2023-11-04 05:01:00
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WWE: End of journey for John Cena!
Published on November 4, 2023 at 6:01 a.m.
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Nostalgic fans will be able to enjoy this Saturday evening from 6 p.m. (French time) with John Cena’s first singles match in WWE in seven months, once morest Saudi Arabia during the “Crown Jewel” show. Now used to film sets, the world wrestling star took advantage of the actors’ strike in Hollywood to find his first love. A time in the ring which is coming to an end.
Nicknamed the GOAT by WWEnamely “Greatest Of All Time” or “Le plus grand de tous temps” in French, John Cena has not stolen his status by gradually becoming the head of the queen organization in the world of wrestling since its debut in 2002, with more than 2,200 certainly scenario but very physical fights behind him. But in recent years, the Massachusetts native has increasingly put aside his wrestling hat to take on the role of actor. Cena has made its way onto film sets following having shone in the wrestling rings, this spectacle sport which is causing a sensation around the world, including in our country which might soon host the first WWE pay-per-view of his history. The living legend of WWE now intervenes intermittently, busy with his new projects including key roles in the saga Fast and Fuirons or Suicide Squad. Sporadic appearances which have nevertheless increased in recent weeks following the strike in Hollywood.
John Cena will fight in Cristiano Ronaldo’s lair
After a brief stint to participate in WrestleMania last April, the annual reference show in the discipline which is compared to the Super Bowl, John Cena returned in power to the WWE at the end of summer with at least one appearance every week since the beginning of September, and trips to India then Saudi Arabia this Saturday evening as part of the event “Crown Jewel” at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, where the team of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr. He will face for the occasion Solo Scoringone of the new faces of the WWE aged 30. A hell of a challenge for someone who celebrated his 46th birthday in April and who hasn’t stepped inside a ring in an official match since the last one. WrestleMania. During this comeback that began two months ago, The Champ, as we like to call him with his track record XXLcompeted in four non-televised fights of a few minutes, and a team match last month during the show “Fastlane“. The match once morest Solo Scoring this Saturday therefore appears to be its first major meeting, but possibly also the last.
His last appearance announced by WWE
And for good reason, “Crown Jewel” is the last show in which John Cena is supposed to appear, WWE having announced its star for a total of ten dates until November 4. The ambitions of the 16-time world champion are great, he who has not won the slightest official victory since April 27, 2018, five years ago, due to his status as a distinguished guest preventing him from competing. register over time. “Crown Jewel is very important to me because I feel like I might lose your support and your respect,” he said last week on the show Smackdown towards the public. If the result is well predefined in advance, the performance and quality of the match are impossible to predict. This is what is at stake for John Cena : prove to those who have followed him for two decades that he is still capable of living his dream between the ropes.
The freelance of John Cena on the rings of the WWE will it continue once his fight ends this Saturday evening? The door remains open as negotiations between the actors’ union and the major American studios continue following three months of strike, enough to allow him to continue his leap into the past for a few weeks or to withdraw in order to breathe. while waiting for an agreement to be found for a return to normal in Hollywood, which will signal the end of this catchy parenthesis. “I was very clear on the fact that we cannot do both (wrestler and actor), because of civil liability insurance,” admitted John Cena last month at a press conference. If I tried to juggle both, it would be selfish, because I would put a lot of people out of work if something happened to me. »
Its future is then in no doubt once the strike is over, which is only a matter of time, John Cena being also involved in a Hollywood production. “I stopped the project I was working on, I can’t even talk regarding this project because of the strike, and we’re in the middle of it. As soon as I can return to work, I do so. I don’t control any of this, I just cross my fingers and hope that they will find a solution,” he said last month, adding that he had decided to put on his legendary denim capris once more “to help” the WWE whom he considers his “family”.
” Retirement ? I know it’s coming soon”
John Cena will soon resume his bankable acting routine while keeping an eye on the WWE, before a definitive and well-deserved retirement. A deadline which is approaching and of which the main party concerned is fully aware. “I know it’s coming soon,” he recalled in September at the microphone of the WWE. Every time I get the opportunity to go into the ring, it becomes more and more special. There’s no denying the fact that I’m 46 and going on 47. I’ve been here for over two decades. » Each surprise visit from John Cena brings him a little closer to a release that he hopes will benefit the wrestling company that made him the star he is today. “I just want to do what’s best for WWE,” he said. Cena Friday on the eve of “Crown Jewel” on the After The Bell podcast. That’s what I’ve been doing since I walked into this building. It hasn’t changed. It’s my way of thinking, but it’s worked out pretty well for me. I do which I am told to do because I firmly believe they are doing what is best for business. When this ends, and it will end, what will be considered the best thing for WWE will be exactly the perfect moment”. Enough to encourage fans of the moment or those nostalgic for the era to enjoy in Saudi Arabia a new “You Can’t See Me” or “Attitude Adjustment”, its flagship takes, of as much as this relocation allows the French to follow the event at an abnormally reasonable time (6 p.m.).
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