
WWE referee Charles Robinson shared his firsthand account of the intense moment he was tackled by John Cena during the Night of Champions 2025 Premium Live Event.
Speaking on WWEโs RAW Recap show, Robinson detailed what happened during the chaos of the eventโs closing moments, which featured a dramatic attempted Money in the Bank cash-in by Seth Rollins.
โIt was a very wild scene. I was up in Gorilla position. I just wanted to watch the last match, you know, before I got changed, tore down the ring,โ Robinson explained. โAll of a sudden, Seth Rollins comes up. He goes, โHey, when I call you, come down.โ He had the briefcase in his hand. So I figured weโre going to have a historic cash-in.โ
Robinson said he began running down the ramp at about โ80% speedโ when things took a dramaticโand painfulโturn.
โIโm running as hard as I can. Well, this is a cash-in. So Iโm running about 80%. Iโm not giving it my all. If you look at the video, Iโm trying to hold back a little bit. Thank God. Because if Iโd been going 100%, the collision would have been much worse.โ
โAll of a sudden, bam. Iโm airborne. They tell me that John Cena hit me. Is that who hit me?โ
Robinson, clearly still surprised by the sudden impact, added:
โI thought Iโm dead. I had no idea what happened… That was a long runway, too. I mean, if you look at where I landed, I was inches from the stairs. When youโre up in the air like that, thereโs no way that youโre calculating exactly where youโre going to land. It was zero me. It had nothing to do with me. I just ran in a straight line, and he hit me. I meanโฆ I went where he put me.โ
The incident has since gone viral on social media, with fans praising Robinson for taking the unexpected bump like a pro.
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