Wrestler, stranger make 8-year-old boy's dream come true

Monday, September 21, 2015
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We have an update on a Hometown Live story we brought to you earlier this month about an 8-year-old suffering from a rare genetic disorder. On Sunday, he met WWE Wrestler John Cena with the help of a stranger.



Mason Leibham suffers from Pfeiffer Syndrome, a genetic disorder that keeps the skull from growing. He has had 62 surgeries to date.
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Robert Tijerina saw on Facebook the little boy's wish and stepped in to help. On Sunday, little Mason had a chance to meet his hero.

"I saw a random request on Facebook about a little boy who wanted to go to the WWE competition," Robert Tijerina said, "I kept seeing it repeat and repeat and instead of watching something happen, I thought I should take matters into my own hands and make something happen for him."

"For a child that gets told that they are scary or are not accepted for being different, it saves their life. And it makes things so much better and I can't thank them enough for that," said Mason's mother Vanessa Leibham.



Tijerina bought Mason two front-row seats, along with Sunday night's meet-and-greet with Cena.
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