John Cena turned heel in unexpected WWE move. What that means!!! 🤔
In short, Cena turned heel — a wrestling phrase that indicates a good guy became a bad guy.
It’s been the talk of wrestling fans since the event, with some comparing the moment to the time another wrestling hero, Hulk Hogan, famously turned heel in the 1990s.
“Cena’s face muscles going into heel mode is one of the coldest faces I’ve ever seen. Top tier,” wrote one fan in the comments of a YouTube video WWE posted of the heel turn.
“This is genuinely one of the most insane moments in the history of this company,” wrote another.
A number of fans capitalized on Cena's support of Make-a-Wish while sharing their reactions to the big move. “Cena starts Break-A-Wish Foundation,” one of the YouTube comments quipped.
Cena himself chose not to address his attack on Rhodes at a post-event press conference, staying in character as he literally dropped a mic and walked away.
What does it mean for a wrestler to turn heel?
In simple terms, a wrestler turning heel means he became a villain in the storyline. Some wrestlers switch back and forth between depicting a good guy and a bad guy over the course of their careers. Cena’s heel turn was so unusual and so unexpected because he’s been a good guy for the vast majority of his time with WWE. (In the early days of his WWE career, his character was a villainous rapper who would tear down opponents with his rhymes.)
Another reason the heel turn is so newsworthy is that Cena is currently in the midst of a retirement tour with WWE. Instead of facing Rhodes at WrestleMania in a matchup of babyfaces (the wrestling term for a good guy), it now appears he’ll enter WWE’s biggest event of the year as one of the company’s top heels.
