Kevin Nash Calls John Cena 'The Last Old-School Guy,' Mustafa Ali Talks Name Change

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During a recent edition of his “Kliq This” podcast, Kevin Nash praised John Cena, calling him the “last old school guy” in wrestling.

Cena is set to return to WWE TV on January 6 for RAW on Netflix, marking the beginning of his retirement tour.

Nash said, "I spent a little time with Cena when I came back. He liked lifting. I liked the way he carried himself. I think Cena was the last old-school guy to come through. Cena was the last old-school guy."

During a recent appearance on the “Insight” podcast, Mustafa Ali discussed his brief name change during his time in WWE, where he was simply referred to as Ali.

This change occurred in March 2019, and he reverted to his original name later that year.

Ali said, "When you do live events, these producers, they write reports. This is during the babyface run, I think I'm working with Shinsuke Nakamura or something like that. One portion of the crowd is chanting, 'Mustafa' and the other portion of the crowd is chanting, 'Ali'. It's just a weird chant and it just died out. It happened a few nights so that got written in the report. So whoever makes the decisions, I'm assuming it was Vince at the time, just said let's call him Ali. That's how I lost my name. I think Road Dogg called and he was like, 'Hey, I just wanna double check, Mustafa, it's not like a family — does it mean something to you?' I go, well, the name means like the chosen one. It means from the people, like this is the guy that's going to represent. So it means something to me, sure, but I don't want to lie to you. 'Okay cool man, we're gonna just call you Ali now, this is what happened, this is the feedback we got. I don't think there are any ill intentions, they want you to win, they want you to make money, you know? We just think it's easier.' Okay yeah, rock and roll. I go, 'Well, do I have a say in this?' He goes, 'Well, no not really.' [laughs]"

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