WWE legend and 17-time World Champion John Cena made a surprising heel turn at WWE Elimination Chamber earlier this year, but he appeared to revert to a face character on last Friday’s SmackDown, just ahead of SummerSlam. Cena ultimately lost the Undisputed WWE Title to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam and was then hit with an F5 by a returning Brock Lesnar to close out the show.
According to Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE decided to abandon Cena’s heel turn because, as Meltzer put it, “it sucked.” Additionally, the company is moving forward with plans for Cena to feud with Brock Lesnar, which makes more sense with Lesnar positioned as the heel.
This development follows comments from WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque, who mentioned that Cena had chosen Lesnar as a preferred opponent and that WWE is working to accommodate Cena’s requests during his final run with the company.
