John Cena On His Super Cena WWE Era: "Sometimes You've Got To Win A Lot"

Although he is back to receiving huge cheers whenever he appears on WWE TV, that wasn't the case for much of John Cena's career, particularly during his run as the top star in the company between 2005 and 2014 when 'Big Match John' would receive loud boos in arenas around the globe.

As WWE's top star, Cena was booked to win the vast majority of his matches to the point 'Lol Cena wins' became a meme and the 16-time world champion became known as 'Super Cena.'

Cena reflected on his time as WWE's top guy with Collider, noting that he had to win so much to make his losses more impactful.

"One of the biggest hang-ups in the middle portion of my career was that, spoiler alert, John wins. What people don't understand is, I think now, maybe, as we begin to reflect back here on this last run of like, 'Hey, man, I was in it for the long haul.' The way you make those losses impactful is sometimes you've got to win, and sometimes you've got to win a lot. Any time you can pass energy on to somebody, that's kind of the life cycle of the business. You come in an unknown and, hopefully, you get the flywheel spinning, you create all this energy on your way out, you pay it forward, you pass it off," Cena said.

Cena also revealed which three losses in WWE meant the most to him, naming his defeat to The Rock at WrestleMania 28, his shock loss to Kevin Owens at Elimination Chamber 2015, and his loss to Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand 2006.

Cena is back with WWE for his farewell tour that will run throughout 2025. The current plans for Cena's WrestleMania 41 match can be found here.

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