Despite everything going on with him right now, John Cena isn’t changing the way he feels about Vince McMahon.
The 16-time World Champion recently sat down with The Associated Press to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about his recent tweet where he suggested it might be the last time he stepped into that arena, Cena said he realized that night that he is in the twilight of his WWE journey.
“I tried to put it in words in Twitter. I guess I didn’t explain myself correctly,” John Cena admitted. “It was the first time I came out into the arena knowing that this has a definitive end. Normally, you come out, you get all excited, OK, this is the next one and I’m waiting for the next one. I’m not done, of course. I made that statement accepting a match at WrestleMania so I know I have at least one more in front of me. But what I was trying to convey was, that was the first time I looked at all that excitement and energy and realized this is the twilight of that journey.”
When asked why he decided to come back and feud with Austin Theory at WrestleMania 39, Cena was honest and admitted it wasn’t his decision, and he’s just doing what he was told.
“You would be surprised at my answer. Because that’s what I was told would happen,” John Cena said. “I don’t do that. I don’t say, I want to do this. I want to work with that person. I don’t ever do that. I’ve never done that. I just try and do what I’m told to do and do it to the best of my abilities. Instead of dictating my terms, I often just try to make the performance the best it can be. What I don’t do and what I’ve never done is curate the direction of the narrative. I don’t pick opponents, but I love to tell stories. I didn’t pick Austin Theory but I certainly spoke from the heart (on RAW).”
When asked if it’s tough for him to reconcile his feelings toward Vince McMahon with the sexual misconduct accusations made against him, Cena said when you love someone, you take them as imperfectly as they are.
“No. I mean, everyone has the right to have their perspective. I have the right to have mine. When you love somebody, you take them as imperfectly perfect as they are,” John Cena said.
“We all make mistakes, we all have poor decisions. Lord knows I’ve made my collection of poor choices. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to love somebody. There’s no way I can go on record and say I don’t love Vince McMahon.”
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