John Cena: ‘I am not a babyface, I am not a heel, I am a human being’

  • Ian Carey
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John Cena is blaming the fans.

The 16-time World Champion kicked off this week’s episode of WWE Raw in Belgium with an in-ring promo—his first appearance on WWE programming since turning on Cody Rhodes and aligning with The Rock at Elimination Chamber. Addressing the WWE fans, Cena said he has been in “an abusive relationship” with them for 25 years.

“For 25 years, I’ve been the victim, okay? I have been the victim of an abusive relationship,” Cena said.

“All you do is be hurtful. All you are is abusive. And all of you’ve ever done is bully me into being your damn puppet and expected me to do with a smile on my face. No more.”

“Look, I am not a babyface. I am not a heel. I am a human being. And each and every one of you has been awful to me.”

Regarding his retirement tour, Cena said, “I try one last time to get along with you guys. I tried one last time to do something nice for you and you ruined it, just like you ruin everything.”

Cena then turned his focus to what he referred to as the “Let’s go Cena” fans.

“You claim to support me. What have you ever done?” Cena asked. “What have you ever done for me? All you ever do is steal from me. You steal my personal moments. You steal my time.”

He closed his promo by saying he was “breaking up with each and every one of you.”

Cody Rhodes then confronted Cena, saying he doesn’t want to face this version of him at WrestleMania.

“Even after what you did, I was excited at the prospect of going week to week face to face with John Cena and instead I got this. Well, this better not show up at WrestleMania because if it does, I run it over, I run it out because I already took its best shot and it wasn’t good enough. I retire it early. So, go find John Cena, cause I want to wrestle him at WrestleMania 41, not this whiny b**ch,” Rhodes said.

Today’s episode is taking place at the Forest National Arena in Brussels, Belgium, as part of WWE’s European tour. The show began at 3 p.m. Eastern. Our live coverage is available here.