"I was 12-15 years older" - When former WWE Diva got attracted to John Cena during his tryout match
John Cena kicked off his professional wrestling career in late 1999. About a year later, he joined WWE. As he had his tryout match in the Stamford-based company, former Diva Dawn Marie peeked through the curtains to watch him as she revealed on an episode of Cafe de Rene a few months ago.
The 52-year-old disclosed that she thought he was "a good-looking guy."
"I remember him [John Cena] on his tryout match with his little mohawk and his green and white shorts, right? And I was looking out the curtains looking because, whenever there was a good-looking guy I had to watch, right? Something like this [laughs]. And then Johnny Ace and JR were like right here behind me somewhere watching. Hey, I'm a girl I don't know what they're talking about so I was listening and I'm watching and, right away you know Cena had something, like [snaps her fingers] you knew it," she said. [From 0:31 to 0:56]
After the match, Marie had a short conversation with the former WWE Champion. They later became close friends.
"He came through, he talked to them [JR and Johnny Ace], and I go, I'm looking through the curtain, I go, 'hey kid, come here,' [laughs]. He's like, 'yeah?' I go, 'listen, you didn't hear this from me, these are the things they said, you got something.' I go, 'you got something,' and I go, 'ok, bye.' And it's so funny because me and Cena became so close after that because you know. But I was an old lady. I called him kid because I was 12-15 years older than him," she added. [From 1:12 to 1:41]
In 2004, Cena and Dawn Marie flirted with each other on-screen in a few segments on SmackDown. The two also teamed up to face Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson at WWE Rebellion in 2002. However, they lost the bout.
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Dawn Marie got fired from WWE in 2005
After spending about three years in ECW, Dawn Marie joined the Stamford-based company in 2002. She spent nearly three years in WWE, during which she had a controversial feud with Torrie Wilson, before getting released from her contract in July 2005 while on maternity leave.
Following her departure, the former Diva worked on the independent circuit for a few years before retiring from professional wrestling. The 52-year-old is now working as a nurse.
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