John Cena Thanks Triple H for Listening to the Fans After He Makes AJ Styles Showdown Official for Crown Jewel

WWE CCO Triple H has finally made John Cena vs. AJ Styles official for one last time at next month's Crown Jewel PLE.

John Cena Thanks Triple H for Listening to the Fans After He Makes AJ Styles Showdown Official for Crown Jewel

John Cena thanks Triple H for AJ Styles clash [via- WWE]

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The most awaited part of John Cena‘s farewell tour is almost here. In less than three weeks’ time, the Hollywood mogul will stand across from one of his greatest WWE rivals in AJ Styles at Crown Jewel. It was that sort of match that the fans had on top of their bucket lists for Cena’s last year as an active wrestler. Now that they’re finally getting it, the ‘Cenation Leader’ has extended a note of gratitude to WWE CCO Triple H.

The wrestler-turned-actor thanked the ‘Cerebral Assassin’ for being flexible and rewarding the true driving force behind Cena vs. Styles—the fans. ‘The Franchise Player’ referred to the couple of social media posts he made recently in which he openly asked everyone if they wanted to see him share the ring with ‘The Phenomenal One’ once again.

The said posts on X did impressive numbers, with both of them crossing the 10 million views mark. In the second post, Cena mentioned that he doesn’t choose his opponents but also noted that he’d always listen to the fans. While doing so, he tagged both Styles and, more importantly, the WWE Chief Content Officer and asked whether they were listening to the voices of the WWE Universe.

Shortly after that, ‘The Game’ came up with the official announcement of Cena vs. Styles at Crown Jewel. The fourteen-time world champion wrote that Cena vs. Styles is a match that everyone wanted to see, and they will in Perth at Crown Jewel. The upcoming clash between these two icons of the business will mark their fourth meeting at a WWE premium live event.

As of now, the ‘Face That Runs the Place’ is 2-1 up, with his only PLE loss coming at Royal Rumble in 2017 when he dropped the WWE title to a near-invincible Cena. They also wrestled once on SmackDown in February 2018, where the ‘Franchise Player’ pinned the then-WWE Champ Styles to get added to the title match at Fastlane.

Did John Cena opt to lose to Brock Lesnar at Wrestlepalooza?

The most recent John Cena outing was a heavily criticized showdown with Brock Lesnar at Wrestlepalooza to kick off a new era on ESPN. In a sub-9-minute match, the Heads of State actor got absolutely pummeled by ‘The Beast Incarnate’.

Lesnar never allowed Cena to build a real stretch of momentum. It eventually resulted in Cena registering his second pinfall loss in a singles match on this retirement tour.

John Cena vs Brock Lesnar
John Cena vs Brock Lesnar [via- WWE]

Dave Meltzer shed some light on whether a different finish was planned for Cena vs. Lesnar via Wrestling Observer Radio. As per the veteran journalist, it was ‘The Prototype’ himself who made the call to lose to the former UFC ace. Since Cena is almost done with his in-ring career in WWE, it made sense to him to put over whoever he’s sharing the ring with on these remaining dates.

On the contrary, a report from BodySlam revealed that Cena was originally planned to beat Lesnar at Wrestlepalooza as of the morning of the show. But it obviously got changed, and the exact reason wasn’t listed.

Now that ‘The Beast’ is in Cena’s rearview mirror, he needs to focus on what’s ahead of him—AJ Styles. Moreover, it’s just come out in the public domain that Dominik Mysterio is being considered as one of Cena’s opponents before he completely bows out.

Mysterio was just in a feud with Styles, who’s confirmed to battle the 17-time world champion at Crown Jewel. It’d be interesting to see if WWE somehow intertwines all these elements to allow Cena segue into a short-term story with ‘Dirty Dom’.

If not, an open challenge for the Intercontinental Championship might also work. ‘The Cenation Leader’ has never won the IC title in his career. What if he does it to become a grand slam champion right in the twilight of his career? Only time will tell.

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