The Rock reveals the eight-word message he told John Cena after stunning the world by turning heel at WWE Elimination Chamber

John Cena stunned the professional wrestling world with a dramatic heel turn at Saturday night's WWE Elimination Chamber event at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. After pinning CM Punk, Cena turned on Cody Rhodes to join forces with The Rock by way of a low blow and a smack over the head with a Rolex.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson addressed the media scrum after the thrilling pay-per-view and welcomed the surprise heel turn by the ultimate WWE babyface.

"It was an amazing moment," he said. "We as entertainers, whether in pro wrestling or film or television, you really live for moments like that where you can hopefully create something that can be very compelling and moving for the audience."

"What I felt tonight, and I’ve been a part of some really phenomenal pro-wrestling angles, and as a kid growing up, I’ve seen some amazing pro-wrestling angles. I felt like tonight stood beside all of those that were the iconic angles, so it was really incredible," continued The Rock.

When Johnson was asked what he told Cena after the show, he revealed the newly minted heel is as dedicated as ever.

"I told him as he left, by the way, he flew in today, this morning, from Budapest, he’s flying out right now to Africa to continue, so that’s a level of commitment. And I told him as he left, I said, we say two things in our wrestling vernacular. He said, ‘Hey, thank you for the house’, and I said, ‘I’m proud of you’. It’s a big deal."

WWE favourite John Cena turned heel for the first time in 22 years (Image: Getty)

Cena is a 13-time WWE Champion and was ranked by Sports Illustrated as the fourth greatest WWE wrestler of all time.

He's been an adored and admired WWE Superstar throughout his career and was a babyface for 22 years before hitting Rhodes south of the border to turn heel north of the border at Elimination Chamber: Toronto on Saturday night.

After beating CM Punk, Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins and Logan Paul in the men's Elimination Chamber match, Cena will face Rhodes for the WWE Undisputed Championship at Wrestlemania in April.