There has been a lot of speculation about whether John Cena will attend WrestleMania 40 this upcoming April. However, the WWE champion revealed on this morning’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show that he has not yet received an invitation to the highly anticipated event.
Host Drew Barrymore, who previously told Cena that she would be at WrestleMania this year, got it out of him when she asked about his friendship with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who will appear on her daytime talk show later this week.
“I am very excited for you. He is energetic, electrifying. This crowd will go insane,” Cena said. “Iâm the warmup act. Iâm very, very excited. He is fantastic. And he will be at WrestleMania 40, as well.”
When she asked if that meant Cena would also be there, he admitted that he was still “waiting for [his] invite.”
“Unfortunately, I donât have a prom date. So I have no one to go to the prom with. I havenât been asked to go yet,” he said. “Thatâs OK. Thatâs alright. Iâm very excited that youâre going. Dwayne, Iâm very excited that youâre going. I have not yet found a golden ticket in my chocolate bar. So I guess I gotta keep eating chocolate bars to find the golden ticket.”
Cena has appeared at 17 WrestleMania events and competed in 15 of them, including WrestleMania 39 back in 2023.
Despite getting excluded from this year’s spectacle, the pro wrestling world champion assured the audience that he harbored no ill will toward the industry that made him a star.
“Itâs the 40th installment of WrestleMania and that gives me tremendous joy and happiness because the event is bigger than itâs ever been,” he said. “I believe you should leave a place better than when you found it. And I think Iâve done that. And it brings my heart so much joy to see the event in the place that it is now.”
Barrymore concluded her interview by praising Cena â and his positive attitude.
“You have straight up made the world a better place. I truly, truly mean that,” she said. “You are talented, you are humane and youâre just downright cool. And you have sick fashion. What canât you do?!”
Here’s hoping he finds that golden ticket before April!
The Drew Barrymore Show airs on weekdays on CBS. You can check the website for local airtimes.
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