John Cena (@johncena) is an actor and professional wrestler known for being a 16-time World Champion in WWE. 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! RHONE: Upgrade your closet with Rhone and use CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/CVV ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv Quote I'm thinking about: "Control the controllable." 00:00 Intro 00:43 John Cena and CVV have the same wedding ring 01:22 Is Ricky Staticky the most R-rated comedy role he’s taken on? 02:30 Who does he believe the real GOAT is? 03:57 When did he begin to feel like ‘the guy’ in WWE? 05:51 Will he win a 17th World Championship? 06:15 Learning to live in the moment during this last WWE run 10:25 Being willing to put people over to make new stars 14:31 His self-critique of his 2002 WWE debut 18:23 What would he have done had he been fired? 21:23 His role in ‘The Marine’ began his Hollywood career 22:45 When did he start feeling comfortable as an actor? 25:43 Zac Efron's wrestling in 'The Iron Claw’ 26:57 Dealing with ‘John Cena Sucks’ chants 30:25 John Cena details his plans to turn heel in 2012 34:09 His thoughts on The Rock’s heel turn 36:42 Caring more about the crowd reaction than the boos 38:42 The WWE crowd singing his song as he comes out 40:20 Being patient with fans who invade his privacy 42:21 His thoughts on meeting MJF at the Iron Claw premiere 44:58 Posting inspiring messages on his Twitter account 46:34 Why does he follow no one on Instagram and everyone on X 48:49 Returning at the 2008 Royal Rumble in MSG 52:09 His favorite moment of his WWE career 53:02 What’s John Cena’s kryptonite? 54:09 Phrases he remembers to keep personal perspective 55:11 Where did he get the quote ‘control the controllable’ from? 56:13 LA Knight quoting ‘Basic Thuganomics’ on Smackdown 58:42 Thoughts on Logan Paul’s run in WWE 01:00:35 Pro Wrestling achieving greater levels of popularity 01:03:27 The original plan for his WrestleMania 36 match with Bray Wyatt 01:06:20 Being able to wrestle as his actual name 01:07:40 How does John Cena define success? 01:10:25 Learning to have humility with fans 01:13:19 3 Things John Cena is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #BlueWireVideo #wwe #johncena #wrestling