John Cena Didn't Even Tell His Wife About WWE Heel Turn

John Cena shocked the professional wrestling world when he turned heel at the Elimination Chamber 2025 premium live event in a move that didn’t leak beforehand, with plans kept very close to the chest.

The secret of Cena’s heel turn ran deep, as Triple H revealed in an interview with Peter Rosenberg that even Cena’s wife was unaware of what was to go down at the show. 

“So in that moment when John turns, we kept that so quiet that on our side, three people on the exec team, from the writing staff, knew. That’s it. Me and two others. Nobody else knew. Cena knew, obviously. Cena didn’t even tell his wife. Cena didn’t tell his manager. Cody knew. Cody told no one. Obviously Rock knew. Travis sort of knew, but he was just along for the ride doing exactly what they told him to do, which at some point, slapped Cody, and he was slapping him whether Cena wanted it or not because Cena didn’t know about that part.”

Triple H also stated over this last week that he felt as though fans should stop being critics and ruining wrestling, declaring that the ‘internet is not real life’ before speaking again to clarify his comments after a wave of backlash emerged. The backstage details of Triple H’s pitch of a heel turn to John Cena were also revealed in the lead up to WrestleMania 41. 

H/T WrestlingNews.Co

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