John Cena is a 16 time World Champion in WWE and has been the face of the company for over a decade until he shifted to a part-time schedule back in 2017. Many fans have been wanting to see Cena make his return at this year’s WrestleMania. John Cena rejected his WWE return for a very sad reason.
WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels competed against John Cena for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 23 in 2007. Despite rumors suggesting HBK he would become the new champion, that was not the case at all.
Veteran referee Mike Chioda recently spoke to Michael Morales Torres of Lucha Libre Online, where he talked about the reason why John Cena won the match at WrestleMania 23.
“To me, John Cena, and Shawn Michaels is phenomenal, don’t get me wrong, but that time John Cena was on top for quite some time and busted his a** for the company and stuff like that. So, was I surprised they didn’t give it back to Shawn? Shawn’s not going to run around for another year or six months with the title, I don’t think he wanted to travel that much anymore at that time, you know?”
So it had to stay on John Cena, because he was the number one selling merch, they pushed his merch tremendously. The company was making money. You’ve got to go with… who’s the guy that’s making you money from merch, and stuff like that, down the line. You know what I’m saying? It’s a decision that comes from the top, from Cesar, Vince.”
