John Cena invoked Ric Aptitude‘s identify when declaring his seventeenth World Championship throughout “Monday Evening Uncooked” this week … however the Nature Boy tells TMZ Sports activities he is not irked one bit by the slight — admitting he is simply comfortable to be alive to listen to it!!

We caught up with the person Cena’s making an attempt to surpass for probably the most world titles in WWE historical past … about 24 hours after the 47-year-old instructed followers he’d be outdated information by the point he ends his farewell tour.

“At WrestleMania, I make historical past by successful a seventeenth Championship, and I lastly drive you to neglect the identify of the enjoyable machine jet flying woooo Ric Aptitude,” Cena mentioned Monday. “You’ll without end say the identify John Cena.”

Whereas Aptitude took all of it in stride, he tells us Cena is sorely mistaken if he thinks anybody would be capable of scrub him from the historical past books.

“They have been making an attempt to do away with the ‘woo’ for 50 years. The ‘woo’ ain’t going away, and neither is Ric Aptitude.”

Aptitude added he is grateful he is nonetheless respiratory amid the entire Cena chatter — particularly after the life he is lived … which included a well being scare again in 2019.

Regardless of catching a stray in Cena’s promo … the 76-year-old believes turning the chief of the C-Nation heel “was the best factor they may have achieved.”

In truth, Aptitude says he hoped Cena would have received the “Royal Rumble” earlier this yr … and positively appears to be on board with watching him proceed to succeed throughout his final run.