By Matthew Guyett,The Sportster
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The 48-year-old challenged Sami Zayn for the United States Championship and came close to winning the title until Brock Lesnar interfered and ruined the match. But Cena had continued his tribute act in honour of his past foes during that match, which included using Angle’s Angle Lock but also hitting a Spear.
Cena geared up for the move in the same manner as WWE Hall of Famer Edge (now known as Adam Copeland in AEW), and he’s all too familiar with the Rated R Superstar’s finishing move. He waged war with the Canadian at the start of their singles careers, which ignited their respective main event runs.
Copeland has confirmed he saw his soon-to-be-retired former rival produce the Spear and delved into their on-screen pairing during an interview with theScore: “I saw a clip where he did the whole set-up and everything. It’s super fun. For John and I, we’re two guys that met each other at the right time. He needed a bad guy. I needed a good guy. It just clicked. You never know when something is going to click, — With John and I, from day one, it just clicked.”
The iconic pair’s rivalry started way back in 2005 when Edge cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Cena to steal the WWE Championship. They remained bitter foes from there on out, scrapping it out several times on PPV, including in a classic TLC match, the ‘Greatest of All-Time’ won at Unforgiven 2006 in his opponent’s hometown of Toronto, Canada.
Copeland explained how important their feud was: “Our characters were polar opposites. I knew what the assignment was, and so did he. You had two guys who were very willing to do what we had to do to get us both over. John was very well on his way, but I feel like our angle is what really put the stamp on him being the top guy, and it put the stamp on me being the main event guy. I’ll always look back on that fondly and what we were able to do and the fun we had.”
