EXCLUSIVE: John Cena Legitimately A Massive Fan Of WWE NXT's Will Kroos

John Cena is legitimately very high on Will Kroos

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May 1, 2026

John Cena and Will Kroos side by side image

John Cena isn't just jumping on the Will Kroos bandwagon following the former star of the UK independent wrestling scene's WWE debut.

Kroos - whose WWE name has yet to be officially revealed - made his debut on the April 28 episode of NXT and hit NXT Champion Tony D'Angelo with a picture-perfect moonsault after Tony D had already been confronted by fellow debutant EVIL and laid out by the returning Tavion Heights.

Following Kroos' debut, John Cena tweeted out the popular chant for the former NORTH Tag Team Champion of, "He's big, he's bad, he'll bodyslam your dad!" Cena then expressed further support for Kroos by posting an image of the 29-year-old hitting a piledriver on his Instagram profile.

Multiple sources have confirmed to Cultaholic Wrestling that John Cena is legitimately very high on Will Kroos and has been for some time. Cena even expressed as much to Kroos when they met backstage at a WWE TV taping in the United Kingdom.

Kroos was working as an extra on WWE TV along with several other talents from the United Kingdom independent wrestling scene when Cena approached the group and introduced himself. The 17-time world champion then said directly to Kroos that he knew exactly who he was, with Kroos and the group chatting to Cena for a few minutes afterwards.

The group of extras were actually puzzled about how Cena was familiar with Kroos, but the assumption was the Peacemaker star had come across one of the viral montage videos from Pursuit Pro Wrestling featuring Kroos.

Kroos has received plenty of fan support since his WWE debut. It has been reported by Bodyslam that only a select few people knew about Kroos' debut, which included NXT management, producers, and talent involved in the segment.

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