Paul Wight is grateful to AEW President Tony Khan for allowing him to pay tribute to John Cena on a recent episode of Monday Night RAW.

As you know by now, Wight, Bryan Danielson, and Chris Jericho all filmed tribute videos for John Cena’s 20th anniversary in WWE. Mark Henry also filmed one, but it never wound up making the air.

During a recent appearance on the Sportskeeda podcast, Wight commented on his history with John Cena and being able to appear on the show. He said,

“Like I said, it’s still a business. I worked with John Cena, you know, probably for 20+ years. You know, I was instrumental in the beginning of his career, and throughout my career, I had a lot of incredible battles with John Cena all over the world. I used to make a joke that every five months, it was time for Big Show and John Cena to fight again. I mean, we were great at the David and Goliath spectacle, and he was such a superhero. I was able to be a great monster for him to battle with and people enjoyed it. So that was a cool situation.”

He continued, “I’m glad that WWE gave me the opportunity to say thank you to John. It’s really cool of Tony Khan, to allow his contracted talent to appear on another show to say thanks. This shows a lot of class, I think on both companies. You know, it’s great to be competitive. At the same time, the talent involved are also human beings. I have a lot of friends still in WWE. So it’s nice to be able to, in an appropriate way, pay homage to a friend that’s had an amazing career. Don’t get me wrong, we still want to kick their ass and ratings, but, I wouldn’t expect anything less from them.”

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