John Cenas heel turn at Elimination Chamber 2025 rocked the wrestling worldbut according to Triple H, the move wasnt hard to sell to the 16-time world champ.
In a new interview with The Daily Mails Alex McCarthy, WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H opened up about the decision to flip Cena to the dark side after nearly two decades of being the face of WWE. According to The Game, Cena embraced the idea immediately.
It was a conversation that when it was brought up, everybody I think in Johns mind he was like wow, I didnt think you were going to say that. I love it, Triple H revealed. Its a challenge to him. Johns not a complacent person.
At Elimination Chamber, Cena stunned fans by aligning himself with The Rock and Travis Scott in a brutal beatdown of Cody Rhodesmaking it clear this was a whole new era of Cena. Since then, hes blamed the fans for his heel turn and has declared his mission to ruin wrestling by taking the WWE Championship home after WrestleMania 41.
Triple H likened the turn to an actor being offered a role completely out of their usual comfort zone. At a certain point in time they come and they give you something way off something youve ever done and youre like Wow, alright, thats a challenge Ive never done before, he said. That energises you and gets your creative juices going This is going to be special because John is lit up about it. Were lit up about it. Its going to be incredible.
Cena is set for whats being billed as his final advertised appearance on the road to WrestleMania 41 on tonights Monday Night RAW, where hell go face-to-face with Cody Rhodes once again. Expect tensions to explode as the showdown inches closer.
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