John Cena on his days in WWE being numbered, returning to WWE as a free agent

John Cena was recently interviewed by Complex and during the interview he explained why he returned to WWE as a “free agent”. John Cena was drafted to the SmackDown brand during WWE’s Superstar Shake-Up. He then took some time off for projects outside WWE. When he made his return to the company, he was labeled a “free agent” and can appear on either RAW or SmackDown. Here are some highlights from the interview:

On being an all-timer instead of a part-timer:

“I’m still a fan of the WWE and I think that’s the most important thing. When you’re a fan, you stay very close to all the programming and all the broadcasts, there’s no dipping around the fact that I haven’t been on the program in a while because I’ve been doing other stuff. I haven’t danced around it, I explained that the reason I cannot be on the program is because the movie folks, their insurance doesn’t allow you to. That’s a dealbreaker, it’s not negotiable. But instead of laying low for a few months before I start another project, the second that I wrapped, I scurried on a plane and got right back into the WWE fold. I guess that’s what I mean by all-timer.”

Returning to WWE as a “free agent”:

“The reason that I wanted to be a free agent and the reason they kind of granted my request is because I don’t know if I’ll be available for Smackdown specific only or Raw specific only, and I also know that my days are numbered. I just turned 40 in April and we have so many young and talented performers, I don’t know how many years I have left. So in the time I have left, I’m gonna do what I can to dedicate to this company I just want to be able to do it the most time that I possibly can.”

His role in WWE when he retires from in-ring competition:

“If the day comes when I’m not involved with the WWE that would come as a drastic surprise to me. I would certainly understand it because we all have our career paths and nothing lasts forever but WWE has been my family for the past 15 years and I’ve been very vocal about my passion and love for not just my time in the ring as a wrestler, but the company itself, what it stands for, the people that work for. I literally would do whatever they asked me to. In whatever capacity I can help the company I would love to do so.”

You can check out the entire interview by clicking here.

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