Vince McMahon Highlights John Cena's Outstanding WWE Status in Front of WrestleMania 35

Vince McMahon commented on the impact of the absence of John Cena and Roman Reigns on the fate of WWE.

During a fascinating conference call, the company's founder told reporters of its fourth-quarter results of 2018.

The US sports entertainment giant announced a record turnover of 272 , $ 5 million ahead of WrestleMania 35.

But it also revealed a drop in the number of viewers at live events in the United States, along with a well-documented decline in television programs. The President and CEO explained how the WWE had been hit by a series of injuries to big superstars.

And the 73-year-old billionaire made a very interesting remark about the current status of Cena, 16-time world champion.

According to wrestlinginc.com, he thought Cena would be more involved in this file. year, but these plans have changed because of his career in Hollywood.

million. McMahon said, "What is unfortunate sometimes in our industry is that we … our performers are not cartoons, they are injured."

"This year we have arrived where we are are now We had an inordinate number of injuries. And when you have wounds … you know, there's a whole series. Roman Reigns is the principle.

"And even John Cena, not of the hurt kind, but we thought John would be more part of our programming than we do John, God bless him, make more movies, and even John I would say," Good blood, I thought I was going to spend more time with what I like to do, "which is the WWE.

"So he went in and out, he's not really part of the script. You lose John, you lose Roman Reigns. In addition to that, we had injuries … Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, who is one of our best female performers, was injured.

"Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Bray Wyatt, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Braun Strowman, Dean Ambrose, Ember Moon, Samoa Joe, Akam from a new team, Jason Jordan, Fandango, Big Show, Seth Rollins .. [19659002] "It's as if … you had all these wounds, which is really unusual for us, and these are characters. It's no different if you write a soap opera and suddenly, your main character was not there.

"You are in production, what are you doing? You are changing very cleverly the scenario, but it's not as good as the original.

"Sometimes it's better, because we're pretty good but that's something we're confronted and one of the reasons why television ratings have dropped.

"And one of the reasons, obviously, from the point of view of live events, has also been abandoned, because if you do not have any favorites on TV, obviously you can not see him at a live event either. "