John Cena has completed the unthinkable.
The 16-time world champion and longtime face of WWE, who’s on a year-long farewell tour in 2025, has lastly turned heel.
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He aligned along with his former rival, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, to double-cross Cody Rhodes in entrance of a surprised crowd on the Elimination Chamber occasion on Saturday night time.
The gorgeous second got here after Cena gained contained in the chamber to punch his ticket to WrestleMania 41 and arrange a match towards the Undisputed WWE Champion.
Whereas it initially appeared like the 2 faces of the corporate would sq. off on the occasion in Las Vegas, that will not be the case, due to the historic heel flip.
As Rhodes took to the ring to congratulate Cena on profitable contained in the chamber, The Rock and and rap star Travis Scott interrupted their assembly.
‘The Closing Boss’ demanded a solution to his latest provide of taking Rhodes’ soul and turning him into ‘his champion’ – however was rapidly rebuffed.
As Cena embraced Rhodes for making that call, he obtained a sign from The Rock, and seconds later, booted the champion beneath the belt.
He then carried out a devastating assault, and left Rhodes in a bloody, crumpled heap because the WWE Universe watched on.
Cena mentioned nothing as his flip unfolded, as an alternative utilizing the mic as a weapon to batter the champion, earlier than stepping out of the ring.
He was additionally silent after the present went off the air, too, delivering the proper heel press convention to all these hoping for some solutions about his conduct.
In a backstage video shared by WWE, a stone-faced Cena is seen strolling right into a room stuffed with reporters, earlier than merely choosing up the microphone and dropping it on the desk.
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He then walked again out of the room, wrapping his media duties inside 15 seconds.
It was one other good heel transfer from WWE’s latest dangerous man, and means followers must anticipate an evidence from the person himself.
Whereas the precise circumstances round Cena’s flip stay unclear for now, he did tease final month that he would do no matter was crucial to make sure he headlines WrestleMania in his remaining yr.
Talking after the Royal Rumble, the 16-time world champion mentioned being on the present is ‘greatest for enterprise’.
“I’m going to the Elimination Chamber to win, and I’m going to important occasion my remaining look in WrestleMania, and win a seventeenth championship, as a result of that’s what’s greatest for enterprise,” he mentioned.
“And I say that as a result of it isn’t greatest for my ego, it isn’t greatest for my enterprise. I’ve constructed my existence right here off of laborious work, loyalty to this firm, and respect for all of its branches.”
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One month on, and Cena has made that imaginative and prescient a actuality.
He held off 5 different challengers contained in the Eliminiation Chamber to win and arrange a match with Rhodes, and his shock heel flip provides one other layer to what was already set to be a terrific spectacle.