Select Answers: Answering as Cena, Becky/Trump gimmick, Timeless Toni Storm

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Not to start any kind of political discourse but given the somewhat political climate and WWEs affiliation with the current administration. Are you somewhat surprised that Becky is given as much rope as she has with basically a mocking of Donald Trump gimmick that she has going? I personally think it’s hilarious what she’s doing but I was just curious

I'm very surprised, but what are they gonna do? The character is so ridiculous that if you sell being bothered by it, you reinforce the ridiculousness of the source material. It's why people rarely go at South Park for their portrayals. It's not cool to go after them, because you have to be pretty wild to hit their radar anyway.

I’ve heard it said that the Timeless Toni gimmick was a Tony Khan invention, but she plays the role so well it’s almost hard to believe it. So when Toni cuts a promo, how much of that is just Toni being Toni and how much of that is “written”? For lack of a better term

The original All About Eve storyline with Toni Storm and Mariah May was something that Tony Khan had i mind and wanted to execute before Mariah May was there. RJ City also heavily contributes to the Timeless Toni Storm character, but it's not a character that just anyone can do. I can tell you from doing media with Toni Storm that even unscripted, she does a lot of that herself. The promos themselves seem to be collaborative efforts.

Can you answer more questions as John Cena? lol.

Whether or not I answer more questions as John Cena is an issue of perception. Personally, I don't see myself answering questions as John Cena. I see myself answering questions in a format in which conjures thought. If I answered questions as John Cena previously, I will choose to not live in the past. All I can control is the present, and then I can look back on what is currently the present, in the future, when it becomes the past.