It lastly occurred.
After over twenty years of being a “good guy,” or “babyface” in wrestling lingo, WWE Celebrity and Hollywood actor John Cena turned “heel,” or turned the “bad guy.”
Cena is presently on his professional wrestling retirement tour. The 13-time WWE champion and former face of the corporate introduced final 12 months that 2025 could be his closing 12 months of actively performing in-ring.
It would not appear to be any WWE fan assumed that the near-lifelong babyface would flip dangerous in his closing 12 months of wrestling. However he did final night time, attacking his now-former good friend Cody Rhodes.
The web erupted with shock, pleasure, and, after all, memes.
At WWE Elimination Chamber on Saturday night time, Cena had simply received the six-man cage match to find out who would face WWE Champion Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania. Rhodes is the present face of the corporate and the highest “good guy.” Cena and Rhodes are supposedly buddies. Rhodes got here out on the finish of the present to congratulate Cena on successful the match, signifying a pleasant aggressive matchup was in retailer on the important occasion of WrestleMania.
Nonetheless, The Rock, who’s presently a nasty man within the WWE and has been feuding with Cody Rhodes, interrupted. Rhodes and The Rock exchanged phrases. After which Cena turned on Rhodes, attacking him a number of occasions whereas rapper and particular visitor Travis Scott and The Rock joined in on the beat down.
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Cena debuted for the WWE in 2002 the place he briefly performed the position of a rookie babyface. He had a brief run as a heel together with his rapping Thuganomics gimmick. Nonetheless, apart from that, Cena has spent the previous 20+ years as a fan favourite “good guy” with catchphrases akin to “Never Give Up.”
John Cena has been particularly beloved by youngsters, who make up a big portion of his fan base. In reality, his recognition with the youth had been a serious cause why WWE refused to show him heel for almost all of his profession. Cena really holds the Guinness World File for granting essentially the most needs for the Make-A-Want Basis.
And also you higher consider the web had memes about how heel John Cena will doubtless have an effect on his younger fandom.
There have been additionally memes about Cena’s now notorious announcement in 2011 after the top of a WWE pay-per-view informing the gang of Osama bin Laden being “compromised to a permanent end.”
And memes referencing how John Cena follows practically 1 million folks on X.
For longtime followers, Cena’s heel flip appears fairly analogous to Hulk Hogan’s heel flip within the 90s. Hogan had spent over a decade enjoying the babyface position together with his Hulkamania gimmick earlier than lastly turning heel in 1996 beneath his “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan persona. Curiously, each The Rock and John Cena, who’ve now joined forces as heels, beforehand left WWE full-time to pursue profitable appearing careers in Hollywood.
After WWE Elimination Chamber went off the air, Cena appeared on the post-show press convention the place he merely dropped the mic and left. So we’ll have to attend to listen to his rationalization as to why he turned dangerous.
However, make sure, when he does clarify, the web may have a lot to say about it.
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