Wrestling veteran questions WWE after John Cena’s failed heel turn: "Let's see who's gonna own it" (Exclusive)

Former WWE head writer Vince Russo recently spoke about John Cena's failed heel turn. The star is currently on his farewell tour.

John Cena embraced the dark side and turned heel at Elimination Chamber earlier this year. However, with The Rock being absent from WWE storylines, the heel turn didn't have a great payoff. The creative team abandoned the angle, and John turned again before SummerSlam. In a recent interview, Cena admitted that his heel turn was a failure. The Cenation Leader claimed that he learned a lot from the failure and moved on.

On a recent episode of Writing with Russo, the veteran writer recalled that earlier this year, WWE did an entire episode of Unreal boasting the creative process behind the heel turn. Russo mentioned that everyone wanted to take credit for the idea back then. However, he questioned who would take the blame now that the heel turn has flopped. The ex-writer suggested that WWE ruined John's entire farewell run.

"I think that's him taking the high road, man. I would love to see. Let's really see if Unreal is real. Bro, they did a whole episode, everybody patting themselves on the back with the Cena heel turn. Everybody wanting to take credit for it. Let's see the flip side of that now. Let's see now who's gonna sit on that hand grenade. Let's see who's gonna own it."

This past weekend, John Cena was in action against AJ Styles. The two former WWE Champions faced off at Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia. Now, the Franchise Player has only four dates on his schedule before he hangs up his boots for good.

His last match will take place at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13.

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Edited by Prityush Haldar