John Cena says it doesn’t matter what WWE originally planned for The Rock and Travis Scott.
The Rock and rapper Travis Scott played a significant role in John Cena’s heel run during the first half of his retirement tour. However, WWE dropped them from the storyline without any notice, which received tons of criticism from fans.
During his recent appearance on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast, John Cena was asked about WWE’s original plans for The Rock and Travis Scott. Cena simply replied that it doesn’t matter because he doesn’t dwell on what could’ve been.
“Who cares? It doesn’t matter. We can talk about what could have been until the cows come home. And I think that’s what’s great about the people who are left standing. Certainly me and Cody. What’s the change? this? All right, let’s go. I don’t dwell for one second on what could have been, because what could have been is Brock doesn’t leave for the NFL and there’s no John Cena.”
John Cena On If There Were Talks About A Match With The Rock
Speaking further, John Cena addressed whether there were any talks about him having a match with The Rock at some point in his retirement tour. Cena reiterated that he doesn’t dwell on what could’ve been. He said he doesn’t care for it because he’s always the last to know about the creative plans.
“Could there be anything? That’s the thing that sucks about what could have been, it’s not what it is.
“I don’t care. First of all, I’m always the last to know. It doesn’t trickle down to me. If you watch Unreal, that process is genuine. ‘I talked to Rock and then the last guy I gotta call is John.’ I’m usually the last guy they call because I’m the easiest. ‘Yeah, let’s do it. No problem. I’m in.’ So I don’t sweat the [small stuff]. ‘Yo, we don’t have those guys anymore.’ Cool, what do you want to do? We would like to do this. We need you to start being more competitive. We want to put you in these matches. We were going to build to this. That’s over. I didn’t even get that. Okay, fine, great. What are we doing now? That’s what’s tough,” John Cena said.
Cena Said He Doesn’t Choose His Opponents
“I think it’s great to talk about. It gives good argument, gives good perspective, of like, how do they book this stuff? A lot of that stuff’s beyond control of even the people who own the sandbox. If I decide to walk, I have contractual obligations, but they I’m not gonna be there on the 13th. Like, if I decide that, you know, and they’ll figure it out. I saw Austin get fired, you know what I’m saying. I saw Brock leave, John Cena continued.
“I saw, you know, Dwayne take his break, and I don’t sweat any of those guys for what they did. Austin was worn out. Brock was probably going to assault somebody in an airport, and Dwayne had such great opportunities, I don’t fault people for being like, I can’t do this right now. McAfee being burned out behind the booth. The guy has got so many opportunities, dude, you got to just focus on what you can do. I don’t sweat them for that, but sh*t changes. Open opportunity for Wade Barrett, and I love listening to that guy on TV. Not that I didn’t like Pa,t but I really like listening to Stu [Bennett]. So I don’t really sweat it, but could there have been? That’s why I don’t choose my opponents,” John Cena said.
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