10 Wrestlers Who Saw WWE As A Vacation
5. John Cena
There was nobody begrudging John Cena the break when he finally relinquished control of the road in order to chase new goals in Hollywood and beyond in 2017.
'The Champ', for better and worse, had survived the rigors longer than most to ever work atop Vince McMahon's promotion and became the latest to earn the fabled 'Babe Ruth' moniker from The Chairman as he eased towards the part-time life following a record-equaling 16th title reign in January of that year. He willingly surrendered it three weeks later, but a care for the craft seemed to depart at the same time.
Baron Corbin and Roman Reigns were planted so deep in the ground from programmes with 'Big Match John' that they stayed down longer than a mid-2000s Attitude Adjustment victim. 'The Champ Was Here' alright, but he wasn't very f*cking welcome doing anything that required helping others fill the void he'd left.
WrestleMania 34 and 35 appearances were hugely-well received slabs of fun against Elias, The Undertaker and, again, Elias, and he may yet have one or two classics still lingering in his locker, but never has a surprising spell of elite quality looked as outlying as his 2015 United States title tenure.