John Cena Reveals Truth About Choosing His Final WWE Opponents
John Cena has again addressed the subject of choosing his opponents during his retirement tour.
At the WWE SummerSlam post-show, Triple H raised a few eyebrows when he claimed that Cena was picking his opponents as a way of writing the final chapter of his book.
SummerSlam saw Brock Lesnar make quite the splash by returning to the company after two years, while being named in the lawsuit that accused Vince McMahon of sexual assault and trafficking.
Lesnar is Cena’s long-standing rival and one of the few superstars to hold a positive win/loss record against him.
Triple H’s claim was negated by Dave Meltzer during one of his Wrestling Observer Radio episodes.
However, in September, John Cena took to X to ask the WWE Universe about their thoughts on a match between him and AJ Styles.
His tweet again sparked discussions about him selecting his opponents, forcing him to post a tweet rejecting the idea.
Nevertheless, he got his match with AJ Styles at Crown Jewel, which was easily one of the best matches of his career.
John Cena Addresses Controversy Surrounding Choosing His Own Opponents
Every time John Cena has been asked a question about choosing his own opponents, he has been adamant that he is only following instructions from the WWE higher-ups.
He reiterated the point during a recent appearance on Chris Van Vliet’s Insight.
Only thing I wanted to do, the only idea I gave was about Saturday Night’s Main Event on the 13th, saying it should not be a John Cena show.
If everybody’s saying you’re going out on your own terms, which is BS, because I want to do it forever. Okay, you have an idea of this is how I want John to go out. You do. I have an idea of how I want to go out. And how I want to go out is not by folks remembering what I did.
I want a chance to perform and do some good. You want to sprinkle in moments and memories to understand and make that last match more meaningful, fine, but let’s use the rest of our two hours and show the future of the business. That’s how I want to go out, because when I came in, there was a gold medalist who’s like, I’ll work with the kid.
To be on a sold-out show in Chicago and hear that noise, I was already hooked, but that’s it. I want to give NXT kids a chance to be there, and I want to give major WWE superstars a chance to be on the card.
It’s a limited thing. It’s not WrestleMania, it’s only limited spots, but that’s how I want to go out. And there’ll be people to criticize that. My theory, or my perspective was, if you do a whole show on John, two things can happen. Too much, not enough. No one’s ever gonna be like, ‘nailed it.’