Jim Ross Says John Cena Turning Heel Never Made Sense

John Cena turning heel has been a topic of debate for over a decade. Some want to see it, others want him to continue appealing to kids. Jim Ross has now weighed in.

Ross revealed on his Grilling with JR podcast that Cena turning has never made sense to him. Here is the full quote, courtesy of Fightful:

“I never pitched it to him. No, because the data that we could obtain and utilize, simply put, the merchandise sales. Things of that nature that were always somewhat babyface oriented. Not as much today, but in that era, certainly it was. I didn’t see any reason to lessen the opportunity to keep selling merchandise. I also knew, as I told you earlier, that I thought that the booing of John Cena was because we overexposed him and the fact he kept getting chance after chance after chance. That was kind of like the Roman Reigns thing. It was the wrong positioning and somebody wasn’t paying attention.”

“It didn’t make sense to me. I think that everybody agreed with that and I’m sure John had some input on that as well. Making these wishes for these terminally ill children and making a wish is very important to John Cena. It’s not just a gimmick to get a nice photo op. It’s not that. He’s done hundreds and hundreds of these that never made air. He was never looking to make good publicity out of helping terminally ill children. It’s still important to him. So that’s a good reason. It’s the right reason. It has never made organic sense for John Cena to become a heel. Sorry, folks.”

Of all the possible reasons to give, helping sick kids is a good one.

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