Hello! You must login or signup first!

Meme Encyclopedia
Media
Editorials
More

Popular right now

Italian Brainrot / AI Italian Animals image and meme examples.

Italian Brainrot Animals

Mateus Lima

Mateus Lima • 15 days ago

Tralalero Tralala meme example.

Tralalero Tralala

Sakshi Rakshale

Sakshi Rakshale • about a month ago

James Bond Burger meme and format depicting Pierce Brosnan as 007 next to a hamburger.

James Bond Burger

Owen Carry

Owen Carry • 3 years ago

AI image of a crocodile's face merged with a military bomber.

Bombardiro Crocodilo

Mateus Lima

Mateus Lima • 24 days ago

The Ghost of The Goon / Goonmobile meme examples depicting two pictures of a black Dodge Challenger car.

Goonmobile

Mateus Lima

Mateus Lima • 12 days ago

Know Your Meme is the property of Literally Media ©2024 Literally Media. All Rights Reserved.
John_cena_heel_turn_v2_cover

Submission   7,366

Part of a series on John Cena. [View Related Entries]


Related Explainer: What Is The John Cena Heel Turn? The Reasons Behind Cena's Villain Arc And Possibly WWE Farewell Tour Explained


About

John Cena's Heel Turn, also known as John Cena Heel Gear or John Cena's Villain Arc, refers to a moment in the WWE Elimination Chamber event, which ended with pro wrestler and actor John Cena embracing fellow "face" (i.e. heroic character) Cody Rhodes, before following a prompt by The Rock to perform a heel turn, which means betray his partner and join forces with former rival ahead of Wrestlemania. The event gained significant attention among WWE fans in early March 2025, as it marked a shift in Cena's character and led to speculation about his retirement. Cena and Rhodes' hug became an exploitable and object-labeling meme on Reddit and X / Twitter, often used to represent someone's inner thoughts or intentions as John Cena's evil smile.

Origin

On March 1st, 2025, WWE shared a clip to its official X[1] account of John Cena’s unexpected betrayal of Cody Rhodes and coalition with former rival The Rock at the end of the Elimination Chamber event. The video (seen below) amassed over 10 million views and 166,000 likes in a day.


According to Radio Times,[2] John Cena's heel turn was considered an "epic twist" in the WWE universe, as he had spent the majority of his WWE career as a protagonist of the wrestling organization's many storylines.

On March 2nd, 2025, YouTuber[5] Pllana posted a video explaining why Cena turned heel at WWE Elimination Chamber (seen below), which received roughly 179,000 views and 7,000 likes in a few hours.

Spread

John Cena's heel turn spawned an array of reactions from fans and wrestling enthusiasts across social media as it went viral in early March 2025.

For example, on March 1st, 2025, TikTok[3] user @shaddow.vfx posted a video of Cena stepping on Rhodes' head, captioning it, "They done turned bro into Homelander." The video (seen below) received roughly 721,000 plays and 86,000 likes in a day.

@shaddow.vfx Homelander vs Superman 😭🙏 || John Cena Heel Turn || @WWE #wwe #johncena #therock #codyrhodes #eliminationchamber #wrestlemania #sportsentertainment #fyp ♬ original sound – qShadowv

On the same day, Redditor[4] u/Lockeisms shared an image of John Cena hugging Cody Rhodes from the match, which was turned into an object-labeling meme format about a drunk boyfriend thinking about doing something his girlfriend advised him not to. The post (seen below) amassed over 4,900 upvotes and 27 comments in a day.

drunk ass girlfriend telling me not to climb trees thinkin bout that tree

On March 2nd, 2025, Barstool Sports[6] then notably covered the influx of memes about the event as they continued to spread online.

Various Examples

Daniel @dannybo1_⚫ 13h You know how great of a babyface you have to be to get The Rock AND John Cena to turn heel in 2025? When his career is all set and done, Cody Rhodes will go down as one of the greatest babyfaces of all time #WWEChamber ATION Drecim ON A
Wrestle Features WF @WrestleFeatures One of the most shocking heel turns in pro wrestling history. ELIMI MIMICS MARCH 1 ELIMINATION CHA FIIMI ARCH 14 ELIMINATION CHOMBE ELIMIN THEATRES MARCH What drove Cena's heel turn? What makes Cena's turn award-worthy? 10:32 PM · Mar 1, 2025 408.6K Views
COM Complex @Complex • 13h PLEX my inner child thinking john cena will never turn heel vs adult me seeing it happen LeBron James RS WOFFS
A Kenny For Your Thoughts @_kennythoughts • 13h No one: John Cena: Dim 0

Search Interest

External References



Share Pin

Related Entries 12 total

004ergtrgx07mxkzhgew01041200l6sn0e010.mp4_snapshot_00.02.418
John Cena Speaking Chinese an...
Maxresdefault-3
Unexpected John Cena / And H...
Johnxinaheader
John Xina
John-cena-missing-777x437
You Can't See Me


Recent Images 21 total


Recent Videos 0 total

There are no recent videos.




Load 19 Comments
John Cena Heel Turn image and meme.

John Cena's Heel Turn

Part of a series on John Cena. [View Related Entries]

Updated Mar 03, 2025 at 12:34PM EST by Zach.

Added Mar 02, 2025 at 11:50AM EST by Mateus.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

Related Explainer: What Is The John Cena Heel Turn? The Reasons Behind Cena's Villain Arc And Possibly WWE Farewell Tour Explained

This submission is currently being researched & evaluated!

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation.

About

John Cena's Heel Turn, also known as John Cena Heel Gear or John Cena's Villain Arc, refers to a moment in the WWE Elimination Chamber event, which ended with pro wrestler and actor John Cena embracing fellow "face" (i.e. heroic character) Cody Rhodes, before following a prompt by The Rock to perform a heel turn, which means betray his partner and join forces with former rival ahead of Wrestlemania. The event gained significant attention among WWE fans in early March 2025, as it marked a shift in Cena's character and led to speculation about his retirement. Cena and Rhodes' hug became an exploitable and object-labeling meme on Reddit and X / Twitter, often used to represent someone's inner thoughts or intentions as John Cena's evil smile.

Origin

On March 1st, 2025, WWE shared a clip to its official X[1] account of John Cena’s unexpected betrayal of Cody Rhodes and coalition with former rival The Rock at the end of the Elimination Chamber event. The video (seen below) amassed over 10 million views and 166,000 likes in a day.


According to Radio Times,[2] John Cena's heel turn was considered an "epic twist" in the WWE universe, as he had spent the majority of his WWE career as a protagonist of the wrestling organization's many storylines.

On March 2nd, 2025, YouTuber[5] Pllana posted a video explaining why Cena turned heel at WWE Elimination Chamber (seen below), which received roughly 179,000 views and 7,000 likes in a few hours.



Spread

John Cena's heel turn spawned an array of reactions from fans and wrestling enthusiasts across social media as it went viral in early March 2025.

For example, on March 1st, 2025, TikTok[3] user @shaddow.vfx posted a video of Cena stepping on Rhodes' head, captioning it, "They done turned bro into Homelander." The video (seen below) received roughly 721,000 plays and 86,000 likes in a day.

@shaddow.vfx Homelander vs Superman 😭🙏 || John Cena Heel Turn || @WWE #wwe #johncena #therock #codyrhodes #eliminationchamber #wrestlemania #sportsentertainment #fyp ♬ original sound – qShadowv

On the same day, Redditor[4] u/Lockeisms shared an image of John Cena hugging Cody Rhodes from the match, which was turned into an object-labeling meme format about a drunk boyfriend thinking about doing something his girlfriend advised him not to. The post (seen below) amassed over 4,900 upvotes and 27 comments in a day.


drunk ass girlfriend telling me not to climb trees thinkin bout that tree

On March 2nd, 2025, Barstool Sports[6] then notably covered the influx of memes about the event as they continued to spread online.

Various Examples


Daniel @dannybo1_⚫ 13h You know how great of a babyface you have to be to get The Rock AND John Cena to turn heel in 2025? When his career is all set and done, Cody Rhodes will go down as one of the greatest babyfaces of all time #WWEChamber ATION Drecim ON A Wrestle Features WF @WrestleFeatures One of the most shocking heel turns in pro wrestling history. ELIMI MIMICS MARCH 1 ELIMINATION CHA FIIMI ARCH 14 ELIMINATION CHOMBE ELIMIN THEATRES MARCH What drove Cena's heel turn? What makes Cena's turn award-worthy? 10:32 PM · Mar 1, 2025 408.6K Views COM Complex @Complex • 13h PLEX my inner child thinking john cena will never turn heel vs adult me seeing it happen LeBron James RS WOFFS A Kenny For Your Thoughts @_kennythoughts • 13h No one: John Cena: Dim 0

Search Interest

External References

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images 21 total


Top Comments


+ Add a Comment

Comments (19)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Meme Encyclopedia
Media
Editorials
More