PROFESSIONAL wrestler, rapper, actor and reality TV show host John Cena facing off with breakfast TV presenter Karl Stefanovic on the Gold Coast?

As appealing as it sounds, it’s not the bill for a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) celebrity stoush.

A bona fide superstar in the pantomime world of sports entertainment, Cena will team up with Stefanovic for a live interview tour of Australia that includes a stop at The Star Gold Coast on July 7.

An Evening with John Cena will see the WWE free agent, hailed as wrestling’s greatest ever fighter, share stories from his record-setting run in the ring and new career as a TV and movie star.

Touted as the best wrestler the world has ever seen by two of the biggest names in the WWE — former champion turned commentator John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) and former ECW owner Paul Heyman — Cena will be joined by his fiance Nikki Bella, who also wrestles in the WWE.

media_camera John Cena and Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson in action during WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami Gardens, Florida, in 2012. Picture: Ron Elkman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images.

“He’s had the most phenomenal run, I believe of any superstar, Layfield says.

“When he walks out, the place erupts. He still sells tickets.”

Heyman, who’s worked for WWE, WCW and ECW, says no wrestler in history — not even Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin or Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — comes close to Cena.

“No one has matched his box-office appeal, no one has sold more merchandise, no one has had the longevity, the box-office attraction as the main, top level, box-office attraction than John Cena,” he says.

Cena, 40, has been preparing for life after wrestling with roles in movies including the 2006 Gold Coast-filmed action feature The Marine, hit comedy Daddy’s Home and a scene-stealing turn in Amy Schumer’s comedy Trainwreck.

media_camera John Cena on the set of the The Marine at Village Roadshow Studios in 2004. Picture: Paul Riley.

He’ll land in Australia next month fresh from filming his role in comedy sequel Daddy’s Home 2 alongside Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson.

Cena has been out of action in the WWE since he and Bella defeated The Miz and Maryse in their WrestleMania 33 bout in April but is scheduled to return to WWE TV when SmackDown Live screens on July 4.

media_camera John Cena and his fiance, fellow wrestler Nikki Bella, in New York City in May. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP Photo.

He’ll return to the ring again following his Australian tour to take on Bray Wyatt as part of a RAW live bout in Huntington, West Virginia, on July 15.

Cena, who claimed his first WWE championship in 2005 when he defeated Layfield at WrestleMania 21, created history at the recent WWE Royal Rumble when he matched professional wrestling legend Ric Flair’s record by winning the world championship for the 16th time.

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