Cena, 48, who recently revealed his plans to retire from professional wrestling, portrays the titular character of the HBO series. He first appeared as Chris Smith in Gunn's 2021 film, Suicide Squad. Gunn reportedly wrote the script for the series while filming the movie.

Everyone knew that WWE would organize some surprises during the farewell tour of a legend like John Cena, but almost no one imagined that he would make the first heel turn of his entire career after always discarding this option in the past.