Vince McMahon's heel plans for John Cena that the 16-time champ rejected

Vince McMahon wanted John Cena to turn heel and proposed an idea which the 16-time world champion rejected. The WWE Chairman reportedly wanted Cena to be a heel in certain places and a babyface in others, but Cena didn't want to do that.

John Cena is a WWE Superstar who hasn't turned heel in his entire WWE career. Cena was "The Guy" in WWE for a long time before he embarked on a career in Hollywood. He is now a part-time wrestler who only shows up occasionally in WWE.

Former WWE writer Matt McCarthy revealed on the We Watch Wrestling podcast that Vince McMahon wanted John Cena to be a heel like Bret Hart, where he would be a heel in certain locations and a babyface elsewhere. Cena rejected the idea and stated that he wanted to be a "full heel".

"Vince kept trying to figure out how do we do like a Bret Hart thing? Where he’s a heel in some places, but he’s a babyface in the rest of the places. Cena was like, ‘If I’m going heel, I want to go full heel.’" (H/T WrestleZone)

Bret Hart was a heel in certain places but a babyface in other places back in 1997. Hart was in the final year of his WWE run, eventually leaving the company to join WCW.

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John Cena's rumored return to WWE

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— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) August 17, 2020

The rumor mill has been abuzz lately about John Cena returning to WWE. A recent report has revealed that the 16-time world champion will most likely return at SummerSlam and could possibly face Roman Reigns.

Cena hasn't wrestled in WWE since WrestleMania 36, where he faced Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Funhouse match.

WWE confirmed this past week that SummerSlam 2021 will take place on August 21, at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

BREAKING NEWS: @SummerSlam will take place from @AllegiantStadm in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, marking the first time the annual event has been held at an @NFL stadium! https://t.co/oqSsBKtSMV pic.twitter.com/ZyNSKDkG3a

— WWE (@WWE) June 5, 2021

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