R-Truth discusses his childhood hero's heel turn.
At Elimination Chamber 2025, John Cena would turn heel on Cody Rhodes, hitting him with a low blow and beating down Rhodes along with The Rock and Travis Scott. Cena would later dethrone Rhodes as WWE Champion at WrestleMania 41, with R-Truth congratulating him on the victory on the April 25th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown.
While speaking to Insight with Chris Van Vliet, R-Truth was asked about Cena's heel turn, remarking that Little Jimmy has been in turmoil while he believes there's two sides to every story.
"Why y'all asking me that? Y'all noticed I haven't spoke on that at all, right? And I don't want to speak on it right now. I'm hurt to the beyond hurtstivity, that is a word, saying it's way up there in the heart somewhere, there's no need to talk about it. I'm feeling what all of y'all are thinking: hustle, loyalty, respect, never give up. The Make a Wish stuff, all that stuff is just going with me. I won't even think about it, talk about it, Little Jimmy, I have to deal with that. I'm saying he's in turmoil because of that. I get off subject a little bit, and they're talking about belief in my last appearance I did, and Little Jimmy is around because we believe man and I believe in my childhood hero. I don't know, man, he done does. There’s 2 sides to every story."
Chris would then pointed out that Cena kicked Cody Rhodes' in the balls, with Truth responding that we don't know that for sure.
"We don't know that for sure. It looked like it went there, but we don't know that. [It could have been] to part of the inner thigh. So it's like, Y'all know how you're going through a situation, and you're thinking about it, you know you need to do something about it, but you leave it where it's at, because right now it's still stewing and simmering, and you still don't know how to react about it. That's where I'm at with the John Cena thing."
At present, John Cena is currently scheduled to defend the WWE Championship against Randy Orton at WWE Backlash on May 10th. You can read more about that here.
For more on Truth and Cena's segment together on the April 25 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, you can read more about that here.
