When John Cena (briefly) returned from China with a Lightning Fist and John Bradshaw Layfield hair, the WWE Universe didn’t know what to make of it. We’ve seen him with the High and Tight for so long that anything else seems weird, like when you see him wearing adult clothes instead of a baggy t-shirt and jorts.
Cena returns to WWE’s house show circuit for a run starting with the December 26 event at Madison Square Garden, so Jimmy Kimmel asked the important question: you gonna cut that hair or what, brother?
“No … Because the thing I like about the WWE is they’re very vocal, and very excited. So when I go to Madison Square Garden looking like an accountant, not so much a thin one, they’re going to raise hell. So it’s going to be great, I just want to see what happens. … I don’t know what they’re going to do.”
Big Coif John further explained his point of view with the extremely accurate stance that wrestling fans are super weird and constantly demand change without being able to handle change.
“So here’s the deal, I’ve been playing a character in WWE for 15 years now, and I’ve looked the exact same. Then I left to go to China for about 6 months and I came back with this, and literally it has caused a title wave of emotional upheaval. I’ve literally ruined people’s childhoods. I know you do ‘Mean Tweets’ and every day it’s just a barrage of ‘change back, you look ridiculous, you ruined my life!’ I’m just trying to figure my life out, I don’t know what the hell’s going on.”
It’s no more jarring than bald Shawn Michaels, is it? We’ll get used to it, like we did when Big Show cut his hair, or Triple H cut his hair, or Baron Corbin shaved his skullet and became a waiter. Let the man change, he’s busy making romantic transforming robot movies now.
Also, Cena should definitely mess with the MSG fans and show up wearing a Kane wig attached to the inside of his baseball cap.
(transcription h/t to Wrestling Inc.)
