Tag: John Cena

WWE had moved this week’s episode of SmackDown and 205 Live to the Performance Center due to coronavirus threats and the shows were broadcasted without an audience.

John Cena who was featured in the main event segment of SmackDown took advantage of the situation and watched the broadcast of 205 Live from the audience stand.

The company later posted a video of the Cenation Leader enjoying the show. The 16 time World Champion claimed that watching wrestling live is something he has often longed to do and there is no experience like it:

“This is something that I often longed to do—watch this done live, there’s no experience like it, A guy like me, sometimes sticks out in the crowd. I definitely stick out in the crowd today, because I am the crowd.

But I’m in the tech area and because of the circumstances; I get the treat of watching this live. Now, I’m used to performing in front of a crowd, so I’m a rookie at all this stuff. I’m watching the pros and taking notes. This is awesome.”

Last night, @JohnCena got to do something he longed to do for awhile, watch @WWE205Live LIVE from the audience! #205Live pic.twitter.com/9dtynXAIuv

— WWE (@WWE) March 14, 2020

John Cena had a confrontation with his WrestleMania opponent Bray Wyatt during SmackDown and The Fiend warned the former World Champion that it’s going to be a slaughter at the Show Of Shows.

These two will meet in a one on one match at WrestleMania 36, though it will only be possible if the event takes place as scheduled and it’s not cancelled by the Tampa officials.

John Cena has broken his silence on not only his WWE return but also his next match. 

The former WWE Champion made an appearance on last Friday’s episode of SmackDown on FOX in Boston, MA at the TD Garden in the final segment. 

The lights went out then back on with The Fiend standing behind him and pointing at the WrestleMania sign. Cena tipped his hat and The Fiend disappeared to close the show. Now, he’ll take on Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36.

Cena took to his official Twitter account on Monday evening where he issued his first public comments. Cena wrote the following: 

“Want to thank @WWEonFOX and more importantly @WWEUniverse for such an emotional experience on #Smackdown,” Cena wrote. “I went to Boston to say ‘goodbye’ but realized that no matter where life takes me, @WWE is always home. Now, onto #WrestleMania!”

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on when Cena will return to SmackDown. 

Although not confirmed, the belief is that he should make at least a few more appearances to build to the big match in the coming weeks. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network.

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John Cena made his long-awaited return to WWE television. 

The former WWE Champion did so on Friday’s episode of SmackDown on FOX in Boston, MA at the TD Garden. As seen on the show, Cena closed the show with a promo about how he needs to answer the question of what he’s doing at WrestleMania 36. 

Cena made it known that he always will be a WWE star. He said that he’s doing something different because he knows how hard the WWE stars work for one moment at Mania. He said that WrestleMania should go on without him because it’s the right thing to do. 

Cena stated that he’s not going away but doesn’t know when he’ll be back. Cena says WrestleMania should be earned not demanded. Cena put the microphone down and walked up to the stage.

The lights went out then back on with The Fiend standing behind him and pointing at the WrestleMania sign. Cena tipped his hat and The Fiend disappeared to close the show. 

Dave Meltzer was initially able to confirm earlier this month that not only will Cena wrestle at WrestleMania 36 but he’ll be wrestling Elias. WWE thinks that Elias will “get the rub from losing to Cena.”

However, that was later changed and reported that Cena would be feuding with Wyatt that would ultimately lead to a match between the two stars at WWE’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania 36. 

'The Fiend' @WWEBrayWyatt never forgets…#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/1heu7CAedE

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) February 29, 2020

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"This year's @WrestleMania should go on without @JohnCena." ??? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/PUFoQIpR2I

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) February 29, 2020

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After 221 days, the legendary @JohnCena has returned to WWE. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Uqll7JlOqR

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) February 29, 2020

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John Cena is slated to be in action at this year’s WWE WrestleMania 36 event as his opponent has been revealed.

Dave Meltzer was able to confirm that not only will Cena wrestle at this show but he’ll be wrestling Elias. The belief is that the feud will likely kickoff when he makes his return to WWE television. That will be on the February 28 episode of SmackDown as WWE will do an angle for the upcoming match. 

Meltzer noted on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio that he was given a name for an opponent. At first, he held on giving it out but stated that it was “so underwhelming, it’s ridiculous.” When Bryan Alvarez guessed Baron Corbin or Elias, Meltzer said it’s not Corbin. 

This was when the reveal was made. WWE thinks that Elias will “get the rub from losing to Cena.”

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming months. 

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What are your thoughts on John Cena facing Elias at their biggest event of the year?

WWE has announced that John Cena will make an appearance on Smackdown as the company heads to WrestleMania 36. Cena will return to Smackdown on Friday, February 28th, 2020.

The show is scheduled to take place inside Boston’s TD Garden. Cena was born and spent his early life in nearby West Newbury, Massachusetts.

News of Cena’s return to Smackdown was first reported on Fox’s WWE Backstage.

BREAKING: As first reported on #WWEBackstage, @JohnCena returns to #SmackDown on Friday, Feb. 28!
https://t.co/J2ymImfOAR

— WWE (@WWE) February 12, 2020

John Cena Returning To Smackdown

Cena has several movies slated for a 2020 release. He plays Jakob Toretto in F9: The Fast Saga and voices the role of Yoshi in Dolittle. Cena is also scheduled to join the cast of the upcoming Suicide Squad movie slated for a 2021 release.

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“It was on SmackDown where The Cenation Leader made his dynamic debut nearly 18 years ago, when he channeled “Ruthless Aggression” to challenge WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle in his debut match,” a WWE press release for Cena’s appearance reads. “Since that fateful night, Cena went on to become WWE’s standard-bearer, earning 16 World Championships and inspiring countless WWE fans to “Never Give Up.”

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John Cena has talked about wanting to make a WWE return in the near future. A photo posted on his Instagram account has led fans to believe that could be happening sooner rather than later. 

Cena posted a Royal Rumble photo earlier today. It should be noted that he didn’t provide any context for the photo posted. 

The former WWE Champion made his last Royal Rumble appearance in 2018 where he made it to the final four in the contest alongside Finn Balor, Roman Reigns, and the winner, Shinsuke Nakamura.

There haven’t been any reports about Cena making an appearance and WWE hasn’t confirmed whether he’ll be appearing at the show. There are only three spots left in the contest. 

The following stars have been confirmed for the Men’s Royal Rumble Match: 

WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in the #1 spot, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Erick Rowan, King Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Otis, Tucker, Elias, Aleister Black, Rusev, Bobby Lashley, R-Truth, Braun Strowman, WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, RAW Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins, RAW Tag Team Champion Buddy Murphy, Samoa Joe, Kevin Owens, SmackDown Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston, SmackDown Tag Team Champion Big E, John Morrison, and The Miz.

John Cena Shares Reason Behind Wearing Denim Jorts As His In-Ring Gear

John Cena shared some insight into his ring attire when he was a recent guest on an episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden to promote his latest film, Dolittle. 

During an appearance on the show, Cena talked about his signature “jorts” [denim shorts] that he wore throughout his in-ring career. It turns out that his “Dr. of Thuganomics” character originally inspired the attire. 

John Cena Shares Insight

The reason for that is due to him wanting to be different from other stars as they wear traditional ring gear while he wore street clothes.

“If you look at my other options, it’s just underwear,” Cena said. “So I wanted to do some sort of street clothes because my persona was a tough, wannabe rapper kid from the mean street of West Newbury. Tough to do that in your underwear, tough to do that. So I also wore sneakers while most guys wear calf-high or knee-high leather boots.”

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In a more funny way, Cena also brought up how he did try to wear cargo style shorts while performing for WWE. However, he found that it was common for the crotch to blow out of the cargo shorts. 

As a result, it would expose him to fans during his matches and he had to change back to the jorts. 

“So I’m pretty much in street clothes, and I chose denim because you don’t blow the crotch out of denim. I tried cargo pants and in front of the world a few times – here I am trying to put my life on the line with a superstar that I’m trying to have a match with and everybody’s just looking at my d–k. So, denim is a safe play. And they’re back in, so I kind of stood the test of time!”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcript

Wrestlers such as John Cena and Batista are currently enjoying post-wrestling acting careers. Hollywood hasn’t always been so accepting of wrestlers, however. According to comments Cena made to Cinema Blend recently, he believes the Rock’s foray into acting changed all that.

“It definitely has changed, and I think that rests on the already broad shoulders of Dwayne Johnson,” Cena said regarding Hollywood’s attitude to wrestlers. “He just made it acceptable to be something other than your wrestling persona. If you look at the correlation of wrestlers or WWE personalities in movies, they essentially played extensions of their WWE personality. I think Dwayne was one of the first ones to break that mold, and do it on such a grand scale that he couldn’t be ignored.”

John Cena On Wrestling and Hollywood

Cena would continue to talk about the similarities between pro wrestling and other forms of entertainment.

“What we do in WWE is we tell stories – we just tell most of it through a physical nature of a narrative. And it is over the top, and a very Shakespearean form, but it is storytelling. I just think we have a lot of talented individuals that could be good in other avenues. It’s just by being on every week without a break, perception is reality. ‘I know this person for being this person and this person alone.’ It’s very much like your favorite [television show], like Seinfeld.”

Cena’s film career is set to have a big year in 2020. He will play a role in each of the next installments of the Fast and Furious and Suicide Squad films.

The full interview with Cena from Cinema Blend can be found here.

• John Cena Talks Moving On As WWE Regular, Hints At WrestleMania Appearance

John Cena was on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week where he made some interesting comments while he talked about his status with WWE. 

Right out of the gate, Cena was asked about his status with WWE, which is where Cena noted, “I’m officially moved, I’m not a regular player.”

Cena talked about how WWE is still in his heart and he’s still a part of the family as he keeps in touch with a lot of folks but he wants to be a mentor and help others. 

The former WWE Champion brought up being 42-years-old and being proud of the effort that he’s put forth. 

“I just want to make sure that I’m never in a position where paying customers like yourself look at the effort and go, ‘Eh, he’s just sticking around because he’s greedy.’”

John Cena Talks WrestleMania 36

Cena was asked if he calls WWE to pitch ideas to him or if he calls them, which he noted that he always likes for WWE to give him ideas and he makes it his own. This is where Cena brought up WrestleMania 36 in April. 

“I know that we have a small, large event called WrestleMania around the corner, just so happens to be in Tampa, that’s kind of where I live, so I’ll be in the neighborhood, so if Suicide Squad should be done, but it’s not like I call someone up and be like, ‘I want to be in WrestleMania.’ Those spots are very coveted.”

John Cena On WWE Boss

Cena continued by noting how there are performers that work all year to earn those spots. Make no mistake about it, he would love to earn one of those spots.

“The way you do that is by Vince McMahon, the head of creative, calling you up and going, ‘Hey pal, I’d like you to do this.’ And then I say, ‘Yes sir,’ and then I put my own spin on it.”

Cena ended by noting that McMahon is more than a boss to him but rather a friend, father figure, mentor, and trusted resource. He does still think of him as his boss. 

He hasn’t wrestled at the biggest event of the year for the company since 2018 where he lost to The Undertaker in a quick match. 

John Cena Hopes Fans Always View Him As Part Of WWE Family Despite Acting Transition

Although John Cena isn’t as active as he once was, he hopes his lasting impression on fans is him as a member of WWE. 

Cena expressed his feelings while doing an interview with the Belfast Telegraph to promote his “Playing With Fire” film. 

John Cena Hopes Fans See Him Right Light

This is where he talked about his career with WWE as well as his venture as an actor. This is why he hopes fans will always remember him as a member of the WWE family because he got his start in the company. 

“I hope they always view me as a member of the WWE, because I am,” he said. “Whether it’s watching the events or being able to participate, any chance I’m given to answer this question, WWE is my family. It’s weird that the culture is, you either do this or you do that, and for 20 years I’ve been trying to tell people, ‘No, it’s all really cool.’”

Cena talked about how he doesn’t ever want to not be known as a WWE superstar because he can’t perform as much as the current ones due to him being a little bit older. 

He noted how he has these cool opportunities to do other stuff but he doesn’t want to come across as he’s shutting off the WWE world. 

Instead, Cena brought up how he’s trying to bring this world with him so everyone can all be involved in a movie conversation or a WrestleMania conversation.

Cena has landed another movie role as he is set to co-star in the movie “Vacation Friends,” a film is a comedy that will see Meredith Hagner and Lil Rel Howery in the other co-starring roles. 

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John Cena has talked about wanting to make a WWE return in the near future and has led fans to believe that could be happening sooner rather than later. 

The former WWE Champion sent out two messages on his social platforms that sparked speculation from fans. 

On Sunday, Cena posted an interesting photo on Instagram, which he usually doesn’t write captions with his IG photos. He also sent out another motivational quote on Twitter. 

With those cryptic messages and an interesting stat, some people think Cena could appear at WWE TLC. The stat is the fact that his current WWE PPV streak that’s in jeopardy of ending if he doesn’t wrestle at TLC. 

Cena has worked at least one PPV match for 17 years straight. At this point, this is pure speculation and no reports have backed up this theory. 

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Last month, Cena spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated where he noted that he was eager to make a WWE return. 

Every day away from it, I miss it more and more and more. I’m becoming more honest with myself about how much I miss it. I’m very eager to get back into a WWE ring soon.”

His first pay-per-view match came back in 2002 at Vengeance against Chris Jericho that saw Jericho go for the Walls of Jericho, but Cena countered for a pinfall victory.

John Cena recently spoke to Sports Illustrated and talked about his Twitter presence. He discussed the use of social media and particularly Twitter and why he started following so many random people’s accounts on the website.

Cena is a bit interesting when it comes to social media usage. His Instagram account is particularly weird, where he posts random images usually. He would sometimes also post cryptic images hinting to something he’s going to do in the future, and none of his posts have a caption.

On Twitter, Cena posts inspirational messages and advice. He is also often asked if his tweets are directed at a particular person because of this. Cena has also started following seemingly random accounts on Twitter, and he explains why he chose to do it.

“I know that social media is most times a difficult, argumentative, and negative place, Twitter especially, because of the ability to hide behind the text,” said Cena. “So what can I do? Send out good stuff, be honest with everybody, and then follow people that relate to the good stuff.

“If I follow someone who is a ‘negative’ person on Twitter—their profile reads sarcastic, skeptic—and they like my tweets? They’re not who they say they are, or they have a chance to change. If the experiment fails, so be it, but it’s just me trying to use my presence to tip the balance.”

So there you have it. Cena believes in authenticity and he follows others because he knows that there is a notion that people get happy when Cena follows them. He tries to follow people who relate to his messages and spread positivity with his huge reach.

John Cena To Star In “Vacation Friends” Movie

John Cena has landed another movie role. 

The former WWE Champion is set to co-star in the movie “Vacation Friends,” according to Deadline. This film is a comedy that will see Meredith Hagner and Lil Rel Howery in the other co-starring roles. 

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on when “Vacation Friends” is set to be released but it will be through Hulu and 20th Century Fox when it does. 

Clay Tarver, an executive producer of “Silicon Valley” on HBO, will make his feature directorial debut on the movie while Todd Garner is producing the film under this Broken Road Productions company. 

Cena and Garner have worked together before as Broken Road recently released Cena’s “Playing With Fire” movie.

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The movie is about a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple while on vacation in Mexico. When they return to the United States, they find that the rowdy couple has followed them back home.

Cena’s latest film is a few months away from being released. The movie, “Dolittle,” which is starring Robert Downey Jr, will be released on January 17. Cena plays an upbeat polar bear in the film.