One of the most talked-about storylines of John Cena’s 2025 farewell tour has been his shocking heel turn. For the first time in over two decades, fans saw him as a bad guy. In a new interview, Cena offered his perspective on the controversial character shift.
The heel turn began after Elimination Chamber and saw Cena align himself with The Rock, adopting a darker, more aggressive persona. The run was a topic of discussion among fans, many of whom had been hoping for a Cena heel turn for years. The storyline came to an end on the SmackDown before SummerSlam, where Cena turned back into a babyface.
While answering the internet’s most searched questions about himself in a WIRED Autocomplete Interview, Cena was asked, “What did John Cena do to turn heel?” He responded not by detailing the storyline, but by challenging the question.
“That’s a good question, because I believe I said on television that I’m not a babyface nor a heel, I’m a human being.”
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