Ryback On People Saying He Failed In The Main Event, Taking John Cena’s Spot In CM Punk Feud, More

On the premier episode of Conversation with the Big Guy, Ryan Reeves, formerly known as WWE’s Ryback, explained why claims that he failed in WWE’s main event scene are wrong. Also, ‘The Big Guy’ argued that WWE’s objective should be to get all of its talent over, not just a select few. Finally, the former Skip Sheffield said he is only continuing on in his professional wrestling career because of his passion for the genre and to prove doubters wrong.

During the podcast, Reeves said he was always irked by people saying he failed in the main event spot when he faced then WWE Champion CM Punk at Hell In A Cell (2012). According to Reeves, his detractors did not take into account the fact that his program with Punk was not an experiment to inject ‘The Human Wrecking Ball’ into the main event mix, but rather he was merely filling in for the injured John Cena, who was meant to put Punk over.

“That always kind of upset me too, when people say I failed in the main event. I thoroughly succeeded in the main event and I proved myself. I was not put in the main event though to be the man. I was booked into an unfortunate situation where I’m pulled, I’m put into Cena’s spot, who Cena at the time was supposed to work Punk to put Punk over with all that. Put in that situation, where you take the undefeated streak and you put me in there. And also, at that point, I’d not had long matches and I could. I wrestled in developmental for years. That was never an issue. It was the image we’re creating on TV is this guy kills people …

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