Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Drew McIntyre and John Cena.
• John Cena won the Men’s Elimination Chamber match, earning a shot at Cody Rhodes’ Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41, before turning heel and aligning with The Rock.
During the match, Damian Priest eliminated Drew McIntyre with a roll-up, but McIntyre retaliated, setting up Priest’s elimination. This is expected to lead to a WrestleMania 41 feud between them.
Before the match, rumors started that WWE has changed their plan to McIntyre winning the Chamber match. However, Fightful Select reports that WWE never planned for him to win the match.
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• During the Elimination Chamber post show, The Rock said the following about John Cena turning heel:
“It was an amazing moment. We as entertainers, whether in pro wrestling or film or television, you really live for moments like that where you can hopefully create something that can be very compelling and moving for the audience and take 38,000 strong in Toronto and what we have collectively thought about and talked about in the back, before and certainly after this moment, no one knew really what was going to happen.
Maybe if you called it, but for the most part, I thought the moment was incredible and I personally love that.
I’ve been around the block in terms of being a pro wrestler. I love this business. What I felt tonight, and I’ve been a part of some really phenomenal professional wrestling angles, and as a kid growing up, I’ve seen some amazing pro wrestling angles. I felt like tonight stood beside all of those that were iconic angles.”
Rock also revealed that Cena is going to Africa to continue filming his movie.
