During an interview with the Wall Street Journal to promote his role in Sisters, John Cena mentioned that he’s in a “time fighting business,” but knows when it’ll be time to step away from a WWE ring.
“I know that I’m in a time fighting business. I’ve always sworn to myself that if I can’t keep up with the current level athletically, it’s my time to take another role, whether that’s commentating on the matches or stepping behind the curtain and molding younger talent. I always want to do whatever I can to help the [professional wrestling] industry. I see firsthand how happy we make kids and families. When you get a kid to sit down and have a conversation with [their] Superman, it’s the coolest thing. It makes their day. That’s a pretty cool, unique thing.”
As you may know, Cena is the greatest with kids and spent most of 2015 as the United States Champion, having great matches with everyone from Cesaro and Stardust to Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, so we’re probably not losing Big Match John any time soon.
Plus, Cena says that the skills he learned in the wrestling world have helped him in Hollywood:
“Every night is new. Every piece of material is different. That’s to me what keeps that passionate fire to perform live in front of people.”
So yeah, he’s at least sticking around long enough to break Ric Flair’s championship record. I’m assuming he’ll be around long enough to double it.
