WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash appeared on an episode of his Kliq This podcast and discussed various topics, including how he thinks John Cena should retire as a heel.
Nash said, โThe thing about the Cena situation is, I read something today on a comment somewhere, was you know the Cena run has an expiration date. That changes everything. The one person said, โWouldnโt it be Shakespearean if Cena rode off as a heel and basically the story was that heโs been that this whole time and you dumb fucks bought it for 20 years, that he was a good guy?โ I said, thereโs a hell of a way to go. Youโre never gonna take away from his legacy. Youโre never going to take away from the fact that heโs done more Make-a-Wishes than probably the entire rest of the athletes on the planet.โ
On Cena retiring as a babyface:
โIf he wants it. When John comes back, if Iโm in charge and John comes to me and he says, โI want to do a retirement thing,โ I donโt know if it was pitched, if Paul said, โHey, what do you think about a heel turn before you go out the back door,โ and John says, โYeah, as long as we rectify it.โ When it comes down to it, it can always be a situation where itโs that last night, and somethingโs going down, and itโs the old Popeye. โItโs all I can stand because I stand no more,โ and he comes back to his senses. But people are a lot smarter than they used to be when it comes to wrestling. Theyโre gonna want this tied up in a bow. If you turn him and heโs been effective.โ
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)