John Cena Once Opened Up on Dwayne Johnson’s Life-Changing Impact on His Career: “He’s Given an Opportunity to Folks Like Me”

Published 11/07/2022, 1:33 PM EST

John Cena is one of the most recognizable figures to come out of the WWE and wrestling industry. While he is busy making new movies and high-budget TV shows right now, his roots and popularity started from wrestling and, being the most grounded people in Hollywood, he makes a lot of mention of his wrestling days.

But before John Cena, there were many wrestlers who tried breaking into the Hollywood scene. Unfortunately for them, the majority of them, including Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, failed miserably after a movie or two, except for one. And Cena thinks that this one exception is the reason why he is getting any roles in the first place.

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John Cena once credited WWE rival Dwayne Johnson for Hollywood success

In an interview with GQ, while talking about 2015’s Trainwreck, John Cena told the magazine, “By doing what he’s done with his class and professionalism, he’s given an opportunity to folks like me. Where people are like, ‘Yeah, okay. Well, I’ll take a chance on John.’ I don’t think Dwayne understands the impact he’s had on an entire industry of people. I really wanted this one, and deadpan, Dwayne was just like, ‘Just be yourself, man. They called you in for a reason. Just be who you are.’ And I was.”

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The most astonishing thing about this is not that Cena and Johnson had one of the most intense rivalries in WWE, but the insults that Cena gave Johnson. Not only did he call out Johnson for being away from the ring, but he also called him out for abandoning WWE for Hollywood. But now Cena is the one thanking Johnson for working hard in the movie industry.

This rivalry culminated in one of the greatest main events in WrestleMania history. Seeing Johnson going against Cena was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Even if they did the same main event twice in a row. The storytelling and wrestling were on point. The matches made both of the legends exceed every expectation in every possible way. Now, if any of these two would ever return to WWE, it would be a monumental event.

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Murtaza Bharmal is a WWE and AEW writer at EssentiallySports. Pursuing an English Literature degree, he is very fond of both storytelling and the wrestling promotions. His passion for wrestling started when Randy Orton and John Cena were squaring it off in the ring, but it magnified when Sasha Banks and Bayley put on a masterpiece in NXT.

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Sreeda U M

John Cena Once Opened Up on Dwayne Johnson’s Life-Changing Impact on His Career: “He’s Given an Opportunity to Folks Like Me”

John Cena once credited WWE rival Dwayne Johnson for Hollywood success

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