News regarding the decision to have John Cena turn heel at Elimination Chamber instead of WWE WrestleMania 41

As seen during the 2025 WWE Elimination Chamber PLE, John Cena officially turned heel against Cody Rhodes and “sold his soul” to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In regards to Cena turning heel at Elimination Chamber instead of WrestleMania 41, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com noted the following during Wrestling Observer Radio…

“Obviously there was the decision about John Cena on the day of the show on whether the turn was going to be that day or whether they were going to save the turn for WrestleMania, that was John Cena’s decision. He made the call to do it. I mean, Levesque [Triple H] makes the final call, but John Cena was the one. The decision came within the last couple of days.

If you remember the day of the show, the segment with Dwayne was originally going to be after the first or second match. That’s because they were not going to be doing the turn that night, the turn was going to be at Mania. And then John wanted to do the turn that night so they moved the segment to the end of the show.” (quote courtesy of WrestlePurists.com)