John Cena is not only back in the WWE mix for television purposes, he's back on the road and wrestling at house shows.
Cena, who has been filming a variety of movies and television shows since his WWE run leading up to WrestleMania 36, has taken time away from Hollywood to be back in WWE full-time. How this run goes and how his body feels will go a long way in determining his future with the company.
"Returning to WWE, it's a brand new world. A new cast of characters, new direction with the company, new platforms, new environment. There is a challenge there," Cena told Chris Hardwick on ID1OT. "To challenge myself as a 44-year-old to go back, there is an Intrinsic challenge there, a set of circumstances. That's a good challenge in many ways. My body could tell me after this extended stay, 'dude, you're done' or it could tell me, 'You're so far from done it's crazy.' That's another interesting conversation with myself. If physically, I'm slower, I've said openly to everyone that I will keep doing this until I feel I'm offending the customer. I will continually go out there and do what I can to contribute and add. I don't want to go out there and be like, 'Okay, just let him go out there and (do his thing).' I'm not into that because I know what it's like to pay for a ticket. If I were to get that on this go-round, it's a humbling and tough thing that I will have to hurdle. If I get the opposite and it's like, 'You're quicker and can do some things better and define a new personality,' then that's a new conversation because I do not have much time left and if I want to give it like, 'let's really commit to this thing and really go all in,' that's an honest choice where other stuff will have to take a backseat."
Even when Cena is not appearing on television, he works dark matches after Raw or SmackDown.
"When WWE wants you to come back, I gave them myself, they asked me to come back for only a few dates and I said, 'No, I want to do all these dates.' To one, get back in front of an audience. Two, to help the brand get audiences back in the building," he said.
Cena is set to headline WWE SummerSlam against Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. You can view the current lineup for SummerSlam by clicking here.
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