Cena was enough detailed from his own point of view. This is because Maven met Cena back in the day when the latter was working at OVW. At the same time, Maven was training under WWE’s other developmental territory, called HWA (Heartland Wrestling Association). The two crossed paths when HWA would arrive at OVW to tape their matches.

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He began by saying, “I don’t think he’s [John Cena] the best worker. Well, I don’t think he’s a good worker. But then again, I don’t think I’m a good worker,” said the former wrestler. Then, Maven further added, “Crazy enough though, I actually think he’s a better actor than he is a wrestler.

Recalling his HWA days, ever since he saw Cena in action, Huffman noticed something about him, “I always thought he threw the funniest-looking punch ever.” However, coming to terms with the legend’s success in the wrestling world, he also said, “But I guess when you’re coming up with wristbands and hats and shirts and everything that every little kid wants, you don’t have to throw the best punch in the world.

Since his HWA days, Maven served WWE and its audience for a good amount of time before finally leaving in 2005. However, he did leave behind some interesting moments to look back. For example, the time he had eliminated The Undertaker in the Royal Rumble.

The time Maven conquered The Undertaker through a clean trick

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During the Royal Rumble of 2002, The Phenom entered the match as one of the favorites. But a rookie Maven caused perhaps one of the biggest upsets in Royal Rumble history. As The Undertaker was busy clearing the ring, Maven took this opportunity to kick Taker out of the ring, thus eliminating him,

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The 46-year-old couldn’t believe himself back then, that he had sent ‘The Deadman’ flying out of the ring. His celebration was also cut short when Taker came back to show him who is the bigger boss out of the two and threw him out of the ring. Although later it was realized that The Undertaker had messed up that part of the performance, it’s still one of Maven’s top moments from WWE.

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