The Miz addresses John Cena's heel turn.
At the beginning of March, WWE hosted their Elimination Chamber Premium Live Event where John Cena made his shocking heel turn, attacking Cody Rhodes and aligning with The Rock. Since then, Cena has proclaimed that he plans to 'ruin wrestling' by defeating Cody at WrestleMania 41 to capture his 17th world championship.
While speaking to TMZ in a new interview, The Miz addressed Cena's heel turn, remarking that he has 'known this forever'.
"Haven't I been telling everyone that John Cena is already a heel? Since the beginning. Do you not remember WrestleMania 27 going into the main event? Do you not remember all the promos that I've put on John Cena, all the feuds that I've had with John Cena, all the things I've said about John Cena? I've known this forever. But no one believes me because I'm the bad guy. I think John Cena is, how do you want to put it? John Cena is such a big star that when you are in the ring with him, you need to step up. No matter if he's going bad or he's going good, you need to catch up with him if you're not already there. So I think that he's literally saying, put a stake in the ground going, this is where I'm at. If y'all aren't here, then y'all are not on my level. I've literally been here this entire time. I'm waiting for someone to step up."
The Miz continued, noting that he believes that the fans will eventually turn Cena back babyface cause they'll enjoy his heel run so much.
"In my mind, I feel like I know what's going to happen. I feel like the audience is going to like John Cena as a heel so much that they're going to turn him back to babyface. Because that's what they do. That's what the audience does. We've heard, let's go Cena. Cena sucks for how long? 15, 20 years? So now I feel like they're kind of getting like, hey, Cena's going to turn heel. Cena's going to be a bad guy. Now he is, and now they're going to be like, we like this. We're saying all the things you shouldn't say. John Cena's being like, oh my God, and they're going to literally switch him back to being a babyface. They're going to start cheering him again. That's what happens. That's my prediction. I don't know if that's going to happen, but that is my prediction."
The Rock notably appeared during Cena and The Miz's WWE Championship main event at WrestleMania 27, handing the victory to The Miz.
Cena is now advertised for the RAW after WrestleMania 41. You can read more about that here.
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