WWE star John Cena bets on WrestleMania coming to China as he flexes his Mandarin for Shenzhen show
Legendary 16-time champion Cena clears time out of his hectic schedule to jet in and steal the show at WWE’s live event in Shenzhen
John Cena could have been lounging around a Hollywood film set at the weekend rather than taking a long-haul flight to China.
As the global face of American professional wrestling giants World Wrestling Entertainment for over 15 years, Cena has begun the process of winding down his career in the ring.
The 40-year-old has become a part-time star in WWE while pursuing acting roles in Hollywood, including Transformers’ spin-off Bumblebee which is currently filming.
“I will literally spend more time in a fuselage than I will on the ground here, that’s how important this trip was to me,” Cena said at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen on Sunday.
Cena, a 16-time WWE champion, is usually a main-event fixture on any show but his match at the Shenzhen Civic Centre was staged early so he could fly back to California for WWE’s flagship “Raw” television programme on Monday night.
“I was initially supposed to miss this event, and I bent time to be here,” he said. “This is taking priority above a lot of things, including me being in the air the entire day on Monday, so you can do the maths to see how important this is.”