John Cena shocked numerous wrestling followers when he turned heel for the primary time in additional than twenty years at Elimination Chamber: Toronto.
During the occasion, Cena received the lads’s Elimination Chamber match earlier than he turned on Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes throughout a post-match phase involving Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Travis Scott.
Cena clearly aligned himself with The Rock by brutally beating down Rhodes.
As the WWE Universe continues to course of the information, this is some backstage scoop on what went down earlier than Elimination Chamber: Toronto.
Who Knew About John Cena’s Heel Turn?
According to Fightful Select, solely three different folks knew about Cena’s heel flip previous to it taking place in Toronto. One of which is, clearly, The Rock, and the opposite two are none apart from Triple H and Brian Gewirtz, certainly one of WWE’s writers.
Whether or not Rhodes was knowledgeable previous to or throughout Elimination Chamber is unclear as of press time. However, Fightful Select has famous that everybody else backstage has been caught unaware of any plans involving Cena’s heel flip.
Where Cena and Rhodes’ rivalry goes from right here stays to be seen, but it surely has been reported that the 16-time world champion has gone to Africa to proceed filming a film.
Cena Posts on Social Media for the First Time Since Heel Turn
While Cena selected to actually drop the mic through the press convention after Elimination Chamber, he has posted on social media for the primary time since aligning with The Rock.
Cena posted a photograph of “Grand Theft Auto VI” to his Instagram account. No caption got here with the publish, leaving followers to take a position as to why he selected to publish it to start with.
“Heel Cena before GTA 6 lol,” one touch upon the publish stated.
“Bro acting like he didn’t butcher Cody on live tv or smthng,” one other remark stated.
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