Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about South Africans' memories of watching televised World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) matches and their admiration for John Cena and some of the other WWE wrestlers.
Part II of this pancocojams series provides comments from Africans about their memories of watching televised World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) matches and about how they favored John Cena and certain e other wrestlers. These comments are from (African American vlogger) Mansa Mayne's YouTube reaction video about Sho Madjozi's hit rap track entitled "John Cena".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/05/south-africans-admiration-for-john-cena.html for Part I of this two part pancocojams series. Part I provides some Information about WWE and some information about John Cena. Part I also showcases a 2019 YouTube video of Sho Madjozi on American television series The Kelly Clarkson Show and a partial transcript of Sho Madjozi's comments on that show about John Cena.
The content of these posts are presented for socio-cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to John Cena and to Sho Madjozi. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/05/south-african-rappersinger-sho-madjozi.html for a pancocojams post entitled (South African Rapper/Singer) Sho Madjozi - "John Cena" (Information, Video, English Translation, & Explanations).
Additional posts that are related to or were inspired by Sho Madjozi's "John Cena" rap will be published ASAP and can be found by clicking the "John Cena rap" tag below or using Google search or some other search engine for "John Cena rap" pancocojams.
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UPDATE May 9, 2020 at 8:46 PM EDT
The Addendum to this post features additional comments about South Africans and other Africans admiration for John Cena prior to Sho Madjozi's "John Cena" rap. I'll add some other comments to that Addendum if I come across them. Please share any links to comments about this subject, and/or your memories of WWE televised matches in Africa in the 2000s. Thanks.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM SOUTH AFRICANS ABOUT WWE WRESTLING
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY2Do0sTS9s SHO MADJOZI - JOHN CENA | REACTION VIDEO, published by Mansa Mayne, Aug 20, 2019
1. tshimangadzo khwashaba, 2019
"@Mansa Mayne, im from South Africa and this side John Cena is the ish. wrestlers we recognize The Rock - John Cena & Undertaker"
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2. Natsai Ndebele, 2019
"John Cena was it growing up, like watching WWE was like something everyone was doing Saturday or Sunday evening."
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3. SAUS, 2019
"Growing up, John Cela was a big deal in every household in SA 😂😂😂 everyone's fav wrestler followed by undertaker 🤣🤣🤣🤣"
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4. loxymandles, 2019
"Ray mystero, Coldstone Steve Austin, the Rock. Etc 😂"
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REPLY
5. Lirrulewon
"My generation was Hulk Hogan for real"
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REPLY
6. The real mexican-jedi, 2019
"Its true even grannies know him"
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7. Cebo Makhaye, 2019
"And the Big Show!"
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8. Nqobile Treasure Smith
"SAUS you forgot Eddie guerrero 😭😭"
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9. Malika LNG, 2019
"factssssss"
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REPLY
10. Violet Letsoalo, 2019
"Trueee😂😂😂"
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11. Spepelo Ngondo, 2019
"And Batista 😂"
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REPLY
12. Mayibuye Magwaza, 2019
"I was all about that Rey Mysterio Jr!"
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13. Kimberley Mataure, 2019
"on e tv 😂😂😂😂"
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14. ThePSYchicPEACH, 2019
"True 😂 😂 In SA WWE as a kid was life"
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15. Mornè Marais
"@Cebo Makhaye the big show was my nickname in school😂😂"
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16. Jaya K, 2020
"Eddie Guerrero all day, every day!!!"
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REPLY
17. Majda Haddi, 2020
"Mine was randy ortan"
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18. Tehe Whatthe, 2020
"Bret Heart, Undertaker, Steve Austin"
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19. Asumta Daniels, 2020
"Not just SA... I think like the whole of Africa.
Here in Kenya wrestling was 🔥🔥"
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20. Tsitsi Alexander, 2020
"John Cena was a big deal,true.."
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21. Arthemon Nguweneza, 2019
"John cena is a big deal in South Africa"
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22. Mosa Mokebe, 2019
"He, I remember when we had pictures of him on packets of chips"
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23. ndumiso walter, 2019
"Arthemon Nguweneza not really"
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24. Arthemon Nguweneza, 2019
"@ndumiso walter I do live in SA as well, if you grew up in 2000's which was the time more people watched wrestling then you knew John Cena"
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25. Izinga Creatives, 2019
"NOt really"
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26. Gem Floral, 2019
"Whoooaaa really?!"
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27. Dineo Dee Malele, 2019
"Not really!Sho Madjozi grew up in that era. We all watched wrestling at some point in our lives that's why we can relate."
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28. Mabontle N, 2019
"Honestly 😂😂 growing up he was the best!"
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29. Kholofelo Maloma
"Yeah, when we grew up in SA, John Cena was the a huge deal in every kid's life! Outside wrestling, Jean Claude Van Damn, Jet Lee, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Lee were the heroes of each child..."
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30. Richard Michael, 2020
"Sho Madjozi is South African but I think she lived in Tanzania for a while so she is familiar with Swahili, and apart from John Cena, her song called "Huku" is also in swahili which are both hit songs of her. In Tanzania as well as in South Africa, John Cena is the most idolized wrestler, and in the village where Sho lived, there was only one TV in the whole village and they were only allowed to watch two shows, one of which was wrestling. Hence, you can say John Cena is her idol"
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ADDENDUM- OTHER YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREAD COMMENTS ABOUT AFRICANS ADMIRATION FOR JOHN CENA (AND/OR OTHER WWE WRESTLERS) PRIOR TO THE "JOHN CENA" RAP
(These are some of the comments in this YouTube discussion thread about this topic. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only)
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-a4MUn-xA
"John Cena Sings “John Cena” By Sho Madjozi" published by Strahan Sara and Keke,Nov 8, 2019
1. The I_f_williams Point, 2019
"We’ve loved you since growing up John cena❤️❤️"
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2. The I_f_williams Point, 2019
"All the way from Tanzania"
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3. Thando C, 2019
"we always knew that John Cena was the toughest, he never lost and he alwys faught a fair game...when eer he lost we would cry"
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4. Sikho Ndevu, 2020
"I was one of the kids I used to cry when they team up against John Cena. I cant blame Sho Madjozi being fan favourite of him"
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5. Julie Wairimu, 2020
"I thought it's only in Kenya we use to watch wrestling, when TV was TV and we use to watch it as a community because only a few owned a set"
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6. Oasis of luv Providence Usiobaifo, 2020
"Growing up I used to call John Cena my elder brother... We loved him that much in my family. Shout out from Nigeria."
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7. Lesego Mogane, 2020
"🇿🇦🔥 every South African during their childhood once did “John cena you cant see me” tiditi tiditi 😂😂"
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8. Queen BNita, 2020
"Eish true"
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9. Oasis of luv Providence Usiobaifo, 2020
"Lesego Mogane I did it ooooo n I am a Nigerian."
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10. jacob jacob, 2020
"@Oasis of luv Providence Usiobaifo Lesego didn't say it was done ONLY by South Africans."
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11. NTHABISENG LEKOTA, 2020
"I'm definitely one of them 😂😂😂😂😂😂"
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12. Luigii LIVE PODCAST, 2020
"She aint lying SABC and etv, and you had to be rich to have Etv, so in my case there was never even a tv. I had to go see it at someones house. 5pm every sut and sunday...man WWE was real then"
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13. We are...Vans, 2020
"Their tv could only play two channels...sabc1 generations and etv...wwe.....it was what coverage they received. WWE was big in SA back in the day."
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14. Tshegofatso Matemane, 2020
"We do not have two channels 😭😭😭😭she said growing up in her family, Sho Madjozi had only two channels that were picked up by the signal..back in those days we had 4 national channels, SABC 1,2,3 and etc which wresting played on... But Now with MultiChoice we have many channels depending on price plan each family chooses"
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This is one of numerous comments about the comment that John Cena made (based on what Sho Madjozi said on The Kelly Clarkson Show) that when Madjozi was growing up there was only one television in her village and she could only watch two shows, one of which was WWE. A lot of people took exception to this comment, writing that South African had and now has many more channels than two.
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15. Sharon Kasivwa, 2020
"Wrestling was Africa's favourite back then. We all watched John Cena, The Rock, Shawn Michael and the likes. I was always The Rock because i knew how to lift one eyebrow 😂😂😂"
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16. Senorajae, 2020
"Even in zim John cena was the guy growing up. Every Sunday at 14:00 we’d watch wwe"
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17. Serame Ramx, 2020
"Growing up majority of kids in South Africa watched WWE and John Cena was our favorite"
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18. Ancila Mabuya, 2020
"You're right!!!! Adults wanted to watch everything else & they didn't want kids to be seeing adult content. So out to play and be allowed a few shows. I grew up with a few too!!!"
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19. Mokgadi Ono, 2020
"The lady was very true and honest to our up bringing ! I am from the same province as Sho Madlozi We had the luxury of those few channels & we used to love John Cena a lot ! She brought all back in a beautiful manner !"
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20. BEEFTU JATANI, 2020
"You are grateful i used to watch WWE when I was in Somalia every Friday your channel is my schedule that was 10 years ago , I love you so much John cena 😍😍😊."
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