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Cena has been a fan-favourite in the WWE, performing as a baby face for the last two decades, and Triple H revealed that he wanted to change the perception by pulling off something the fans had never seen. WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque, also known as Triple H, has revealed John Cena’s reaction to his pitch for the multi-time champion to turn heel. Cena shocked everyone during the 2025 Elimination Chamber by aligning himself with The Rock while viciously attacking Cody Rhodes.
Months after the live event, Triple H revealed how the 16-time champion reacted when The Game first proposed the idea to him over the phone. “In the first conversation we had about it on the phone..
.he was like, ‘Wow, I didn’t think that’s where you were going to go with this. That’s bold, but I f***ing love it," Triple said on the High-Performance podcast on YouTube.
Triple H claimed Cena felt the character shift would open a new dimension, allowing him to do his greatest hits. “I love it because I could be safe, I could be easy, I could come in and phone this in and do my greatest hits and move on or I could be challenged. This is challenging to me.
It is a juicy role. Now, how do I make these people hate me?," Cena said, as per Triple H. Cena has been a fan favourite in the WWE, performing as a baby face for the last two decades.
Triple H wanted to change that by pulling off something the fans had never seen. “I went to John and said,‘What if we pull the lever that no one wanted to ever pull and what if we turn your heel?" he said. “To me, it felt like, if you never do it, it’s just left dangling there.
Now, we get to write for this guy who has been this ultimate good guy for 20-plus years. We get to turn him bad," Triple H explained. Cena has been WWE’s face for the last two decades.
He won a record-equalling 16 World Championships in the company. The WWE veteran is now on a retirement tour, set to end in December 2025. Cena hopes to surpass the legendary Ric Flair by winning his 17th crown in this tour.
Earlier this year, Cena narrowly lost the Royal Rumble to Jey Uso before winning Elimination Chamber match in March to earn his title shot against Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes will defend his Undisputed Championship against John Cena on Night 2 of WrestleMania 41. The American Nightmare recently spoke on WWE SmackDown about his time was up.
Rhodes will now be hoping to walk out of Las Vegas as champion..
