John Cena On Retirement, Winning His 17th Championship, Heel Turn, Bray Wyatt Match (Interview From March 2024)

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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John Cena (@johncena) is an actor and professional wrestler known for being a 16-time World Champion in WWE. This interview originally aired on March 5, 2024. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about his new comedy "Ricky Stanicky" that he stars in with Zac Efron and Andrew Santino on Amazon Prime, what he thought of Zac Efron's wrestling skills in "The Iron Claw", what he said to MJF when they met at the premiere for The Iron Claw, his approach to making movies now compared to when he made "The Marine" 20 years ago, his recent WWE return, fans singing his theme song instead of singing "John Cena sucks", his detailed plans to turn heel for his match against The Rock in 2012, his favorite Championship win, how much longer he thinks he can wrestle for, why the phrase "control the controllable" is so powerful for him, what his match with Bray Wyatt would have looked like at WrestleMania 36 if there had been a crowd, how he recovered from his torn pec so quickly in 2008, his favorite lyric from "Basic Thugonomics", three things he is grateful for and much more! Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux VUORI: Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv ZOCDOC: Instantly book a top-rated doctor today at https://zocdoc.com/insight BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at https://bluechew.com RHONE: Rhone’s premium performance clothing is made to move you. Use code CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/CVV MANSCAPED: Get 20% off plus free shipping when you use the code CHRISVAN at https://manscaped.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at https://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.4	And congratulations, man. I told you on Iron Claw, you, Iron Collier. Congratulations on all success. Hill, congratulations to you on everything. Everything. Personal life, professional life, everything. You're everywhere. And finally we get to sit down and talk. Here we are. It's been a while. We have matching wedding rings? I like your style. Is the, uh, the silicone one? Yes. Amazing.
0:37.9	I need to have something I can work out and I don't want to take it off.
0:40.7	Is this the most R-rated comedy role that you've taken on?
0:46.6	I don't know.
0:48.9	So like, what a great gift to be able to say, I'm not sure.
0:53.9	Train wreck was pretty raunchy.. Train wreck was pretty raunchy.
0:56.6	Suicide Squad was pretty raunchy.
0:58.1	Peacemaker was pretty raunchy.
1:02.4	Blockers, although like highbrow, also pretty raunchy, this is, this one is good.
1:08.8	This one is good. This one is, this one is good.
1:11.1	This one is good.
1:11.8	It is, it is an R comedy for sure.
1:13.7	A lot of songs about masturbating here.
1:15.9	A lot of jizz jams, dude.
1:17.2	A lot of jizz jams.
1:19.1	Do you have a favorite one?
1:20.8	I love the D. Snyder outfit because I used to have the stay hungry cassette tape.
1:26.2	So to be able to do like
1:27.6	Twisted Sister, that was really cool to put on the persona.
1:33.1	When the movie ended, and this is probably way too much information,
1:36.6	I kept singing, ooh, baby, I masturbate.
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