Jul 21, 2026 · 1:05:46

John Cena on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with JC John Cena

The Hang, in Short

Cody Rhodes calls in from lakeside to gossip about his old boss John Cena, and it's a wrestling masterclass. Cody explains "carny," wrestling's secret pig latin, and reveals Cena refuses to use it. He just screams the entire move at full volume, mid air, whether it makes sense or not. Case in point, their SummerSlam table spot, where Cena hoisted Cody onto his shoulders and yelled instructions while Cody's arm was literally covering his eyes. Cena's spin on it: an "interactive experience" for the front four rows. Cody also shares Cena's old touring ritual, packing a styrofoam cooler with 24 extra beers just in case, and his low key flex of speaking French and Mandarin. Amy loves all of it. Great table setter before John shows up to talk Little Brother and Boston brotherhood.

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Hello everyone. Welcome to another
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episode of Good Hang. We have John Cena
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with us today. Actor, wrestler,
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humanitarian, good citizen of the world.
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And John and I are going to talk about a
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lot of really fun stuff today. We're
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going to discuss what it's like growing
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up in the Boston area with four
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brothers. We are going to decide my new
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wrestling character and and realize that
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it's going to be incredibly successful.
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Um, we're going to talk about Little
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Brother, the movie that he's in, um, and
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how much fun he had working on it. And
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we're going to discuss how dress and
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suits are important to him. And because
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of that, I'm going to after this intro
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go spiff myself up and make sure that I
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am looking good for the interview. But
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we always like to start these interviews
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by checking in with someone who knows
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our guest, who wants to ask us a
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question to ask our guests and speak
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well behind their back. and we are
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talking to our first undisputed champion

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