{"id":281089,"date":"2019-10-04T10:42:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1079806"},"modified":"2019-10-04T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:42:52","slug":"john-cena-says-his-body-cant-handle-the-wwe-grind-like-it-used-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/john-cena-says-his-body-cant-handle-the-wwe-grind-like-it-used-to\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena Says His &#8220;Body Can&#8217;t Handle&#8221; the WWE Grind Like It Used To"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.541135573581\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2018326\/rs_634x951-180426050145-634.john-cena.42618.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"John Cena, CinemaCon\" alt=\"John Cena, CinemaCon\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Alex J. Berliner\/ABImages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"25.720430107527\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/john_cena\">John Cena<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;has been taking Hollywood by storm with his recent movie roles, but does that mean he&#8217;s ready to retire from the ring?<\/p>\n<p>In a teaser for his upcoming interview with <em>Sunday TODAY<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Willie Geist<\/strong>, the champ said he&#8217;ll &#8220;never walk away&#8221; from the WWE. But his future in the sport will certainly change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the great thing about WWE, you can perform in any capacity,&#8221; he told Geist. &#8220;And, as long as I&#8217;ve made a promise in the in-ring aspect of things, as long as I can keep up with the current product, I can perform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These days,&nbsp;he&#8217;s learning to balance his acting career with his wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opportunities that I&#8217;ve been awarded keep me from being in the ring and I actually think that&#8217;s good because it makes any time that I&#8217;m invited back to WWE super, super special,&#8221; he admitted. &#8220;And that&#8217;s the way it should be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cta-1\" class=\"post-content cta clearfix\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5.3142857142857\">\n<div data-vilynx-id=\"258324\" class=\"column cta__video vilynx_enabled\" data-hook=\"cta-vilynx\" data-url=\"\/videos\/258324\/what-makes-john-cena-nervous\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net\/images\/775\/183\/lfrc_2017kcas_cena_v2_258324_560x315_895919171538.jpg?fit=inside|192:192&amp;output-quality=90\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column cta__text--video\" data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-cta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5.4857142857143\">\n<h2 class=\"cta__title\">Watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/videos\/258324\/what-makes-john-cena-nervous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Makes John Cena Nervous?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"51.84\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"8.64\">\n<p>It&#8217;s also necessary for&nbsp;the 42-year-old&#8217;s body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I didn&#8217;t have these opportunities, I still would be taking, actively taking, time off.&#8221;&nbsp;Cena, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1078177\/why-john-cena-has-never-taken-a-vacation-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">began his career over a decade ago<\/a>, confessed. &#8220;My body just can&#8217;t handle the schedule anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"html-external-3\" class=\"post-content text-block\" data-type=\"async\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"39.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-html-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19\">\n<p>&#8220;When I turned 40, I really took a look in the mirror and said, \u2018Hey, man, I know you really like this, but instead of 250 performances a year, from here on out, just do it 100 times and do it well,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And then it became, \u2018Just do it 50 times and do it well.&#8217; And now it&#8217;s like, \u2018Hey, you really have to prepare to get ready to perform and then really recover after a performance.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip above for more on his career and catch his full interview with Geist airs this Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" class=\"post-content\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1079806\/john-cena-says-his-body-can-t-handle-the-wwe-grind-like-it-used-to?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex J. Berliner\/ABImages John Cena&nbsp;has been taking Hollywood by storm with his recent movie roles, but does that mean he&#8217;s ready to retire from the ring? In a teaser for his upcoming interview with Sunday TODAY&#8216;s Willie Geist, the champ said he&#8217;ll &#8220;never walk away&#8221; from the WWE. 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