John Cena Shocks The World At WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER By Turning Heel And Selling His Soul To The Rock

John Cena Shocks The World At WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER By Turning Heel And Selling His Soul To The Rock

Peacemaker star John Cena shocked the world at last night's WWE Elimination Chamber event when he finally turned heel by attacking Cody Rhodes and forming an alliance with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson...

By JoshWilding - Mar 02, 2025 04:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker
Source: TheRingReport.com

Similar to comic books, pro wrestling features heroes and villains. They're referred to as babyfaces and heels by fans and, for upwards of two decades, WWE viewers have wondered what it would look like if John Cena were to "turn heel."

The chances of it ever happening seemed slim, especially as the Peacemaker star has granted more Make-A-Wish requests than anyone in history. In 2025, Cena is embarking on a retirement tour and will hang up his wrestling boots and jorts for good at the end of this year. 

Last night, it finally happened. Cena broke bad. 

During the Elimination Chamber PLE, it came down to CM Punk and Cena after the former rivals teamed up to take out Seth Rollins. However, a well-timed Curb Stomp from the Visionary opened the door to Cena locking the Best in the World in the STF; Punk passed out and Cena booked his ticket to WrestleMania for a match with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. 

The American Nightmare wasted no time in making his way out to the ring where he congratulated his challenger ahead of the Show of Shows.

Joined by rapper Travis Scott, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson joined them to demand an answer after recently offering Rhodes everything he's ever wanted in exchange for his "soul" (becoming the TKO Holdings' executive's corporate WWE Champion, basically). 

Declaring that his soul belongs to the ring and the fans, fully uncensored, Rhodes told The Final Boss to go f*** himself. 

He and Cena shared a hug, only for the latter's face to immediately change when he locked eyes with The Rock. Given the nod and a throat-cutting gesture, Cena hit Cody with a low blow, punched him using the Rolex Rhodes gifted to The Final Boss, and busted the fan favourite open with the WWE Championship.

Cena and Scott held Rhodes down so The Rock could beat him with his weight belt in a shocking, internet-breaking moment and one that means Cena, desperate to gain his record-breaking 17th world title, is now a heel and in cahoots with The Rock heading into WrestleMania this April.

Can Rhodes possibly overcome the Final Boss and a corporate Cena? We'll have to wait and see but Black Adam and Peacemaker have formed an unholy alliance as Cena looks to do whatever it takes to beat Ric Flair and win a record-breaking 17th world title. 

Check out some highlights from Elimination Chamber's shocking conclusion below (via TheRingReport.com).

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AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 3/2/2025, 5:03 AM
Grown men like this stuff?
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 3/2/2025, 5:24 AM
@AllsNotGood - *shrugs*
It beats current politics I guess...
luckypenny
luckypenny - 3/2/2025, 6:04 AM
@AllsNotGood - Grown men love comic-book super-heroes so anything is possible
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 3/2/2025, 5:03 AM
Is this a comic article?
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 3/2/2025, 5:31 AM
@MarvelZombie616 - Rock and Cena are/were DC so...User Comment Image
GarthRanzz
GarthRanzz - 3/2/2025, 11:09 AM
@UltimaRex - And he will be fighting Arrow star Cody Runnels.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/2/2025, 5:32 AM
I truly was speechless…

For people not familiar with the world of the WWE , John Cena has not been a bad guy or a “heel” for 22 years so to make him one now in his final year is truly crazy.

He’s been desperate to break Ric Flairs record and become a 17 time world champion and he had been a losing streak singles match wise till now so him selling his soul to the Rock who is now on the board of directors for TKO who own WWE makes sense imo.

Cena has always called this version of his character as “Superman” so this is us seeing Superman break bad.

Insane , I can’t wait for Wrestlemania this year especially after this PLE which might have been one of if not the best of the Triple H era so far!!.
epc1122
epc1122 - 3/2/2025, 7:38 AM
@TheVisionary25 - overall really good ple and was happy to see Cena turn heel. I thought Cody was going to turn heel at mania similar to what Austin did at wrestlemania 17 but it is what it is. Think reigns is going to save Cody or set up Cena vs reigns at summerslam. I do like how wwe has become more unpredictable. Not going to lie, was disappointed bliss didn’t win.
Biggums
Biggums - 3/2/2025, 6:28 AM
Ugh
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