It was widely speculated that John Cena would make an appearance as a surprise entrant at the 2021 edition of the Royal Rumble. However while plenty of surprise entrants such as Christian, Carlito and The Hurricane did appear during the event – ‘The Leader of Cenation’ was not one of them. Still, John Cena did break his silence after the Royal Rumble speaking toward his status toward arguably a bigger event – the Granddaddy of them, WrestleMania.
It was recently rumored that Cena is a lock for the next three WrestleMania events. Talking to SI in a new interview, the future WWE Hall of Famer discussed transitioning to becoming a WWE part-timer and how he has ‘become everything that he has ever despised’, while also laughing off the idea he is against part-timers taking away the spotlight of current, full-time WWE Superstars. Cena told the outlet the following.
“What a hypocritical situation. I used to be very open about the fact that part-timers were just that, and here I am at 44 years old and I’ve become what I despise, as they say. That is kind of what it is.”
In addition, he noted in the same interview how filming his current HBO project ‘Peacemaker’ could prevent him from working WrestleMania.
“It’s a wonderful episodic show, and it’s an amazing opportunity,” he says. “It’s a challenge I wanted, and I get to work with awesome people. James Gunn is writing and directing, which is amazing, and it’s something I couldn’t pass up. It’s very difficult to say because I know it’s going to be disappointing for a lot of people, but according to the letter of regulation right now, there is no mathematical way I can be at WrestleMania this year.”
