Can Fans Expect to See John Cena at WrestleMania 40?

WrestleMania 40 is less than a month away, and fans worldwide are currently buzzing over whether one of the greatesta href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/show/wwe-monday-night-raw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"WWE/aSuperstars of all time, a data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/john-cena-returning-wwe-temporarily" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/john-cena-returning-wwe-temporarily" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/john-cena-returning-wwe-temporarily" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"John Cena/a, will make an appearance at the historic event!/p pUnless you've been living under a rock this week, you've undoubtedly noticed that the 16-time WWE champion has been all over the news lately, thanks to hisa href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/john-cena-nude-2024-oscars" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"unforgettable "nude" stunt/aat the 2024 Oscars. Although he's been a household name in Hollywood for years now, it seems that the name "John Cena" is on the lips of more people than ever lately. This newfound popularity (as if Cena's popularity could getemany/embigger in the first place) has caused the WWE Universe to openly wonder if doors have been opened for Cena to appear ata href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wrestlemania-40-match-card-wwe-superstars" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia/a./p pstrongFor More WWE:bra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Jade Cargill Reflects on Her WWE Royal Rumble Debut/abra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Here's When You Can Catch All The WWE Premium Live Events of 2024/abra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Rhea Ripley Breaks the Hearts of the WWE Universe, Announces Engagement/a/strong/p pAs luck would have it, Cena has publicly alluded to hisa href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/steve-austin-wrestlemania-return-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"WrestleMania status/amultiple times in the past week alone! Let's dive in and get every man, woman, and child up to date on the latest John Cena news./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"Will John Cena Be at WrestleMania 40?/span/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="eee64383-7614-4c5b-8fac-3f9c4f872c80" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2022/12/wwe-john-cena-final-smackdown-2022.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="John Cena throwing up the peace sign while in the ring" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Could John Cena's return to WWE include a match at Fastlane 2023? /span span class="media__credit"Photo: WWE /span /div /div /div /div /div pThe rumor mill started buzzing during a particularly memorable appearance onemThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/em– both host and guest were suitably hyped up when discussing WWE's nexta href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Premium Live Event/a./p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rm0rWlBrwBE?si=K56NbNhkA1ekm844" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pAt one point, Cena helpfully explained thea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wrestlemania-40-wwe-2024-where-when-location-details" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"date and location of WrestleMania 40/a, much to the chagrin of the WWE Universe./p p"It's April 6, Philadelphia – I know exactly where it is," Cena said slyly. "I mean, I'm free that day, I'm just saying!"/p pWow, John, when you put it like that, whyemwouldn't/emyou be at WrestleMania in Philadelphia?/p pOn the March 12 edition ofemThe Drew Barrymore Show/em, John Cenaa href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wK0PWQyoOUab_channel=TheDrewBarrymoreShow" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"clarified his comments/aabout his WrestleMania 40 availability. In true Cena fashion, he used as many metaphors as possible to explain his current situation:/p p"I'm kind of waiting for my invite," he confessed. "Unfortunately, it's like, I don't have a prom date, so I have no one to go to prom with. I haven't been asked to go yet. That's OK. That's alright. I have not yet found a golden ticket in my chocolate bar, so I guess I have to keep eating chocolate bars to find a golden ticket."/p pA prom reference and aemWilly Wonka/emreference? That's impressive./p pAlthough he couldn't confirm or deny his WrestleMania availability, Cena nevertheless admitted that he's left WWE in a better place than when he found it, which is something he's intensely proud of./p p"It's thea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wrestlemania-history-event-evolved-years" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"40th installment of WrestleMania/aand that gives me a tremendous joy and happiness, because the event is bigger than it's ever been," he explained to Barrymore. "I believe you should leave a place better than when you found it, and I think I've done that. [It] brings my heart so much joy to see the event in the place that it is now."/p pIn short, although Cena has alluded to appearing at WrestleMania, it seems he's keeping this specific information close to his (massive) chest. Fair enough./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"When Was John Cena's Last WrestleMania Appearance?/span/h2 div caption="John Cena appearing in the WWE ring." data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="c20d3fec-3903-46cb-9362-cf2fbd497f97" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2022/06/john-cena-month2.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="John Cena Month2" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" pJohn Cena appearing in the WWE ring./p /span span class="media__credit"Photo: WWE /span /div /div /div /div /div pJohn Cena actually competed at last year's WrestleMania and challenged Austin Theory for the United States Championship. Ultimately, Cena wasa href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-austin-theory-holds-uture-in-his-hands-he-loves-it" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"defeated by the brash Superstar/a– although at many points in the match, it seemed that the wily veteran had Theory beat./p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JNygVIWxB10?si=34WgrkrUyue7vXOF" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pWith all due respect to WrestleMania 39, last year's event cannot compare to the grandiose spectacle that will be WrestleMania 40. Shouldn't thea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/how-to-watch-wrestlemania-40" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"most significant event in WWE history/ainclude arguably the greatest Superstar of all time appearing during it? We sure think so – and we're confident the WWE Universe supports our wholly optimistic attitude./p div data-embed-button="related_content" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:node.embed" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f07e67da-7d2e-4492-91cd-b445c5f4978f" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"h2 class="headline" a class="embed-in-feed" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/john-cena-nude-2024-oscars" John Cena Steals the Show with Nude Moment at the 2024 Oscars /a /h2 /div pPerhaps most telling is John Cena'sa href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auz2SzsDhVEab_channel=ESPN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"appearance onemFirst Take/em/aem/emlast week./p pWhen pressed for information about whether he'd compete at WrestleMania 40, thea href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-hall-of-fame-2024-every-inductee-wrestlemania-40" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"future Hall of Famer/agave a candid response:/p p"I'm crossing my fingers."/p pIt looks like the ball is firmly in WWE's court, but in the meantime, we'll be crossing our fingers, too./p pemYou can tune in to/ema href="https://www.peacocktv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emPeacock/em/aemto watch WrestleMania on April 6 and 7. In the meantime, catch up on all things WWE Universe on/ema href="https://www.peacocktv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emPeacock/em/aem./em/p