John Cena’s 2025 rival could be turning heel; WWE subtly hints on SmackDown

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Despite his success as a babyface, fans have been clamoring to see Rhodes turn heel for a very long time now. Fans wanted the American Nightmare to turn heel ahead of his match with Randy Orton at this year’s WrestleMania but the exact opposite happened as Randy turned heel. Rhodes has currently been feuding with Gunther and Sami Zayn on SmackDown.

In his recent promo on the blue show, Zayn pointed out how everyone who supported Cody during his initial title chase has turned on him except him. Zayn claimed that maybe the problem wasn’t with all the people who turned on him, but the problem lied with Cody himself. Cody’s reaction to the promo was very intriguing and many believe that this was WWE’s way of subtly teasing an upcoming heel turn.

“Is the problem all of those guys or is the problem you?” said Sami.

It will be interesting to see if WWE will finally pull the trigger and turn Cody Rhodes heel.

Cody Rhodes cried uncontrollably after John Cena retired last year

John Cena competed in his final wrestling match against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13th. Cena lost the match after he tapped out to the Ring General’s vicious Sleeper Hold submission. After the match, Cena thanked all the fans and walked back to the gorilla.

After the match was done, Cody Rhodes and CM Punk came out to honor Cena by putting their respective title belts on his shoulders. Following the show, Cody gave an interview at the ringside where he was crying uncontrollably. The American Nightmare stated that Cena played such a major role in professional wrestling altogether and that nobody will be able to fill his shoes.

Fans across the world were heartbroken after John Cena retired at Saturday Night’s Main Event. It has now been nearly 6 months since the Cenation Leader hung up his boots.