a recent episode of Monday Night Raw, Roman Reigns came face to face with John Cena in
the ring and the two were involved in a heated verbal exchange. If you watched the whole
segment and not the edited out version on the WWE YouTube channel, then you’ll know
that this heated exchange became very personal. Roman Reigns went on about how John Cena was
a part timing fake ass bitch and how John Cena always buries new young talent with his
big shovel. John Cena added to Reign’s verbal smack by telling him that he’s a fool and
that he needs to learn how to cut a promo if he wants to be the Big Dog. He also said
that Reigns took the US title as a demotion and that he’s only here because Reigns cannot
do his job. What was supposed to be a scripted promo between the two turned out to be an
unscripted shoot promo with the claim even being back up by the Raw GM, Kurt Angle as
he later posted on his Instagram account with a photo reading the caption: “That look
on your face when you realize the in ring promo has turn into a legit shoot promo…
and you’re enjoying it, and it was Awesome.”
When the WWE was having their superstar shakeup during the 2016 WWE Draft, Cesaro expressed
displeasure when he found out that he was drafted in the sixth round and was staying
in the flagship show of the WWE which is Raw. In a backstage interview, Cesaro vented his
frustration on Raw commissioner Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley (who was the Raw GM
at the time) and claimed that he would be a better fit on Smackdown because it is a
real wrestling show compared to Monday Night Raw. He also commented on his difficulties
to cut a promo but countered it with the fact that he stumbles on words since he speaks
the Swiss Superman’s promo was a shoot promo and not a work.
Back when Talking Smack was still a show, The Miz created what was remembered as an
iconic moment of Talking Smack when he delivered a shoot promo towards Smackdown GM, Daniel
Bryan. The situation escalated out of control when Daniel Bryan claimed The Miz was a “coward”
this promo was entirely planned but in an interview with Daniel Bryan, he told ESPN
that: “He knows that that’s really pushing on a nerve, and calling me a coward for not
going to the independents …which I sometimes think of myself as a coward for not doing…it’s
tough.” In an interview with FOX Sports, The Miz even admitted to planning to rip into
Daniel Bryan after he asked the producers to put him on the show, however, he admitted
that he went kind of overboard. He said: “He actually left. I didn’t expect him to leave
- I expected him to hit me. The things I was laying into him on were very below the belt
and very mean and very rude, but when I go, I just go.” You could just tell from the
get go that it was a legit shoot promo from the fire, intensity and emotion that The Miz
was displaying, and he even was holding back tears. Easily one of the best promos in the
WWE from such an underrated heel.
John Cena is arguably one of the best in the business when it comes to promo work and his
many promos with The Rock leading up to WrestleMania 28 was something spectacular to watch. Although
the two have made up now, The Rock and John Cena had genuine dislike for each other backstage.
In one of the many verbal wars the two had, John Cena silenced The Rock when he talked
egotistical see-through son of a bitch that wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if the company
closed its doors tomorrow. The Rock added to the verbal war by singing a song about
how John Cena was kissing Eve even though he had a wife and how Cena’s mom can barely
We all probably knew that CM Punk’s pipe bomb was going to end up as number 1 because
let’s be honest, it revealed every dirty little secret about the hierarchy of the WWE
and how the company is run. Punk revealed his disgust with how he was treated in the
company. He started off his pipe bomb by revealing that John Cena, Hulk Hogan and The Rock are
the best ass kissers to Vince McMahon. He then went on to complain about how he didn’t
get the opportunities to do movies, TV shows and how he’s not on the poster for WrestleMania
as well as not even being in the signature that’s produced at the start of the show.
His pipe bomb came to an end when he started insulting Vince McMahon’s family by describing
his daughter (Stephanie) as idiotic and his son (Shane) as a doofus before calling the
rest of his family stupid. As he started talking about Mr McMahon’s bullying campaign his
mic cut off. I can imagine Mr McMahon was fuming backstage!