John Cena was the face of WWE for the better part of two decades, and during his time at the top of the company he worked closely with Vince McMahon. Cena has made it clear that he considers McMahon to be one of his mentors, and he still has a relationship with Vince today despite all of the public backlash Vince has received due to the Janel Grant lawsuit.
While talking about his current relationship with Vince McMahon during an interview with The Guardian, John Cena openly stated that he feels no guilt nor shame due to the association.
“I have no guilt nor shame about my friendship and my relationship with Vince McMahon. You’re obviously going to put this in [your] article. It’s OK to love somebody when they’re not perfect.”
John Cena also discussed WWE owning his name, and he made it clear that he believes WWE earned the right to that ownership when he said, “John Cena is who I am as a human being, and there is a company – WWE/TKO – that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the intellectual property of the character John Cena. And rightfully so; they have earned their share of ownership of that.”
John Cena has not appeared at a WWE event since he announced the John Cena Classic tournament a few months ago at Backlash. As of this writing WWE has yet to confirm the details for the tournament, but Cena has said that they have been figured out, and it’s rumored that we could be seeing the first ever John Cena Classic in December.
Stay tuned for updates.