John Cena Compares WWE Character To DC Superhero

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John Cena has described boiling his WWE character down to an exact definition. Find out what other modern superhero he is referencing.

In an appearance on the Impaulsive podcast, John Cena gave an intriguing description of his character evolution throughout his run in WWE.

Cena said:

“We spoke in the car about define yourself in a sentence, or maybe just even a few words. John Cena in the WWE existence is easy for me to define; Superman. I don’t mean like, I’m stronger than everybody, I’m stronger than a train, faster than a bullet, whatever.

“I mean Superman acts with pure virtue, Superman has a moral code, Superman can be conflicted but when he’s conflicted his North Star is his moral code and his virtues. It affects your body language, it affects your delivery. [Logan] spoke like ‘I don’t know when you’re off script or off script’, neither do I, because you just get out there and feel the energy.”

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However, going on to describe how that perpetual problem of being ‘too good’ plagues both John Cena and his DC superhero counterpart, Cena said:

“Now over the years, there’s been a difference in Superman. The Superman of 2012 where, man did they want CM Punk to win the championship because everyone was sick of me winning, they were sick of Superman, which is the forever problem with Superman, he’s too good.

“Now it’s an older Superman, who is looking in the mirror saying ‘I was this, I’m not this anymore, what am I now?’ I’m trying to figure it out. How do we know? [that he’s not Homelander]. I’m trying to figure it out, I need your help. ‘Hey guys, I don’t know how much time I have left’, and I gauge their interest off of that. If they’re like ‘get the f**k out’, I do know how much time I have left, and it’s now.”

And going on to expound further, Cena described how the evolution of his character has yet again taken a slightly new iteration as he presents himself now as authentically as ever.

John Cena said of our ability to finally really see him:

“It’s fun to be able to play with that dynamic of having that run, just like the evolution of the Doctor of Thuganomics, it was an immediate shift into the rap guy, and it was a slow climb into the virtuous Superman character that became ‘the face of WWE’, but then it was a long period of time where that character did well, now, I went on TV and said I haven’t won a singles match in almost 3000 days.

“So to answer your question, the person sitting before you is me. The person you see in WWE is more of me now than it ever has been in totality. I don’t know what the future will bring, and I don’t know if I have to take the character or the arc anywhere else.”

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Elsewhere in the chat with Logan Paul, Cena spoke about what his plans may look like after retirement.

You can click here to read more about that.

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