- John Cena stunned WWE fans after turning heel at Elimination Chamber
- Cena’s Instagram posts have WWE fans theorising what is coming next
- Cena is notorious for posting pictures without context or explanation on Instagram
The Instagram activity of John Cena is unique at the best of times, to say the least. The WWE and Hollywood megastar has made a habit of keeping his 21 million followers guessing with every picture that hits his grid.
Cena’s bio on the social media platform reads, “Welcome to my Instagram. These images will be posted without explanation, for your interpretation. Enjoy.”
Over the years, Cena’s posts have generated thousands upon thousands of comments. Sometimes the posts appear to mean nothing at all, like his countless Stone Cold Steve Austin related memes. Sometimes, though, especially when it comes to Cena’s WWE career, much is read into every single facet of the posts by the Internet Wrestling Community.
Now more than ever, following his jaw dropping heel turn at Elimination Chamber, last week, Cena’s social media activity is being scrutinised by WWE fans. After turning his back on WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and aligning with The Rock, Cena has turned villain for the first time on WWE television in 22 years.
Since the turn, which has been viewed over and over again across social media during this past week, to the tune of well over 100m views, Cena has posted to Instagram several times, generating a frenzy of activity in the comments sections of each post.
Most of the posts seem pretty self-explanatory, with the Grand Theft Auto 6 picture a reference to things we’ve gotten before the release of the heavily anticipated Rockstar game, with the unexpected Cena heel turn being one of them. Harvey Dent, who would go onto become Two Face in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, famously exclaimed in the 2008 blockbuster, “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”, which fits Cena’s betrayal of Cody Rhodes down to a tee.
The Squid game post is an homage to Cena’s change in expression when he turned on Rhodes, while the Don McLean ‘American Pie’ cover could be a shoutout to Rhodes’ American Nightmare logo.
The picture of Heath Ledger’s Joker, however, is slightly less clear. Of course, the late Ledger’s Oscar winning performance cemented his interpretation of the character as one of the all time most iconic cinema villains. Which may be how Cena views his upcoming heel run. Or is the five-time WrestleMania headliner about to become a full blown Agent of Chaos? Or just a dog chasing cars?
