John Cena's shocking WWE heel turn 'bigger than wrestling angle,' Hulk Hogan says

John Cena’s bottommost turn astatine WWE’s Elimination Chamber transcended the satellite of sports entertainment.

Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe debated astir the ordeal connected ESPN portion Jon Stewart brought it up connected "The Daily Show." It was genuinely a infinitesimal nary pro wrestling instrumentality thought they would spot – ever.

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John Cena hugs Cody Rhodes during WWE Elimination Chamber astatine Rogers Centre connected March 1, 2025, successful Toronto, Canada. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

Cena adjacent talked astir the thought of turning bottommost successful 2012 connected Chris Van Vliet’s podcast past year. But the melodramatic crook from being immensely loved by the fans to turning his backmost connected everything his quality stood for implicit respective years ne'er occurred – until Saturday.

The comparisons past trickled in. Which bottommost crook was bigger – Hulk Hogan being the 3rd antheral successful the New World Order and turning connected World Championship Wrestling (WCW) successful 1996 astatine Bash astatine the Beach oregon was it Cena?

Hogan weighed successful during an interrogation with Justin Barrasso for his Substack "Undisputed."

"It’s 1 of the champion bottommost turns I’ve seen successful a long, agelong time," Hogan said. "All the large players were involved. I can’t accidental capable astir The Rock, excessively – helium was incredible. They did it right, I’ll archer you that."

Hogan added that. Cena’s present not doing the things helium had been doing – essentially, shaking hands and kissing babies. He called it "bigger than a wrestling angle."

By the clip Hogan decided to go the "bad guy" successful pro wrestling, his gimmick of "Say your prayers and devour your vitamins" was said to person go stale. No pro wrestling instrumentality astatine the clip thought Hogan could align with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, who had conscionable joined WCW successful the weeks anterior from WWE – past known arsenic the World Wrestling Federation.

Then-WCW wrestler Hulk Hogan attends the Licensing International 2000, June 14, 2000, astatine the Jacob Javits Convention Center successful New York City. (Stan Godlewski/Getty Images)

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The crook kicked-started the dominance of the New World Order faction. WCW defeated WWE successful the ratings for 83 weeks earlier the different institution yet righted the vessel and bought WCW.

Cena started his vocation wanting to marque a bully content successful the company’s "Ruthless Aggression" epoch and past transformed into a rapper who would dis crowds and driblet freestyle rap tracks connected his opponents.

He became 1 of the astir fashionable wrestlers ever and adjacent acceptable a grounds for astir Make-a-Wish Foundation wishes granted. He won the WWE Championship 13 times and the World Heavyweight Championship 3 times. One much rubric triumph volition acceptable a record.

It was what his farewell circuit was going to beryllium astir erstwhile helium announced his status past summer. He embarked connected the travel astatine the Royal Rumble, lone to beryllium the last rival eliminated.

The signs appeared to beryllium determination aft that. He declared himself a rival successful the men’s Elimination Chamber lucifer without earning the spot. He past aligned himself with The Rock, who initially asked Rhodes to go "his champion."

John Cena successful enactment against Cody Rhodes during WWE Elimination Chamber astatine Rogers Centre connected March 1, 2025, successful Toronto, Canada.  (Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)

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Cena’s last WWE tally volition present beryllium connected the different broadside of the aisle and volition support a blistery storyline burning done the remainder of the year.