The era of the relentless WWE house show loop is over, and John Cena thinks talent needs to adapt.
In a conversation with Cody Rhodes on What’s Your Story?, Cena pushed back against the nostalgia for non-televised live events. While Rhodes argued that house shows allowed talent to experiment without pressure, Cena countered that every time a camera is on, it’s a “live event.”
“Every time they turn the cameras on, it’s a live event. I never treat any event other than a live event,” Cena stated.
He also criticized the habit of wrestlers “saving” their best work or emotion for house shows rather than bringing it to television.
“If you go around back there romanticizing about days that don’t exist anymore, that creates a culture that romanticizes about s**t that doesn’t exist. And that’s bad.”
