John Cena heel flip: WWE legend Hulk Hogan weighs in
John Cena’s heel flip at WWE’s Elimination Chamber transcended the world of sports activities leisure.
Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe debated in regards to the ordeal on ESPN whereas Jon Stewart introduced it up on “The Day by day Present.” It was really a second no professional wrestling fan thought they might see – ever.
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John Cena hugs Cody Rhodes throughout WWE Elimination Chamber at Rogers Centre on March 1, 2025, in Toronto, Canada. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE through Getty Photographs)
Cena even talked in regards to the concept of turning heel in 2012 on Chris Van Vliet’s podcast final 12 months. However the dramatic flip from being immensely liked by the followers to turning his again on every thing his character stood for over a number of years by no means occurred – till Saturday.
The comparisons then trickled in. Which heel flip was greater – Hulk Hogan being the third man within the New World Order and turning on World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996 at Bash on the Seashore or was it Cena?
Hogan weighed in throughout an interview with Justin Barrasso for his Substack “Undisputed.”
“It’s among the finest heel turns I’ve seen in an extended, very long time,” Hogan stated. “All the key gamers have been concerned. I can’t say sufficient about The Rock, too – he was unimaginable. They did it proper, I’ll inform you that.”
Hogan added that. Cena’s not doing the issues he had been doing – basically, shaking palms and kissing infants. He known as it “greater than a wrestling angle.”
By the point Hogan determined to develop into the “unhealthy man” in professional wrestling, his gimmick of “Say your prayers and eat your nutritional vitamins” was stated to have develop into stale. No professional wrestling fan on the time thought Hogan might align with Kevin Nash and Scott Corridor, who had simply joined WCW within the weeks prior from WWE – then often called the World Wrestling Federation.
Then-WCW wrestler Hulk Hogan attends the Licensing Worldwide 2000, June 14, 2000, on the Jacob Javits Conference Middle in New York Metropolis. (Stan Godlewski/Getty Photographs)
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The flip kicked-started the dominance of the New World Order faction. WCW defeated WWE within the rankings for 83 weeks earlier than the opposite firm finally righted the ship and acquired WCW.
Cena began his profession desirous to make a great impression within the firm’s “Ruthless Aggression” period after which reworked right into a rapper who would dis crowds and drop freestyle rap tracks on his opponents.
He turned one of the vital widespread wrestlers ever and even set a document for many Make-a-Want Basis needs granted. He gained the WWE Championship 13 instances and the World Heavyweight Championship 3 times. Yet one more title win will set a document.
It was what his farewell tour was going to be about when he introduced his retirement final summer season. He launched into the journey on the Royal Rumble, solely to be the ultimate competitor eradicated.
The indicators seemed to be there after that. He declared himself a competitor within the males’s Elimination Chamber match with out incomes the spot. He then aligned himself with The Rock, who initially requested Rhodes to develop into “his champion.”
John Cena in motion in opposition to Cody Rhodes throughout WWE Elimination Chamber at Rogers Centre on March 1, 2025, in Toronto, Canada. (Wealthy Freeda/WWE through Getty Photographs)
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Cena’s last WWE run will now be on the opposite facet of the aisle and can maintain a scorching storyline burning by means of the remainder of the 12 months.
