WWE fans that are pining for a John Cena heel turn are sure to be disappointed by the face of the WWE's latest comments where he said he won't make a turn because it's a poor business decision.
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Cena recently spoke to Variety about his transition from the squared circle to Hollywood as he is going to be in the forthcoming films The Nest and Trainwreck. While talking about his upcoming movie roles, Cena was asked about the possibility of turning heel in the WWE.
"When you do that, everything you said, everything you stand for gets erased," Cena told the publication about turning from top babyface to a bad guy. "It's a poor business decision."
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It's not uncommon for a top babyface to turn heel as Hulk Hogan had great success when he became a bad guy and joined the nWo in WCW in 1996 and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin -- who was the top guy during WWE's greatest peak in the Attitude Era -- also turned heel at one point.
Still, Cena is the top merchandise seller as a babyface and appeals to the WWE's younger audience with its family-friendly directive. Cena also does a lot of work for the Make a Wish Foundation, so a heel turn could compromise that.
The article also delved into how much of a company man Cena is as he wouldn't take off his WWE baseball cap during the interview and even said, "They don't pay me to promote my haircut."
Cena reiterated in the interview that he has no plans of leaving the WWE for a full-time Hollywood gig as guys like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Dave Batista have done.
The article also featured Vince McMahon, who praised Cena, his top talent for the last decade.
"John's passion for our business along with his charisma, work ethic and integrity have made him a global superstar and role model," McMahon told the publication. "John also has extraordinary business instincts and an insatiable thirst for knowledge which translate to any medium and are keys to his success."
As for his movie career, it wasn't just handed to him as Trainwreck director Judd Apatow said Cena had to audition for his role in the film as he wasn't foo familiar with him.
"I wasn't so familiar with his other work, so I had no bias. I just saw him as an actor who was riotously funny," Apatow said. "We read a bunch of people, and he was by far the funniest. Then he came and did a table read before we shot the movie, and got more laughs than anyone. He is a great improviser. He has a great sense of humor, and is the most professional person I have ever met."
Trainwreck is due out in the summer of 2015 while The Nest is slated for a December 2015 release, but the chances of Cena leaving the WWE to act full-time appear as slim as a Cena heel turn.
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