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Jeff Jarrett reveals his issues with John Cena Classic concept

Posted: May 13th 2026 By: Jake Scudder

Former WCW, TNA and current AEW name Jeff Jarrett recently discussed his issues with the new John Cena Classic format, saying that he is a massive fan of Cena as a performer but there are glaring problems with the new concept itself

In comments that were somewhat echoed by Lance Storm earlier this week, Jarrett would note on his My World podcast that the suspension of disbelief needed when watching pro wrestling will become an issue when wins and losses don’t inherently matter. Which is in part of what this new format will entail due to the social voting element determining the “champion.”
Jeff Jarrett on John Cena Classic

“I get it from a business perspective. It’s the funnel to get people engaged and there’s going to be an X poll, there’s going to be a TikTok poll, they’re going to be on every social media platform. There’s going to be all kinds of social custom content and, I don’t know if they announced the sponsor for this, but that’s probably going to be one of John’s VO accounts that he has,” Jarrett would begin.

“But from the storytelling component of this, you can become champion and you don’t have to win your matches…we may be all kind of overthinking this, and it is what it is, because the whole world knows we’re scripted entertainment, but we at least want to get lost in the story, someone trying to WIN the title. It takes that component out, the suspension of disbelief, what matters in our world, as we’re watching this two hour or three hour episode or three hour premium live event. [If we don’t need to] get immersed in the story, why do we care when a hip toss happens or a false finish happens or there’s a spectacular move off the top rope?”