John Cena Wants More Wrestling Stories In Hollywood
John Cena is ready to close the door on the WWE chapter of his career but hopes Hollywood keeps the door open for wrestling stories to be told.
John Cena is facing retirement from WWE as his iconic in-ring career looks set to come to a permanent end in 2025. Cena has become one of the best-known wrestlers of all time and has followed in the footsteps of the likes of Roddy Piper, The Rock, and Batista by building a very successful Hollywood career.
Wrestling and Hollywood have worked together in recent years with Zac Efron recently starring in The Iron Claw to critical acclaim and that kind of movie has given Cena some hope.
John Cena Wants To See More Wrestling In Hollywood
Speaking to Jeff Goldblum on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, John Cena was asked for his thoughts on The Iron Claw which focused on the life of Kevin Von Erich and his tragic wrestling family. Cena noted that the movie as well as The Wrestler gives him hope more wrestling stories can be told in Hollywood:
Movies about wrestling, they are a tough subject matter to tackle. Movies like ‘The Wrestler’ and movies like ‘The Iron Claw,’ have done a really good job in telling the story of the individuals. It is such a larger than life thing and there are so many memorable names.
‘Iron Claw’ is about four marquee players in Texas. ‘The Wrestler’ is the story about a marquee player who has passed his prime and what he’s trying to do in collectively trying to pick up the pieces of his own life. It’s that rock star not being able to step off the stage story.
Wrestling, sports entertainment, WWE is like a treasure chest of stories. When I see a movie done well like ‘Iron Claw’ or ‘The Wrestler,’ it gives me hope that more stories can be told because there are so many stories in our library.
John Cena has confirmed how many dates he’ll be working as he winds down his in-ring career and it remains to be seen which WWE stars will get to share the ring with the sixteen-time world champion before he hangs up his jorts.