WWE News: John Cena & Lashley

WWE fans shouldn't expect to see John Cena wrestling at Wrestlemania 24 in March. Cena is set to star in the upcoming WWE action film 12 Rounds and will probably be in attendance for Wrestlemania events, but he won't be fighting in the ring. He recently talked to the Sun UK about his upcoming plans for movies and the WWE.

According to Sun UK:

Cena said: “I most likely will be at WrestleMania in some capacity, but you probably won't see me on camera.
“I'm actually moving to New Orleans in one week and spending some time with the police there, to learn how to be a better cop as that's what the film is about.
“The movie to take up the bulk of my time through to US Memorial Day, which is at the end of May.
“I know we're going to film on Saturdays, but I'd like to be at the Hall Of Fame as that's an event that I really love.”

Check out the full story on John Cena here.


There's also news that Bobby Lashley wants a release from the WWE. According to PWInsider.com:

"Lashley has definitely informed WWE that he wants to leave the company. There are a lot of reasons for him wanting to do so. The word we have gotten is that part of it has to do with how his girlfriend Kristal Marshall was treated by the company when she balked at being paired with Edge and doing the Lita gimmick, and was then quickly released. Let's just say that there is a line of thought that at least part of why she didn't want to do the angle was fear of a racial element being added to the storyline by the Smackdown creative staff.

I have also heard of other issues behind the scenes where Lashley reportedly feels like he hasn't been treated well himself while he has been out rehabbing. There is said to have been little communication between Lashley and Vince McMahon and no firm plans in place to get him back on TV now that his injury has healed and this was frustrating to him."