WWE superstar John Cena is one dollar poorer Wednesday and he couldn’t be happier.

Last year, the wrestler and actor met Logan Allen, a minor league pitcher in the San Diego Padres system at a Tampa steakhouse, where the two became fast friends.

However, Cena also saw himself as a mentor to the young athlete and wanted to give him a challenge.

“It had seemed as if he had rarely faced failure so, I’m like, how can I create a situation, not to have Logan fail, but to face him with the concept of failure,” Cena explained in the video below. “I bet him a dollar that he wouldn’t make the major leagues.”

Cena was betting on the likelihood that most players drafted to play in the pros never make it to the top rung.

Cena also promised that if Allen did make it to the big leagues, he would personally come and make good on the bet right on the pitcher’s mound.