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John Cena posts cryptic GTA 6 image and fans think they know what it means

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Published 14:36 4 Mar 2025 GMT

John Cena posts cryptic GTA 6 image and fans think they know what it means

Cena has made headlines after the biggest twist in WWE for decades... and reacted by referencing GTA 6

Tom Earnshaw

Tom Earnshaw

Legendary WWE superstar John Cena has made a cryptic GTA 6 reference on Instagram. But fans reckon they know exactly what it means, with him poking fun at the game's looming release.

It comes after the legendary professional wrestler-turned-actor shocked the entire WWE universe after Cena 'turned heel' on Saturday night's Elimination Chamber live on Netflix with millions watching on.

Winning the big match to secure himself a place at WrestleMania in April against world champion Cody Rhodes, the legendary baby face (wrestling terminology for a good guy) turned heel (became a big old bad guy) by turning on Rhodes.

Cena and The Rock standing over Cody Rhodes after the huge heel turn (Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)
Cena and The Rock standing over Cody Rhodes after the huge heel turn (Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)

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In doing this, he became the sidekick of The Rock during his 'Final Boss' run, which is kind of like a 'do what he wants overlord' of the whole thing.

It sent shockwaves throughout the WWE universe, with it being called the biggest moment in professional wrestling for decades and going completely viral, viewed millions of times outside of the live event.

Undoubtedly for some, it will be the biggest moment in their lifetime.

But what's the link to GTA 6?

Well, taking to Instagram in the days after the huge twist, Cena posted the GTA 6 poster that we've all become familiar with since it was first released back in December 2023.

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Cena shocked millions of fans (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
Cena shocked millions of fans (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

As always, Cena never posts words with his Instagram images but they usually have a link to modern pop culture or something he's done.

In another post, he posted a picture of Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight Rises, who goes from saintly mayor of Gotham City to the supervillain Two Face.

Fans immediately got what this meant, with one person quoting the famous Dent dialogue from the movie: "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

Deep stuff. But the Grand Theft Auto VI reference is seemingly a lot more light-hearted and a reference to a longstanding meme about the game.

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With it now being 12 years since the last GTA instalment, huge moments in pop culture are used to show just how long it's been since GTA 5 with the 'we got ... before GTA 6'.

The stare that changed it all (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
The stare that changed it all (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

In this case, it seems we most definitely got the biggest moment in WWE history, with the nicest guy in the industry turning in to the most shocking of bad guys, before we got GTA 6. You've just got to laugh at this stage.

It's definitely one for both video game and wrestling fans, but if you understand either of them you understand the magnitude of what happened.


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Cena is set to retire from professional wrestling at the of 2025, with him moving in to an out-of-ring career with the WWE, while he continues his time exploring Hollywood in a similar vein to his WWE colleague, The Rock.

For many, a villainous Cena was the dream but seemed too far away from anything that was ever going to really happen.

Times, though, they are a changing.

Featured Image Credit: Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images

Topics: John Cena, GTA, Gaming, WWE, US News, Celebrity, Entertainment

Tom Earnshaw
Tom Earnshaw

Tom joined LADbible Group in 2024, currently working as SEO Lead across all brands including LADbible, UNILAD, SPORTbible, Tyla, UNILAD Tech, and GAMINGbible. He moved to the company from Reach plc where he enjoyed spells as a content editor and senior reporter for one of the country's most-read local news brands, LancsLive. When he's not in work, Tom spends his adult life as a suffering Manchester United supporter after a childhood filled with trebles and Premier League titles. You can't have it all forever, I suppose.

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