During the pay-per-view event WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto on Saturday night, an unexpected twist occurred when John Cena switched to the villain’s side and joined hands with The Rock after his triumph at the 2025 men’s Elimination Chamber match.
The turn of events continued as Cena and The Rock launched an attack on Cody Rhodes when The American Nightmare resisted selling his soul to The Final Boss.
As we’ve highlighted before on eWn, WWE left no stone unturned to ensure the news of Cena’s villainous turn didn’t leak. Steps included internally ranking the Rhodes/Rock segment as third, even when deciding to place it at the end of the show was not an eleventh-hour decision.
While Cena and Rhodes were aware of the upcoming showdown at WWE WrestleMania 41, The Rock’s participation in WrestleMania 41 remains uncertain after the dramatic events of Elimination Chamber: Toronto.
At the post-show press conference of Elimination Chamber, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE’s Chief Creative Officer, spoke about maintaining the secrecy surrounding the unexpected twist in Cena’s character.
Triple H expressed that, “The one thing about tonight that I loved that it was nowhere. Nobody knew. When I say nobody knew, nobody. Right before the finish of the Elimination Chamber, I had to say to the truck, ‘Everybody lay out, I have all traffic on where we go next.’ Nobody knew what was coming. It was a very tight circle of people because we’re just trying to entertain people and doing it in a way that is amazing and next level and they don’t see coming. Where does it start? It starts with a group of people that just love this. It’s in Rock’s blood. The goosebumps aren’t manufactured. That’s him. There is a massive group of people here, internally at WWE, talent and everything, that is how they are. They live, breathe, sleep this, and want it to be epic. We start there and it escalates. It’s a team effort that I’m incredibly proud of.”
The press conference also included a video clip that further elaborates on the Elimination Chamber 2025 Post Show.
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