{"id":14789,"date":"2016-03-31T12:32:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=14789"},"modified":"2016-03-31T15:24:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T20:24:21","slug":"john-cena-injury-recovery-cena-trying-sweet-talk-doctors-letting-wrestle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/31\/john-cena-injury-recovery-cena-trying-sweet-talk-doctors-letting-wrestle\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena injury recovery &#8211; trying to &#8220;sweet talk&#8221; doctors into letting him wrestle again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-165506335\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE top star John Cena says he is trying to &#8220;sweet talk&#8221; his way back into the ring after not making the WrestleMania line-up recovering from his major shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe (doctors)\u00a0who said conservatively nine months have now said well maybe I\u2019ll reevaluate myself,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2016\/03\/31\/john-cena-sweet-talking-doctors-to-get-in-ring\/?intcmp=features\" target=\"_blank\">Cena told Fox News<\/a> while on his New York media tour for WM32. \u201cSo, I\u2019m looking okay. I just got a little bit more sweet talking to do to the doctors so they can give me the green light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cena described how much damage was done to his shoulder that led to doctors estimating a nine-month recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a rotator cuff reattachment, I had an AC joint reconstruction, and I had a giant arterial defect on the bone that goes into the ball in the socket in the shoulder,&#8221; Cena said.\u00a0&#8220;Basically, the round space was not round, it was cut in half. So all that had to regenerate and grow, but after over 400 hours of physical therapy, I feel pretty darn good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cena, who also hyped the premiere of &#8220;American Grit&#8221; on Fox in April, talked about what&#8217;s motivating him to hurry back into the ring and be on live WWE shows.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be able to reach a family and a lot of young people going through some interesting challenges and for them to just forget for a day about all the things that attach to those challenges and just hang out with a superstar and be a WWE superstar, it is the best. 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