Posted on 3/02/125 by Colin Vassallo
WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque described
the ending of the Elimination Chamber as one of the most
powerful moments in the entirety of John Cena’s career.
Triple H said that no one really saw this coming and praised
Cena for agreeing to pull the trigger on a heel turn which
he never wanted to do during his time with WWE.
“It puts you in a place where it’s now or never. And you can
ride that out and you can rest on the things that you have
done or somebody like him can double down and say screw it,
I want to be challenged right to the last moment, I want to
go out on my shield,” Triple H told the press.
The Rock also participated in the post-show press conference
and said that they’re all long-gaming this. He mentioned
that he got criticism when he showed up at Bad Blood at the
end and he did the hand signs and walked off but it all ties
to the long storylines that they have in mind.
“I knew this day was coming,” The Rock said.
Talking about Cena turning heel, Rock called it “an amazing
moment” and the performers live for moments like that.
“No one knew really what was going to happen. Maybe a few
called it. But for the most part, I thought the moment was
incredible and I personally love that,” The Final Boss
continued.
“What I felt tonight, and I’ve been a part of some really
phenomenal professional wrestling angles and as a kid
growing up I’ve seen, we all have, some amazing pro
wrestling angles,” The Rock said. “I felt like tonight stood
beside all of those that were the iconic angles.”
Cena also appeared at the press conference, but in total
heel mode, sat down, grabbed the mic, dropped it, and left
without uttering a word. The Rock later revealed that Cena
flew in from Budapest hours before the show and left to
Africa immediately following the press conference to
continue his filming commitments.