Fans are baffled after John Cena appears to be a huge Luke Littler fan after a cryptic social media post.
Littler took the country by storm during his historic run to the PDC World Championship final last week.
The 16-year-old would have become the youngest world champion in history if he had defeated Luke Humphries and was five years younger than the previous youngest finalist.
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The 16-year-old made a staggering £200,000 from the tournament after beating Christian Kist, Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell, Raymond van Barneveld, Brendan Dolan and Rob Cross.
The Runcorn-born sensation has gained over one million followers on Instagram, more than any of his fellow competitors despite entering 2024 without a tour card.
Despite Littler's sudden rise to fame, the main audience for darts is based in the UK making recognition from John Cena slightly unprecedented for the teenager.
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Cena's post comes after footage of Littler imitating the WWE Superstar aged ten went viral, with the darting sensation performing the iconic 'You can't see me' move.
The wrestler-turned-actor took to Instagram to post a picture of Littler celebrating during the World Championships, but chose not to include a caption.
Cena is notorious for his ambiguous persona on social media, with almost all of his posts on Instagram being seemingly random memes and photographs without much context.
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Fans have taken to social media to react to the unlikely crossover.
One fan wrote: "John Cena and Luke Littler, what a strange crossover episode that is."
Another added: "Why has John Cena posted Luke Littler then?"
A third fan replied: "He will be absolutely buzzing with this!"
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'The Nuke' has since responded to Cena's post
by sharing it on his Instagram story.
Topics: Luke Littler, Darts, John Cena, WWE, Fan Reactions
Tom Jenkins