That Time Casey Boy Arm Wrestled with John Cena

John Cena celebrates his 47th birthday today (4/23). Over the course of his long and storied career in pro wrestling, one of his greatest matches took place right here in Philadelphia on WMMR. Let's set the scene:

From Westbury, Massachusetts, weighing in at 240 pounds, John Cena enters the ring - er, the Preston and Steve Studio - back in March of 2012. Even then, he had beef with the Rock, which was all leading up to a main event match at WrestleMania XXVIII. John explains: "I just don't like him. When you've got two franchise players on the same team, you know, I often reference it to Kobe and Shaq when they were in LA, two really good players, all-stars, but they just didn't get along."

He continues: "(The Rock's) got his own way on thinking, I've got my own way of thinking. I know that he's probably gonna go on and do what he's gonna do; I'm gonna be a WWE superstar for life. So I just wanna make sure the WWE is held down when he leaves on April 2nd, because I'm gonna whoop his ass on April 1st (at WrestleMania)."

But the rock was the least of John Cena's worries that day. Enter his opponent, Casey Boy. Casey had been challenging every athlete who visited the Preston and Steve studios to an arm wrestling contest. This was different, though. This was a WWE superstar. Have you seen the size of this guy's arms?! (Trick question, you can't see him.)

It was an intimidating prospect, but Casey had to fight the good fight. Watch below around the 1:37 mark as a battle for the ages unfolds. We even got "in-event commentary" from Cena.

As Cena himself said, "it's the great arm wrestling match in the history of arm wrestling." The champ is here!

Get more videos from the Preston and Steve Show on the Daily Rush and see the live stream every weekday morning on YouTube.

On April 5th around 4:30pm, Brent Porche will play a commercial free hour of rock n' roll pro wrestling themes to get you pumped for Wrestlemania, happening this weekend in South Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field.

Below is a sampling of what you might hear in Brent's playlist this Friday afternoon on WMMR. From iconic walk-up songs to past pay-per-view theme songs from various wrestling promotions, we're busting out the hits and the deep cuts for the Afternoon 12-Pack.

Listen on your radio at 93.3 on the dial, stream live here on WMMR.com, take the music wherever you go on the free MMR App, or ask your smart speaker to "Open MMR." Love uninterrupted, ad-free music as much as we do? The Afternoon 12 Pack happens every weekday around the same time, 4:30pm, to get you home (or wherever you're off to after work!). On Monday 4/8, Brent will have another theme: songs for the solar eclipse.

Back to WrestleMania: this year’s 'Mania is XL for many reasons. It's WWE's 40th "Showcase of the Immortals" and it's also their biggest and most superstar-studded event card in history. The eyes of the professional wrestling world will be on Philadelphia for an entire week of events, which include Friday Night Smackdown Live which airs on FOX, the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony which airs on Peacock, NxT Stand & Deliver, Monday Night Raw which airs Live on the USA Network, and the massive WWE World event that runs April 4^th thru 8^th at the PA Convention Center.

See Brent's WrestleMania XL predictions here, and find out how you can join in on the WMMR pre-parties on Saturday and Sunday here.

Brent Porche is spotlighting WrestleMania and WWE themed events happening in and around Philadelphia. See more of those here.

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