A few days ago I was at the house of one of my daughters. My daughter told my oldest grand child to “go ahead and show Papaw, he likes wrestling”. Next thing I know, Isabella – shown above – was doing her best John Cena impression of  You Can’t See Me!

Here is how the rest of the conversation went:

Me: What was that?

Izzy: John Cena doing You Can’t See Me.

Me: Where did you learn that?

John Cena is on Fred (Fred: The Show on Nickelodeon).

Me: John Cena is on WHAT?

Izzy: John Cena plays Fred’s dad.

So there you have it. My 6 year old grand daughter is a fan of John Cena because of a kid’s show on Nick. Ah but there’s more.

A couple of days ago, I took Isabella to the pool at their apartment complex. There was a couple of kids that Isabella was playing with who were probably about 8 and 10 years old. Once again, the next thing I know, all three of them are doing You Can’t See Me in the pool and were all talking about Fred. I asked the other two kids if they liked wrestling. The boy who was the younger of the two said yes, and the girl said no. I asked the boy who his favorite wrestler was and of course it was John Cena.

Now, let me regress a little bit. After the first time seeing my grand daughter wave her hand in front of her face and her informing me that John Cena played Fred’s dad, later that night I sent a text to my friend and partner here on DTRT Wrestling News, Trevor and told him what I had seen and heard and how cool I thought it was that Izzy had done that. I also wanted to verify with Trevor that in fact Cena does appear on the Fred show – for those who may not know, Trevor is a much better source for me than Google or Wikipedia.

Trevor’s response was, “Yes it’s true, he does.” and then added “Fred started on YouTube.”

Now let’s move back ahead to just after the kids in the pool doing their Cena impressions, which made a real impression on me. My next text was again to Trevor asking, “How can we capture that audience?’

As is usually the case with Trevor, he had an immediate response, “We cover more Cena… make a kids section with brighter colors, big buttons, and free games to play”.

This is a project that is under construction, but it’s up and we are ready to roll.

So there you have it. The inspiration for DTRT Wrestling News 4 Kids!

Thank you Isabella for being Papaw’s inspiration for this site and for so many other things in my life!

 

Ed Boston

Co-Founder DTRT Wrestling News and DTRT Wrestling News 4 Kids