
WWE Hall of Famer JBL was a guest on an episode of the Something To Wrestle With podcast, where he discussed various topics, including why John Cena’s heel turn failed to meet expectations.
JBL said, โI think sometimes when you draw something up itโs a great plan, and all of a sudden it doesnโt work. And I think thatโs what it was. You know, Iโve been in a million different planning sessions where you plan stuff. In sports, you plan something. You think youโve got this great play, you think youโve got this great strategy or in business or in sports or anything. And all of a sudden you put it out there on the field or the ring or wherever you put it out there to implement it, and it doesnโt work like you thought it would. And I think thatโs what happened here. You got one of the, arguably the greatest of all time in John Cena. Certainly on the Mount Rushmore of almost anybodyโs Mount Rushmore for people. And he had something that was not resonating, I didnโt think it was resonating. As well as, people wanted to see Cena. Iโm not sure they wanted to see the heel side. I think they just wanted to like, โYou know what? We just love this guy. We want to see him.โโ
On whether we will see The Rock back on WWE TV:
โYeah, I definitely think weโll see The Rock in the ring again. I would bet everything on that. You know, Rock loves being in the ring. And itโs not just a matter of ego. I mean, the guyโs the biggest movie star in the world. Heโs making a freaking fortune. Itโs not about ego, I donโt believe. It may be. You know, anybody whoโs a huge star whether itโs Jordan or Bill Russell or anybody out there โ Schwarzenegger, when he was on top of the world back in the โ90s? They all have a huge ego. Thereโs nothing wrong with that. Thatโs why theyโre big stars, because theyโre driven to be the best in the world. I think The Rock loves to be in the ring. And so โ I say I have no doubt. Thereโs always a little bit of a doubt, but I pretty much have close to zero doubt that Rockโs gonna be in the ring again.โ
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)