Reason for Cena Time Off?

A friend in the fitness industry is working on a fitness-themed reality show for FOX. The show is set to air in the spring. He and a few others were told this week that the filming window is set for Oct. 26 to the first or second week of January, and that it will take 6-8 weeks to do everything. They also found out that the host of the show is going to be John Cena. I’m guessing this explains his rumored hiatus after HIAC.


I actually don’t really get why the "John Cena takes a few weeks off" thing has become a mysterious bugaboo on the internet, but this seems like a reasonable explanation for it. Really, I don’t get why they don’t just say he’s taking a couple of months off to heal up some nagging injuries or something.