Mark Nash reflects on his first camera appearance on WWE with John Cena.
Nash signed with WWE earlier this year, but his first on-camera appearance came on the Raw after WrestleMania 41. Cena, who had just won the WWE Undisputed Championship for a historic 17th time, asked Nash to introduce him in a grand fashion.
He introduced Cena exactly as requested, saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the greatest of all time, the never-seen 17-time champion, gracing Las Vegas with his presence for the final time. The last real champion, John Cena.” This style of introduction has continued for Cena during his retirement tour.
Speaking on Insights with Chris Van Vliet, Nash described his first on-camera introduction to fans as a career-defining moment. He explained that working with John Cena over the past three months gave him some of the most incredible experiences of his life.
“I’m gonna just say it. This [Stanley Cup] ring is pretty special, and that’s an iconic moment from the Stanley Cup. I don’t know that I will ever be a part of a moment. Let’s knock on wood that they keep happening as amazing, I don’t have another word for it, just unreal, amazing, incredible, as this last three months that I’ve had with John Cena. Again, what is life? He points at you and calls you into the ring and tells you, ‘Your announcement sucks. Read this instead.'”
“Then I’m like, okay. I get this elaborate ring announcement for John, and it goes bananas and viral, and everybody loves it. I’ve had the privilege of now repeating it for three months, and you know that came to an end two weeks ago, his last appearance on SmackDown, and I had a moment with him where I just, I literally just looked him in the eyes, and I said, Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity. Again, I don’t even know that we’d be sitting here if it wasn’t for that, right? Because it propelled me in the WWE Universe in a pretty cool way.” [H/T: Fightful]
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