John Cena Teases More WWE Matches After Summerslam

In an interview with Forbes, John Cena spoke about the possibility of working more WWE matches after Summerslam, where he faces Roman Reigns for the Universal title. Here are highlights:

On working with James Gunn: “I’m a fan of his and his ability to tell stories, especially his ability to take less than major marketed superhero IP (intellectual property) and get you to care about them. I think what he did with Guardians [of the Galaxy] was absolutely fantastic and I was really interested to see what’s inside his mind and then we started talking about The Suicide Squad, we hit it off right away. I think it started there. I didn’t track down The Suicide Squad. He asked me to be a part of his team, so I’m super grateful for that.”

On coming back to WWE: “I didn’t want to really leave in the first place but I was faced with a bold choice and that bold choice is try your hand at another way of entertaining people through movies and television but if you take that risk, then you can’t be on the WWE in a full capacity. I could speak maybe or I could be an announcer but you can’t participate. You can’t have matches because the insurance companies bound you to the production. That’s very fair terms. This is the first time, like Fast came out, The Suicide Squad is coming out August 6. We just dropped the trailer for Vacation Friends. I’ve been filming movies a lot and that’s why I’ve been away. This is the first time I got a break. I have this block of time, so instead of taking a deep breath and kind of letting it all sink in, I wanted to go home and see my family in WWE, so back to the ring I go!”

On wrestling after Summerslam: “Man, never say never about the WWE. Like I said, I had a month to myself and here I am back in a ring. So maybe if I get another month to catch my breath, I’ll hopefully make another visit back. I’m going to have to defend that championship that I win from Roman somehow (winks)!”