John Cena says Cody Rhodes and CM Punk are “carrying weights” they don’t need
During an interview with Busted Open Radio, John Cena was asked, “They like to call Cody Chodes QB1. How do you feel Cody’s doing in that position right now?” Here was Cena’s response…
“Whether I admire what Cody’s done, which I do, or not, my advice to him would be to get your focus off of that moniker. Just do good work. Take the stress off your back.
When young talent come to me frustrated, like, ‘Hey, man, creative kind of has nothing for me,’ I love anecdotes, especially professional ones. I had a back-to-back main event run with The Rock at WrestleMania, two of the most productive events in WWE history. My next WrestleMania main event was Cody Rhodes in Las Vegas. I stayed in the middle, which no one remembers.
If John can do whatever he wants and gets all the great storylines, it was 13 years later when I got back to the main event of WrestleMania as a marquee match. I wasn’t frustrated at all. I operated with absolute joy and fulfillment with my craft because I didn’t put any expectations on myself of, like, ‘I want to be the champion. I want to be the face of the company.’ No, I just want to do good work.
Where people get caught up is like, I love [CM] Punk, and his obsession with main eventing WrestleMania, I think, is a weakness. And I think if you talk to him now, he evolves as a human being. Every time I see him, he evolves as a man. And that’s only my personal preference. I think he’s carrying a weight he doesn’t need. That’s all. It’s not a weakness. I think he’s carrying a weight he doesn’t need.
As far as Cody wanting to be this thing, you’re carrying a weight you don’t need. Just do great work and the people will show up.”