Okay, so get this: a Judgment Day member actually had something nice to say about a WWE champ and someone who just came back!

Judgment Day is the bad guys we all love to hate. They cheat, they gang up on people—all the usual stuff to win. They seem a bit divided lately, but they still act like a team.

Roxanne Perez has really stood out. This ex-NXT Women’s Champ is on TV a lot, and people really like her. She's great in the ring, but she's also known for being close to CM Punk (the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion) and his wife, AJ Lee. She even calls them her parents.

Roxanne Perez from Judgment Day gushes about her WWE parents, CM Punk and AJ Lee.

In a recent interview, Roxanne Perez chatted about what it's like having CM Punk and AJ Lee backstage. She said it's awesome, and she loves how Punk gets all energetic when Lee is around. She’s also happy she can hang out with the wrestlers she looked up to and ask them for tips.

The interviewer mentioned that she seems to be getting along well with her heroes, and Perez totally agreed. She mentioned it goes against the saying, Don't meet your heroes. She explained:

Yeah, she made me realise that I could be a WWE superstar. She's been such a big inspiration.

[With her punk and then her return, what has that been like?]

It’s been amazing having them around. Punk’s energy changes, and he gets happier when she’s around. It’s really cute. I watched them growing up. Their storylines were some of my favourites. Now they’re here, and I can ask them for advice. They're just amazing.

People always say Never meet your hero. But it sounds like things worked out for you.]

Oh, yeah, for sure. I tell them all the time. 'Thank you for making that quote untrue because you're awesome. You're just really awesome to be around.'

Perez and Lee haven’t fought in the ring yet, but it could be wild whenever it happens, because they’re so close.

So, it turns out John Cena isn't doing his bing chilling routine anymore after that whole Taiwan thing in 2021 blew up. He talked about it with Joe Rogan, and apparently, trying to be culturally aware backfired big time and became a learning experience.

Cena spent a lot of time learning Mandarin to get WWE going in China. Once he thought he was good, he tried to do most of his Chinese appearances in Mandarin. Things were going well, but then they weren't.

He said that he was doing a bunch of readings off a prompter for different places. He didn't double-check one because it was the end of a long day. It told him to tell people in Taiwan to go see something, and the prompter called Taiwan a country.

That caused a stir because of the whole China-Taiwan situation. Chinese viewers got angry, and Cena had to apologise. But then American fans got mad at him for apologising.

Cena joked that he might be the only person who almost got cancelled for doing his homework. He said the lesson was that knowing the language doesn't mean you know the culture.

Now, Cena is playing it safe.

After the China incident, he's keeping his Mandarin skills on the down-low because he knows he doesn't really get Asian geopolitics. His work on Peacemaker and other stuff wasn't hurt by the whole thing, but he's being more careful when he travels.

Cena explained that he avoids speaking the language when he goes anywhere global because he doesn't understand the cultural stuff.

He said he was fluent in Mandarin but admitted he was reading in pinyin. Rogan and others tried to blame the incident on others, but Cena took responsibility.

Cena said it was his fault and that he could learn from it.

Asia's reaction was harsh, but the American response felt worse. Cena knew Americans might be bummed that he seemed to be giving in to Chinese politics, but his main point was something else.

Cena advised not to react right away. He wants people to take a breath, figure out what's happening, and find the best way to act, maybe after a few days.