Sonya Deville Reacts To John Cena's Shocking Heel Turn, AJ Styles Recalls TNA Departure

03/10/2025 06:10 PM

During a recent appearance on “The Ariel Helwani Show,” Sonya Deville commented on John Cena’s retirement tour and his shocking heel turn at the WWE Elimination Chamber: 2025 pay-per-view event.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On John Cena’s heel turn: "No, I'm not going to be surprised by anything that happens on his last year here. I feel like it's got to be big and it's got to be surprises and it's got to be outlandish." Deville also admitted that she didn't watch the entirety of Cena's heel turn, as she's currently trying to distance herself from the product after being released this past February. "I just saw highlights … I'm a really good compartmentalizer. If that's painful, I'm just not going to touch it right now … I just think my mind needs to be elsewhere right now."

On being a fan of Cena: "I love Cena, I'm a big Cena fan, and he's someone that's actually given me a lot of advice too. So I am excited but really sad for his retirement tour. I can't even imagine a world in wrestling without John Cena popping his head in once in a while."

Back in 2014, AJ Styles departed TNA Wrestling.

While speaking with Chris Van Vliet on the “Insight” podcast, Styles explained why he decided to part ways with the company.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On the company having money problems at the time: "They hired Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and I believe Eric was trying to do the right thing to see where we're at as far as getting people–more eyes on us, that we're growing, and unfortunately it didn't work out the way it was supposed to. We lost a lot of money… They expected me to take a pay cut. They didn't say the dates are not going to be as many, they didn't say that either… Same amount of travel and everything, and so it was one of those things I was like 'man this ain't right.' On principle alone, I can't be here anymore."

On nearly leaving TNA in 2008: "It was a big meeting, and Dixie came out and basically said something to the fact like 'if you don't want to be here, we'll let you go.' I looked over at Christian [Cage] to see what he was going to do…I was watching him because I looked up to Christian. He's amazing too, this guy's like a ring general for sure, and I was watching him to see if he got up, because if he had gotten up…I don't know if she expected us to leave but I kind of felt like she was saying 'you can go now.' I was seriously–if he would have got up I would have got up too, and hopefully he would have got me in the WWE or something."

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