WWE’s Titus O’Neil has no drawback expressing his gratitude for Vince McMahon following the discharge of Netflix’s docu sequence in regards to the scandal-ridden former CEO.

O’Neil — who now works as a worldwide ambassador for WWE after a prolonged in-ring profession with the corporate — lately began watching Netflix’s six-part sequence Mr. McMahon, which premiered September 25 and particulars the legacy of McMahon, 79, who’s at present beneath a federal probe following allegations of intercourse trafficking and sexual assault by a former worker.

“On the finish of the day, what he constructed can’t be erased,” O’Neil, 47, solely informed Us Weekly Saturday, September 28, on the 2024 HollyRod Basis DesignCares Gala in Los Angeles. “It’s unhappy that the state of affairs got here to what it got here to, however I don’t have any dangerous phrases for Vince.”

O’Neil added, “It’s very attention-grabbing to listen to totally different views on issues, however on the finish of the day, I’ll eternally be pleased about what Vince McMahon constructed, the platform that he constructed for therefore many individuals. He’s human, similar to anybody else.”

Associated: WWE’s Bayley, Liv Morgan and Extra React to John Cena’s Retirement Information

WWE’s finest and brightest are celebrating the impression and legacy of John Cena after the professional wrestling legend introduced plans to retire. “I can’t take this! I can’t take this, man,” Montez Ford solely informed Us Weekly on the L.A. premiere of Netflix’s Receiver on Tuesday, July 9. “Have you learnt what number of cherished reminiscences […]

McMahon, in the meantime, has denied the allegations, although he stepped down from his place with the corporate the day after the lawsuit was filed. 

“Do I condone among the issues that I’ve learn? No,” O’Neil continued. “However I don’t know all of the insides and outs of what’s occurring and what’s not occurring. All I do know is that my life was modified as a result of I had a possibility to change into a WWE celebrity. So many individuals’s lives have been modified as a result of they’d a possibility to work for that firm.”

O’Neil, who retired from in-ring motion in 2021, mentioned his interactions with McMahon have “all the time been skilled.”

“Have we had our variations of opinion on sure issues? Completely,” O’Neil,  who’s father to sons TJ and Titus and daughter Leah, added. “However on the finish of the day, he primarily helped me change my life. My children are in school due to the chance that I’ve with WWE. They went to non-public college. All three of my youngsters are in school on a scholarship doing effectively. I’ve been in a position to present an ideal life for my household. I’ve been in a position to present an ideal life for the folks locally.”

Associated: WWE Tragedies Over the Years: The Saddest and Most Surprising Deaths

Wrestling followers have needed to mourn many tragic and stunning deaths together with athletes corresponding to Sara Lee and Brodie Lee through the years. In October 2022, Cory Weston broke his silence about his spouse’s sudden dying in an emotional tribute. “I liked you from the primary second I noticed you. I’d all the time say that […]

O’Neil mentioned he started watching Mr. McMahon with a “very open thoughts” and argued that a lot of the narrative — which entails a narrative about McMahon drafting a storyline the place he would impregnate real-life daughter Stephanie McMahon, amongst different sordid tales — occurred earlier than he signed with WWE’s developmental model in 2009.

“I wasn’t there within the ‘90s, I wasn’t there within the ‘80s,” O’Neil urged. “I wasn’t there within the early 2000s. I simply know I used to be there from 2009 to the current. I’m grateful for the folks in that locker room.”

All six episodes of Mr. McMahon can be found to stream now on Netflix. 

– Reporting by Mike Vulpo

WWE’s finest and brightest are celebrating the impression and legacy of John Cena after the professional wrestling legend introduced plans to retire.

“I can’t take this! I can’t take this, man,” Montez Ford completely informed Us Weekly on the L.A. premiere of Netflix’s Receiver on Tuesday, July 9. “Have you learnt what number of cherished recollections he’s given us all through the years? And now it’s coming to an finish? I can’t take this. My coronary heart, my feelings, my thoughts!”

Cena, 47, made the announcement at WWE’s Cash Within the Financial institution on Saturday, June 29, telling followers he’ll step away from in-ring motion someday in 2025. “Thanks a lot for letting me play in the home that you just constructed for therefore a few years,” Cena informed the capability crowd at Toronto’s Scotiabank Enviornment.

Bianca Belair gushed about Cena’s impression and the little nuggets of recommendation he supplied her alongside the way in which, together with one which got here when she wanted it probably the most. 

Associated: John Cena and Spouse Shay Shariatzadeh’s Relationship Timeline

John Cena and spouse Shay Shariatzadeh’s low-profile relationship made their October 2020 wedding ceremony all of the extra shocking. The pair have been initially linked in March 2019 once they have been noticed holding palms after a dinner date in Canada. The connection marked the primary time Cena had been noticed on a date since his engagement to Nikki […]

“The largest gem he ever gave me was after SummerSlam [in 2021] once I misplaced in 26 seconds,” Belair, 35, recalled. “I had simply fundamental evented WrestleMania. I gained a title. I used to be on an enormous roll, had all this momentum, after which misplaced in 26 seconds. I used to be so defeated. He pulled me apart and actually spoke life into me. He informed me in regards to the ins and outs of the enterprise and how you can go from the underside to the highest.”

Belair continued, “You noticed him do this again and again in his profession. He was at all times reinventing himself.”

WWE girls’s champion Bayley shared the same sentiment about Cena and recalled how she just lately labored up the motivation to “shoot my shot” with the 16-time champion. 

“I mentioned, ‘John, if there’s something you assume is lacking from the ladies’s division or something particular you assume I ought to work on, what ought to or not it’s?’” Bayley, 35, informed Us on the premiere. “It became this hour-long dialog and all of it got here right down to storytelling. What’s the story we’re making an attempt to inform tonight? Don’t take into consideration what they need, what he needs, what you need. It’s all about storytelling.”

She continued, “He needs to provide again in a means that not everyone does. He has such distinctive info that he can share. It brings us again to why we obtained into it. Having him round to have conversations has been actually nice.”

WWE girls’s world champion Liv Morgan mentioned she was “obsessive about John Cena rising up,” so his departure is a bittersweet second. 

“He’s been fixed, simple, at all times there,” Morgan, 30, mentioned. “You may at all times depend on John Cena being there. He’s had a tremendous, unparalleled profession. I feel he deserves to dwell the remainder of his life precisely how he needs. He’s given a lot and we’ll actually miss him.”

Baron Corbin, who signed with WWE in 2012, has fashioned a particular bond with Cena throughout his decade-plus within the enterprise. 

“We dwell 10 minutes from one another,” Corbin, 39, informed Us. “I work out at his fitness center. I might see him on a weekly foundation earlier than he was doing all of the Hollywood stuff. After I would get pissed off, he turned a mentor, in a way. He would say, ‘Let’s go to dinner. Let’s every steak and burnt Brussels sprouts, have some wine and we’ll speak by way of this and determine it out.”

Corbin continued, “That’s why John Cena is who he’s.”

Receiver — a documentary collection which profiles the NFL’s George Kittle, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Justin Jefferson, Davante Adams and Deebo Samuel — is on the market to stream now on Netflix.