WWE fans were left heartbroken at Elimination Chamber 2025 as John Cena betrayed them after over two decades.
The living legend has turned heel in brutal scenes as he, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Travis Scott left Cody Rhodes a bloody pulp to kickstart the Road to WrestleMania.
For the first time since the early 2000s, Cena drew the ire of fans with ‘you sold old’ chants reigning down as the future Hall of Famer chases a record 17th world championship.
Moments after the wrestling icon beat CM Punk to win the Elimination Chamber match, the American Nightmare came down to make their WrestleMania 41 main event official.
They were soon interrupted by The Rock in his Final Boss persona with hip-hop star Travis Scott by his side. as he urged the Undisputed WWE Champion to sell his soul and become his personal corporate champion.
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Cody delivered a foul-mouthed response to turn him down and Cena hugged him, only to let his face drop as Dwayne made a cut throat gesture, and the trio launched a brutal assault.
The stage is now set for a fascinating build to WrestleMania in Las Vegas, as a Hollywood duo of Cena and Rock – with Travis Scott joining the fun – look set to run roughshod over WWE.
It also puts a huge question mark over the bulk of Cena’s retirement tour, as he eyes up his final ever match in December this year after 23 years in the business.
What appeared to be a triumphant tour de force is now something much more interested, as a desperate legend sells his soul for one more shot at glory.
‘Cena’s betrayal cuts deep! 💔,’ wrote @RashedRafi14 on X, as @ImaGStukes tweeted: ‘John Cena has betrayed WWE.’
And @TheNewLoki13 added: ‘As a long time Cena fan, I question this story. Cena turning heel during his final run, his Farewell tour. I don’t get it. I feel betrayed. I want to cheer for Cena to win the record breaker, now I’m conflicted….. Why now??? #WWEChamber’
Until now, the closest fans had seen to Cena as a heel since his early days on SmackDown came in an nWo fever dream as part of his Firefly Fun House match against the late Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36.
This is something much more grounded and real, with WWE ready to usher in one of the most unpredictable builds to the Showcase of the Immortals in recent memories.
Speaking to the media in the post show press conference, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque insisted even he has ‘no idea’ where Cena will take the character.
‘Even though we’re creating it, I’ll be honest, I have no idea what he’s gonna do as a heel. If we go back a year, when Rock turned, I don’t think anyone would have seen this Final Boss character coming,’ he said.
‘When you have people as good as Cody, Rock, Cena and mix that all together, it’s limitless. Even though I’m part of it, I want to see where it goes. As a fan there’s a part of me that wants to see where it goes.’
Elsewhere on the show, Jade Cargill made a triumphant return and took out Naomi at the beginning of the night before the women’s Elimination Chamber could even get underway.
However, fans still don’t know if the mystery of Jade’s attacker has truly been solved, with Bianca Belair still in the picture.
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