John Cena discusses wrestler health issues, Edge's retirement, life after wrestling, his personal end point, more

While WWE was in Florida this week, WWE champion John Cena sat down with Bright House Network's Rock Riley for an interview covering pertinent topics related to the WWE lifestyle. The following are highlights of the interview:

Cena said he approaches his WWE career knowing there is an end point and he's preparing for a future beyond wrestling.

"I have an extreme realist concept about me living this dream. I know that it's entertainment and everything has an end point," Cena said.

Cena said he believes developments in this area have to do with the wrestling industry coming out of the dark ages decades behind advancements made by the NFL, MLB, and NBA in the area of protecting their players.

"Nowadays, we have talent given financial advisement, we have advisement on health care, they have to pass health exams, they're drug tested," Cena said. "You're pointing talent in more of a direction to say, 'Listen, this is the entertainment business. You have what you have while you're in it and there will be an end point, so we're preparing you for after that end point.'"



Rock Riley segued into a discussion of Edge being forced to retire due to health concerns with his neck. Cena said Edge would likely still be wrestling if this were a different era.

"This is the decision - I know Adam very well and he lives wrestling and is one of the best - but, if this were 1980, he would still be wrestling," Cena said.

"Now, he got the advice, he said this is not the way for me to go, and on the spot, said, 'I'm retiring.' It was a decision that came out of nowhere, but there were some health risks involved and it was, 'Listen, do you want to keep doing this and never walk again or do you want to live a normal life?'

source:  pwtorch.com