John Cena Says The Rock & Travis Scott Storyline ‘Probably Would Have Been Great’

John Cena has been evasive about answering “what if” style questions about his retirement tour, something he addressed during a Fan Expo appearance. Cena has been asked a lot about certain aspects of his retirement tour and has spoken often about how he doesn’t talk hypotheticals. He “leaned into” the topic when he was asked at Fan Expo New Orleans, about what he would pick if he could replace any match on the tour with a dream match.

Cena noted that he doesn’t think about what could have happened because of how thinks like teaming with Rock and Travis Scott didn’t happen opened the way for other matches. You can see the highlights below:

On What Retirement Tour Match He Would Replace With a Dream Match:

“There’s a perspective out there that I will dodge questions like that, so I will lean into that, right? I want to lean into why I say what I say. Like, I just don’t think like that. Because if I were to say like, ‘Oh man, I wish after I turned heel that The Rock and Travis Scott were on my team.’ That would be pretty cool, right? Yeah, they’re crazy megastars, and having them would be pretty cool. But we didn’t. And that’s what happened.

“But what did I get? I got to have a match with Randy Orton in his hometown. I got to get CM Punk to go do the Kingdon of Saudi Arabia. I got to bet on somebody who I think has a bright future in this business in Logan Paul, and try to get the best out of him overseas in Paris. And maybe grease the whiles to convince him to finally be a full-time WWE employee, which he currently is. And I got magic with AJ Styles.

On the Dream Matches Not Happening:

“So yes, the Rock and Travis Scott probably would have been great. Who knows? It didn’t happen. What I got in return, instead of wishing in some fantasy element that I can’t control. What I got in return was magic. And I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”

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