2. John Cena Talks About Being Compared To The Rock, Possibly Bringing His Rapper Gimmick Back, Reveals WWE Return Date
15 Time WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena was recently interviewed by GQ Magazine. Cena talked about being compared to The Rock, possibly bringing his rapper gimmick back, and more. Below are the highlights:
On Being Compared To The Rock:
“Because I’ve been in it so long, and if you look at (“The Rock” Dwayne Johnson), he had tremendous success in the WWE, but his success was short-lived when he left full-time for Hollywood. I think he had to do a tremendous switch, but I know he had the ultimate goal for coming back to the WWE and making it a better place,” Cena told interviewer Jake Woolf.
But for me, at this point, so much of our audience loves me, and so much hates me, I kind of just realize I am who I am, and I am John Cena, I’m not ‘The Rock.’
At my age, I’m not trying to score cool points. I’m just excited when I can speak to younger members of our audience in the WWE. I just get to be a superhero to kids, but I’m not trying to be on the cutting edge of style or anything like that. Once you reach that point of deprivation, you don’t mind it.”
On Possibly Bringing Back His Rapper Gimmick:
“That’s a young man’s game. If you’re gonna expect music, it would be a soul, R&B, rat-pack-type of thing. Maybe classic. Every once in a while I’ll listen to hip-hop, but it’s all stuff from the early ’90s and late ’90s. I’m kind of out of touch with everything.
The song is definitely part of what launched me on this journey…but I think had I just kept being “the rap guy,” I think that would have been short-lived, because it’s so one-dimensional. I’ve never lost my connection to hip-hop, I just don’t know what’s popular today.”
John Cena revealed in a Tweet that he would be returning to WWE at a Live Event on December 26:
A fantastic #AmericanGrit is winding down. Ill have just enough time to see #Sistersmovie with santa then race to @TheGarden on 12/26.
— John Cena (@JohnCena) December 18, 2015
