John Cena, wrestling's perpetual good guy, is set to narrate and produce a TV show all about the company's biggest heels.
John Cena and Peacock have announced they are working together on an all-new WWE show. The show is called WWE Evil and Cena is attached as both a narrator and a producer. According to posts by both Cena and Peacock, the show will act as a deep dive into the minds of some of WWE's biggest and best bad guys, or heels as they're known in the business.
"For every good guy, there has to be a bad one and @WWE has created some of the BEST bad guys (and ladies) in the history of entertainment," Cena tweeted in response to Peacock breaking the news. Little has been revealed as to how exactly the series will be put together beyond Cena's inclusion.
Having the 16-time World Champion narrate a show all about WWE's most diabolical heels is somewhat ironic. That has likely not been lost on Cena nor the people who selected him to be a part of the show. Although he arguably spent a chunk of his early career as a bad guy, since truly hitting the big time, Cena has been the one wrestler who will seemingly never turn his back on the fans.
Even in the face of being booed, having fans chant he sucks, and even getting his shirt thrown back at him on a PPV, Cena has stayed the course. Almost every other top star has turned heel at some point. The Rock, Stone Cold, even Hulk Hogan eventually stopped telling kids to take their vitamins and headed up the nWo instead.
Judging by the little revealed so far about WWE Evil, none of the names mentioned so far will be featured on the show. The phrase "psychological expose" implies the likes of Kane, The Undertaker, and Randy Orton will be some of the wrestlers covered throughout the show. An Orton episode, in particular, could be interesting with Cena narrating the show. There aren't many duos who have squared off more than those two in WWE history.