John Cena reiterates he has never chosen his opponents in WWE

Overview

• John Cena reiterated that he never chose his opponents once in his illustrated WWE career
• The 17-time world champion dismissed Triple H's claim that he wanted to face Brock Lesnar
• The Leader of the Cenation Army  also named six wrestlers as his Wrestling soulmates

John Cena reiterated that he never chose his opponents once in his illustrated WWE career. The 17-time world champion dismissed Triple H's claim that he wanted to have a feud with Brock Lesnar one last time in his farewell tour. The Leader of the Cenation Army also named six contenders as his Wrestling soulmates, including the AEW Superstar Adam Copeland, aka Edge.

Following Brock Lesnar's shocking return at WWE SummerSlam 2025, Hunter claimed that Cena wanted to face the Beast one last time. When asked about the same, Cena dismissed it. On WWE SmackDown last week, Cena claimed no sane person would ask for a feud with Lesnar. In the Boston Herald show, Cena reiterated that he has never chosen his opponent.

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"I've been doing this for 23 years, and I've never once chosen my opponent. I've always lived by the philosophy that life will give you opportunities every single day, and you have to do the best you can every single day with what life gives you. So whoever challenges me for that last match, I'm going to give it my best shot," said Cena.

John Cena names his favorite Wrestling Soulmates

In the interview, Cena was also asked about his Wrestling soulmate. The star wrestler added that many wrestlers have impacted his career. However, he took six names who could potentially be his Wrestling soulmates: Randy Orton, Adam Copeland aka Edge, CM Punk, AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, and Cody Rhodes.

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Edge and Randy were two of the biggest rivals for Cena in the Ruthless Aggression Era and the PG Era, respectively. With CM Punk, Cena had a rivalry for ages in 2011 and revisited it in 2013. Against Seth, he had a feud in 2015, while he faced Styles in 2016 and 2017. His major feud against Cody was in 2025.