John Cena stunned the wrestling world at WWE Elimination Chamber, turning on Cody Rhodes and aligning with The Rock.
After embracing Rhodes, who refused to sell his soul to The Rock, Cena kicked Rhodes in the dick and them bloodied the Undisputed WWE Champion.
At the post-show press conference, Triple H commented on Cena's turn.
"John Cena drops a nuke. I’ve been fortunate to be around a lot of the biggest things in this business in the last 30 years. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt a more powerful moment of, the entirety of John Cena’s career, being the one guy that never really saw, when he really became John Cena and the champion, you didn’t see this moment coming. When you get to a place in your career where you know, undoubtedly, you have months left on your career and the thing that launched you to the rest of the world, movie stardom, everything else that he has in his life, it puts you in a different perspective and puts you in a place of ‘it is now or never.’ You can ride that out and rest on the things you have done, and you couldn’t blame John for doing that. To say, ‘Hey, I’m coming in and I’m going to ride the nostalgia wave for the next ten months, I’m going to wave at everybody, I’m going to do the tour, come to your town say hi and expect you to react to the nostalgia of John Cena.’ Somebody like him can double down and say, ‘Screw it, I want to be challenged right to the last moment. I want to go out on my shield and give this everything I have. I want to challenge myself and do something different. I want to be afraid of it. I want to go out there and do it all.’
"That’s the beauty of John Cena. He has always been the guy to do what is best, but he’s always been the guy to jump out on a limb, to get out there, stick his neck on the line, and gamble on himself. He did that again [at WWE Elimination Chamber] and it was incredible to watch. There was a moment where Cody was down in the ring and Rock, Cena, and Travis Scott were in the aisle and I thought to myself, ‘Holy shit. It doesn’t get bigger than that.’ It’s just an epic moment. I feel like it’s one those nights where 20 years from now people are going to be saying, ‘Holy shit. That night in Toronto was incredible.’"
Fans can find The Rock's comments on Cena's turn by clicking here.
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