John Cena: “I never wanted Vince McMahon to go because I love him”

While speaking to The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, John Cena commented on if he thought WWE could thrive without Vince McMahon in charge. Here was Cena’s response…

“So, of all the things he did and all the things he taught me, one piece that was very important is that no one is irreplaceable. And that’s the truth. The one thing that needs to stand firm is the consumer’s belief in what we do. Vince has so much knowledge. I think what’s happened is unfortunate because you have this individual with so much depth of field who can still offer things, and we can no longer pull from that well. But it doesn’t mean we don’t have able-bodied folks who can put on creative programming.

I never wanted Vince to go, because I love him and I know how much he loves the business. But he taught me that we’re all going to go. All of us. And he taught me that not only through saying it, but through his actions. I was there the day he fired Stone Cold. ‘You missed the date. You’ve got to go.’ His biggest attraction. ‘I’ve got to let people know this isn’t okay. It’s time for you to go.’ Everybody goes, man. Everybody goes.”