Former WWE superstar Alex Riley was the target of a verbal jab by Roman Reigns during his promo on Monday's episode of RAW.
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Reigns dispelled the notion that he — who many have pegged as WWE's franchise player — is the "next John Cena."
"Sometimes he says stupid s**t, like trying to say I'm the next John Cena," Reigns said of Cena during his final promo building toward their match at No Mercy. "Come on, man. Do I walk, talk or even look like Cena? I mean, I don't know, I don't have a mirror but do I look like a jacked up white guy with a giant head and a military crew cut? Nah. If I did, I wouldn't have a career here. You don't believe me? Ask Alex Riley about that."
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It didn't take long for Riley, now known by his real name, Kevin Kiley Jr., to respond via Twitter.
It's worth noting the "C" in Riley's tweet is an obvious reference to how "see" is spelled on much of Cena's merchandise.
Earlier this year, Riley appeared on Jim Ross' "Ross Report" podcast and admitted that an incident with Cena "changed the path of" his career.
"I'll put it this way. There was an incident and it certainly changed the path of my career. I don't want to discuss it right now, but I will one day for sure. I will one day. It was a tough situation at times, I guess we can leave it at that." Riley continued, "and, honestly, JR, I struggle with the morality of even talking about it and I'm not into blowing up anybody else at this point, but I promise you this, I will address it one day for sure. You don't want to know. It was a tough situation."
There were obvious similarities between the two superstars and Riley did receive a short-lived babyface push in a feud with his former on-screen mentor The Miz.
Perhaps Monday night's promo proved that there was some credibility to his story, or was just WWE trying to capitalize on internet buzz and make the Cena-Reigns feud even more personal.
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