John Cena was recently interviewed by The Wrap in which he discussed the possibility of returning to semi-regular in-ring competition, WWE no longer needing him and WWEās rough financial start to 2019.
Check out the highlights below:
āThat literally depends on the immediate future. Thereās a few opportunities that have been set in front of me,ā Cena said. āIf they work out ā and I hope they work out ā theyāll be wonderful challenges in life and for me to grow as a person, so Iāll more than likely take them. It doesnāt mean that my heart doesnāt lie with WWE.
āIāve often said that if Iām doing something like [āFifth Graderā] then itās impossible to do something like that. Iām older now. I just turned 42, I watch WWE on a regular basis and the talent is getting faster and more precise.ā
āI think I would have left the WWE high and dry, so to speak, [but] now they have so much talent and so many definable Superstars,ā Cena said. āThere was a time when I could genuinely say, from a financial standpoint, they needed me ā that time is up.ā
Ā āI only got a chance to be on television becauseĀ Brock LesnarĀ left, Steve Austin left,Ā Dwayne JohnsonĀ left, Mick Foley got hurt, Triple H got hurt,Ā the UndertakerĀ got hurt,ā Cena said. ā[McMahonās] class of the Attitude Era changed and they had to rely on new people. In doing that, they took a tremendous financial hit up front, but in the longterm it ended up going strong for a decade and a half.
ā[WWE is] certainly in a better place now than they were in letās say 2003, and I know Vince will say on a quarterly call that he needs his stars, but heās also aware that heās developing them at a more rapid rate than he did when I started. So I think the future is tremendously bright for WWE.
āThe WWE does not need me. I need it and I love it, and I love every single moment Iām associated with it. But I felt it the first time this year at WrestleMania: I took a step back and looked at everything and (realized) it is such a powerful machine.ā
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