John Cena won the Undisputed WWE Championship by defeating Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41. Days later, he made a virtual appearance at Friday night’s NFL Draft. During ESPN and NFL Network’s coverage of night two of the 2025 NFL Draft, The Last Real Champion introduced the third-round choice for the New England Patriots.
The Patriots made an introductory video featuring a surprise appearance from John Cena and Idris Elba, where the 17-time World Champion pitched Washington State wide receiver Kyle Williams to Green Bay for the third-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Yeah… @JohnCena and Idris Elba helped make our 3rd round pick 🤩
📺: #PatsDraft on ESPN pic.twitter.com/e4sxUWjtgs
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 26, 2025
Rapid Fire NFL Q&A With John Cena
NFL on X (fka Twitter) shared a crossover video with WWE legend John Cena featuring him in a rapid-fire Q&A segment. The questions and John Cena’s respective answers are listed below.
Q1. If you were to play in the NFL right now, what position would you play and why?
Ans: “I think I would be on the coaching staff. I would be an assistant, enthusiastic character coach.”
Q2. What positions would you play, and would the fans be able to see you on the field?
Ans: “No, because I think I would be a really good instant replay official. I have pretty much failing sight. I need readers to even see anything. So yeah, I would be controversial in that role, and I think that’s what I would dominate in.”
Q3. Do you have a favorite NFL team, and why?
Ans: “No, because I think they are all good.”
Q4. If you had your own NFL team, what would you name it, and what would the uniforms look like?
Ans: “I would name it the Bengals because it takes guts to name a whole team after an 80s pop band, and they would wear lots of jewelry and crop tops, but T-shirts under the crop tops, and they would walk like Egyptians, you know the drill.”
Q5. Which city would you want to see an NFL game played in?
Ans: “Punxsutawney, of course, because if we don’t see our shadow, we get four months of football.”
Q6. If your character from Head of State were in the NFL, what role would he be?
Ans: “Certainly a mascot. Can I get one of the school uniforms? Make sure it has the oversized mascot head. That’s important to me.”
Q7. Name an NFL player who would be a great cameo in Heads of State?
Ans: “I got to go with retired route Peyton Manning. Why? I’ve always got such flashy sport coats, and you know Heads of State can wear the subdued stuff and just a flashy sport coat, you know, a splash of color that we need. So, Peyton, I know retired, hanging out. Why didn’t you do that cameo I asked you for Heads of State? Call me, bro?”
Q8. One piece of motivation that always helps you.
Ans: “The power of play goes on, and we get to contribute a verse.”
17x @wwe champ ✅
Make an NFL draft pick ✅
The 🐐 can do it all @JohnCena pic.twitter.com/5uZViIjnws— NFL (@NFL) April 26, 2025
John Cena was present on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown. The first challenger for his title has been confirmed. Randy Orton will challenge him for the Undisputed WWE Championship at Backlash 2025 PLE.