Kevin Federline looks back on WWE days, rivalry with John Cena, and life in the ring
A celebrity wrestler will always maintain his right to state that he defeated John Cena during their Raw wrestling match. John Cena who became a top WWE wrestler in his early career faced Kevin Federline during a match which ended with him getting pinned on Raw. Federline known to some people as K-Fed became famous because he married singer Britney Spears and they had two children together. The couple ended their marriage while Federline attempted to extend his fame from being with a major celebrity like Spears. Federline worked as both an actor and dancer throughout his professional career.
Cena faces betrayal from Federline during epic Cyber Sunday 2006 clash
At the WWE Cyber Sunday PLE in 2006, Federline attacked Cena during a World Champions triple threat match with Booker T and Big Show. Federline hit Cena with a World Title, and Booker T would go on to win the match. Cena mocked Federline who appeared on Raw a few weeks before this as an ally of Johnny Nitro and Melina by performing the FU move which became Federlines method of getting revenge.
Cena puts an end to Federline rivalry in dramatic WWE Raw showdown
At the beginning of 2007 WWE Raw, John Cena faced Kevin Federline in their first match of the day. Federline won the match by pinning Cena after Nitro and Umaga, who was Cena’s main rival at that time, interfered in the fight. Cena ended the “rivalry” with Federline when he dropped him with an FU later that evening.
Federline reflects on WWE days and engaging the crowd as a heel
Kevin Federline was on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, and he reminisced on the short time he had working inside WWE ring.
“Man, I watched WWE when I was a kid. By the time I hit later teenage years, I started focusing more on dance and my own stuff, you know? But, when we got the call to go out there in Staples Center, or back when it was the Staples Center… Do it with (John) Cena. Just the whole thing was just like, I was skeptical, but once I got there, once I got in that room, and they hand you, ‘This is what you gotta do,’ and you’re literally going out there improving a whole f**king speech to the crowd. I loved it. I loved it.
I loved how they hated me. You eat it up, because at the end of the day, it was all different. When you’re leaving that arena, you got thousands of people out there that actually love you. They love to hate you in that ring but they actually love that you are the villain in this.”
Federline lauds WWE Superstars’ rigorous training and dedication
“The guys, the group of people, everything about that, you guys, so much credit goes to you guys, the work ethic of you guys is like a football player. People don’t realize how strenuous it is of what you do.
I only got a couple of days of training out there in Venice and I was like — that was it for me. I was just like, ‘This is absolutely mind-blowing.’ Mind-blowing what you guys do. I mean, it’s brutal on your body. It’s crazy.”
Federline opens up on WWE experience
Kevin Federline reflected on his WWE tenure while he explained that his contract with WWE required him to compete in one match but the company planned additional bouts which included the John Cena fight.
“My stint with WWE was really only supposed to be that night at Staples. Once they saw the reaction, and once they saw just the back and forth between me and Cena, that was it. Vince (McMahon) called us in and was like, ‘Hey, I wanna do more of this. Are you guys down? Let’s do more of this’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, getting thrown on my neck every night? What are we talking here?’”
Federline reflects on iconic WWE moments
“Weight-wise, back then, it was night and day. I was a stick compared to him, and most of you guys… I had to do it. I had to do it.
That’s one of those moments that, even my kids now, still talk about it. They’ll go back and sometimes they’ll see clips of it. They’ll see clips of this and that and it’s something that my family shares. It’s an awesome one to share and I have so many good memories with all of you guys. Everybody in that circuit was amazing.”