The age of John Cena as a heel officially seems to be over. During tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, Cena seemingly turned babyface, in a heartfelt moment with Cody Rhodes in the ring. The show opened tonight with Cena and Rhodes facing off in the ring.

After a largely underwhelming heel run, John Cena calls out The Rock turning a babyface promo with Cody Rhodes before SummerSlam.

John Cena, the face of the WWE, officially reverted to his babyface persona on the latest episode of SummerSlam 2025.In the heartfelt segment, Cena thanked Cody Rhodes for “forcing”