John Cena On WWE Return: I Didn’t Want To Really Leave In The First Place, But I Was Faced With A Bold Choice
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John Cena says he took a big risk, but he never wanted to leave “home” in the first place.
John Cena recently spoke with Forbes about his acting career and return to WWE, explaining that he’d been away for a long time but he didn’t really want to leave in the first place. Cena had been gone since WrestleMania 36, but ultimately made his return after 15 months at Money In The Bank in July. He went on to say that he could have taken a break after an extensive film schedule, but wanted to come home to see his “family.”
“I didn’t want to really leave in the first place but I was faced with a bold choice, and that bold choice is ‘try your hand at another way of entertaining people through movies and television,’” Cena said. “But if you take that risk, then you can’t be on the WWE in a full capacity. I could speak maybe, or I could be an announcer, but you can’t participate. You can’t have matches because the insurance companies bound you to the production. That’s very fair terms.
“This is the first time, like Fast came out, The Suicide Squad is coming out August 6. We just dropped the trailer for Vacation Friends. I’ve been filming movies a lot and that’s why I’ve been away. This is the first time I got a break. I have this block of time, so instead of taking a deep breath and kind of letting it all sink in,” Cena explained, “I wanted to go home and see my family in WWE, so back to the ring I go!”
Cena joked about his title opportunity against Roman Reigns at SummerSlam, noting that he’ll have to come back for another spell if he’s successful at winning the title this month.
“Man, never say never about the WWE. Like I said, I had a month to myself and here I am back in a ring. So maybe if I get another month to catch my breath, I’ll hopefully make another visit back. I’m going to have to defend that championship that I win from Roman somehow (winks)!”
John Cena is set to appear on several upcoming events and television tapings through August, as well as the company’s return to Madison Square Garden for the September 10 episode of WWE SmackDown.