Published 12:45 IST, January 20th 2020

John Cena says he is grateful to The Rock for his Hollywood career

During one of the promotional interviews, the former 16-time World Champion thanked Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock for paving the way for WWE stars in Hollywood.

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John Cena is riding high on success of his movie Dolittle. It stars Robert Downey Jr, Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Rami Malek and Kumail Nanjini. John Cena voiced Yoshi, a polar bear in movie. During one of promotional interviews, former 16-time World Champion thanked Dwayne Johnson aka Rock for paving way for WWE Superstars in Hollywood.

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John Cena said that more opportunities are coming to WWE stars transitioning to Hollywood. He said that that is all due to Rock’s work in film industry. John Cena said that Rock me it acceptable for WWE wrestlers to be characters that are different from ir wrestling persona. 

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Explaining himself, John Cena said that tritionally, WWE wrestlers only got opportunities in Hollywood where y h to be an extension of ir in-ring persona. He ded that Dwayne Johnson broke this trition and did it in such a grand manner that Hollywood h option but tice him.

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WWE superstars of past h to face reality of being casted when it came to Hollywood opportunities. John Cena said that Dwayne Johnson h smooned way for next generation of wrestlers in Hollywood.

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John Cena’s praise of Johnson is t an exaggeration. Dwayne ' Rock' Johnson is one of most successful WWE wrestlers who also me a big name for himself in Hollywood. w, John Cena is also making a name for himself in Hollywood. champion alrey has been cast in films like Project X-Traction, Fast & Furious 9 and Suicide Squ

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12:45 IST, January 20th 2020