John Cena on NXT, His Catchphrase Origins, and His Pick for Top WWE Stars

Last week’s MegaCon event in Orlando, Florida included John Cena as a guest holding a Q&A fan session. Some of the topics discussed during Cena’s fan session included if he would like to compete in NXT, the origins of his “You Can’t See Me” catchphrase, and his choices for top stars of WWE’s worldwide expansion plans.

On the topic of if he would like to compete in NXT, Cena stated he has worked with the brand in the past but would love the opportunity to be able to perform on NXT’s television show one day.

“Did I? Have I made an official appearance on NXT TV? When was that? I know I was on NXT in the arena after their show. They were kind enough… I wasn’t good enough to make television that night. They had me in what is called a non-televised appearance and I figure if I work real hard then maybe I can get a televised match on NXT. I would love to be on the television show. I’ve been around the superstars of RAW and SmackDown for a long time. I recently went to the Performance Center and spoke to the NXT superstars for six hours in a form like this where I answered their questions and I was so inspired, by how hard they work, and how hungry they are, that it made me want to perform with them so one day I hope I can actually perform on an NXT television show.”

On the topic of the origins of his “You Can’t See Me” catchphrase, Cena stated his youngest brother was the main inspiration after being dared into doing a dance.

“I didn’t’ know what else to say, and I figured if I could somehow master a superpower it would give me an advantage over all my competition. So I worked in a sorcery type manner to master the power of invisibility. The truth behind that statement is my youngest brother dared me to do a dance similar to [*Does the You Can’t See Me gesture*] this on television, and I’m a sucker for a dare, and I didn’t want to blatantly rip off the dance so I just changed the move and did that, and I realized how ridiculous I looked when I did that, so I felt I should say something, and what came out was, ‘You Can’t See Me’, which was even more ridiculous.”

On the topic of who he would pick to be the top stars of WWE’s worldwide expansion plans, Cena mentioned Cesaro as his choice to be the top star to represent Europe and WWE’s European plans.

“No, no, that’s kind of an inside track question but we’re in front of the right audience. Cesaro would be my number one, because we share a lot in common. We share passion for strength, we both love strong coffee, and he is multi-lingual and locked down the entire E.E.U. and I am fine with that. I don’t know who else to choose at that point because the guys I have [things] in common with don’t necessarily have international background although I’m very, very… I’m very much looking forward to what our recent Chinese recruits will do. I was just able to speak with a few of them when I went to NXT. I think that’s an area of the world where I think we need a better presence, and, we have very high hopes for them, because I want to be able to bring WWE to China. So possibly I think between myself and Cesaro’s experience, if we could take a younger, inexperienced Chinese recruit and show him the way of coffee and strength, I think we’d be alright.”