It seems that the news of steroids and sports still linger on. Including in Professional Wrestling, which we all know that has an "ongoing issue". But I think the media hype had hounded John Cena. If you don't know who he is, John Cena is a current WWE Raw Superstar that is going under treatment of an shoulder injury that he got in October. He had surgery on it , and is now going through rehab during his six months to eight months away from the ring. Oh, he is also that wrestler that raps in story lines, used to wear throwback jerseys, had a CD in 2005 called, "You Can't See Me", and was featured in a movie last year, "The Marine". Be on the lookout for Cena sometime next summer.
But getting back to the CNN/Cena interview. This of course is all about the one question courtesy from CNN: "Have you ever used steroids?" Cena responds: "Absolutely Not. - This is a crazy question. And it is something, that is tough to answer, because the way that society is now, the way people can see things because of performance enchaning drugs have got the spotlight, and that's a hot thing to talk about." This is a small portion of what John Cena said during the interview, but I think, it was all "watered down". Yes, I said "watered down" in a way that it was set up coming from the questions in the interview.
I looked at the Unedited version of the interview on Youtube. I'm not afraid to look at interviews that are uncut or in this case, unedited for the audience. It appeared to me that John Cena, was sticking up for his job as a wrestler. Yes, I do like John Cena as a wrestler, and on how he gets it done in the ring every week. He was upfront on this topic even though this topic of steroids is pretty heated. He also believed that those who uses performance enhancement drugs in their sport of choice, has no athletic achievement. Or in this case, according to him, "there is no athletic achievement anymore". John Cena says that he goes through the testings, as the same with all other sport athletes do. He has been doing this since the age of 17. From his football days, Bodybuilding days, and currently with professional wrestling.
Overall in my opinion as I stated earlier, the use of steroids in sports is ongoing. And I think the media puts into perspective of pouncing the story to find the info on a current star, and in this case, put him or her on the spot in an attempt to find the truth. Sometimes the truth comes out either proof or not. For CNN, they did not find anything truthful about steroids in John Cena, period. None!
If you want to see the portions of the CNN/John Cena interview, there two choices:
1) WWE.com - Inside WWE - Cena: Steroids? Absolutely Not.
2) Youtube.com - edited/unedited John Cena interview
