John Cena Believes the Days of the WWE Poster Boy Are Over

"They don't need me," he said in a recent interview with The Wrap . "I am grateful for everyone who says 'we miss you,' and there was a time when I could genuinely say from a financial standpoint that they needed me; that time is up."

In fact, the wrestler believes that the days of the single top superstar is over, and that the WWE's future lies with a line-up of more diverse athletes. "For the longest time, if you considered WWE a band, theres been one front person of the band. I think that dynamic is changing," Cena told fans during a recent appearance at BookCon, where he was promoting his children's book Elbow Grease.

"It is because the audience is too diverse. I think older males are watching it, younger kids are watching it, females are watching it. The audience is so diverse, so with a diverse audience its tough to universally please someone."

He then went on to predict a broader slate of superstar wrestlers who will be able to better represent the growing diversity of the WWE audience.

"I dont think theres a universal figure that will lead the company forward," he said. "I think as the company grows, and especially expands globally, youre gonna have like a Super Friends of the WWE. Which is like people who are essentially fighting for equal share of popularity. I think the band, essentially, will have ten lead singers of every different race, creed, color, sex, ethnicity.