Kurt Angle: Roman Reigns Could Break John Cena’s WWE Title Record, But I Think He’ll Go To Hollywood

Kurt Angle talks about John Cena adjusting to WWE quickly and having a successful career and why he believes that Roman Reigns could surpass records by John Cena. 

Kurt Angle had a lot to do with the growth of John Cena. Kurt Angle was John Cena’s first opponent on the WWE main roster and continued to fight John at pivotal points in his career. 

While re-watching the July 4, 2005 episode of WWE Raw on the most recent episode of his podcast, Kurt Angle stated that he believes John Cena has had the most successful WWE career of all time. 

“John Cena, he was maybe two or three years in the business by this time, and here he is on top. I mean, this kid picked it up very quickly, and he had arguably the best career in WWE history,” said Angle. “He did win sixteen World Heavyweight Titles in WWE specifically. No one’s ever done that.” 

Angle’s co-host, Paul Bromwell, mentioned Roman Reigns. Leading angle to say that “The Tribal Chief” could surpass Cena’s record should he choose to stick around in WWE. However, Angle isn’t sure that will be the case. 

“He’s going to break the record. If he doesn’t skip and go to Hollywood and become a movie star, which I think he’s going to do,” said Angle of Roman Reigns. 

In the past, Kurt Angle has said that WWE has run the risk of hurting the rest of their roster at the expense of pushing Roman Reigns to the moon. Fans can read his comments here. 

Kurt Angle has also said that he wishes John Cena could have had his last match in WWE. Read more about why that didn’t happen here.

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