John Cena Responds to Mixed Tag Match at WrestleMania Rumors

John Cena was interviewed by Sports Illustrated and asked about the rumored WrestleMania match between himself and Nikki Bella vs. The Miz and Maryse (which seems like it’s definitely going to happen).

Cena also touched on the rumors surrounding his upcoming WrestleMania 33 match, which appears to be a mixed tag team match featuring himself and real-life girlfriend Nikki Bella against The Miz and Maryse. Cena stated that he does not decide who is he is going to fight at WrestleMania, pointing to last year’s ‘Mania, when he did not have a match, as a prime example.

“I know people have a perception of who I am,” said Cena. “There is nothing I can say in this interview that changes that perception, but I’ll say this: I don’t pitch ideas, I don’t go and say, ‘This is what I would like to do.’ I’ve had tremendous success in being a versatile poker player, if that’s a good analogy. I get my hand told to me, and I play it the best I possibly can.

“As far as WrestleMania is concerned, whatever I’m supposed to do I’m going to do to the best of my ability. I can reference last year as a great example. I was ready, healthy, and one-hundred percent activated by early March, and I was told that I would be assisting The Rock in WrestleMania. Quite honestly, if it weren’t for The Rock’s involvement in WrestleMania, I would have been told that I would have been sitting out WrestleMania. [People ask] why don’t I just go in there and say, ‘I want to do this’? Last year, I should have said, ‘I want to do this,’ but that’s just not what I do. This is why I love what I do. You sometimes get an off-the-beaten path request, and it’s your job, as a professional, to make it interesting and make it the best you can. To be quite honest, way, way, way back, AJ Styles was an off-the-beaten path request, and I loved that. It brought out the best in AJ Styles and it brought out the best in me. I’ll always try to do the best with what I’ve got.”