Tyrese Haliburton Reflects On John Cena’s Heel Turn: “I’m Just Gonna Pretend It Never Happened”

Haliburton speaks about Cena’s heel run.

After nearly six months as a heel for the first time in 20 years, John Cena reverted to being a babyface for his Undisputed WWE Championship match against Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam.

Cena lost the belt and embraced Rhodes afterwards. He is now back to his babyface presentation. The heel run was discussed by NBA Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton on the debut episode of Self Made Sessions. Haliburton stated that he’s going about it as if the heel turn never happened.

“I was cool with it, but I’m glad we kind of just swung that to the wayside and we’re back to being a face. I was at SummerSlam obviously, and when the colors showed up, the pop was crazy, and I thought that that Cena/Cody match is the best match I’ve ever watched in person. I wasn’t necessarily a fan of the heel run but I enjoyed the pipebomb, I thought it was funny, he probably enjoyed it himself, like had fun doing it. I don’t know, I wish it was done a little different, like I wish we would’ve got him and Rock and a better explanation as to why he turned heel and I wish we coulda got a faction or something but, I’m just gonna pretend it never happened — he was a face the whole time. I went and watched him at SummerSlam. He was a face so, that’s what I’m rocking with.”

Cena is now gearing up to face Logan Paul in a singles match at WWE’s Clash in Paris Premium Live Event on August 31st.

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