Bruce Prichard – ‘John Cena Never Wanted Publicity For His Make-A-Wish Efforts’

During a recent edition of his “Something to Wrestle” podcast, Bruce Prichard discussed John Cena’s work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and how the 16-time World Champion fought back in allowing the media to record his work with the charitable organization.

Prichard revealed that Cena never wanted to publicly acknowledge his charity work since he did not want to do it for the publicity and spotlight.

Cena has granted over 650 wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the most in Make-A-Wish history, with his first wish dating back to 2002.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On John Cena not liking press to record his work with Make-A-Wish: “John would always insist on, ‘Their wish wasn’t to be surrounded by cameras and press. Their wish was to meet me and they’re gonna get an experience with me, a one-on-one experience with me, and I’m not doing it for the publicity. I’m not doing it to have people say, ‘What a great guy.’ I’m doing it because a dying child asked to meet me.’ That’s John Cena.”

On battling with Cena to allow WWE and Make-A-Wish to acknowledge his work: “The battle to get John to allow us [WWE] and allow Make-A-Wish to acknowledge him for everything he had done was a bit of a battle. He’d be like, ‘Why do you want to recognize me for something that I do because it’s the right thing to do?’ That’s not work to him — that’s just his love, his appreciation that someone appreciated him that much and that was his give back. He truly loves those kids and loves doing that. That’s the real John.”

Prichard on why the work is a big deal: “It’s a big deal when somebody from Hollywood goes and, you know, makes a wish come true. As many as John’s done, as many times as John has looked at his schedule and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got 12 hours. I can make a flight, you know, four hours someplace, to go meet a child, spend a few hours with them, and then fly back four hours and do what I needed to do.’ Instead of saying, ‘I’m gonna sleep in, train, and go eat at this restaurant or whatever.’ It’s like, ‘No, ‘I’ll make that work.’”

On the character of Cena: “You don’t hear about that stuff, and again, that’s the thing that makes John Cena the human being, the great human being he is that then makes him the huge megastar that he has become,” Prichard concluded.

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