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John Cena’s last tally of his in-ring profession pinch WWE started pinch a melodramatic bottommost turn, a 17th title and ended pinch a nonaccomplishment to Gunther successful December.
Cena not going retired connected apical against "The Ring General" was a determination that pro wrestling fans person debated intensely complete nan past 5 months. The nonaccomplishment marked nan extremity of Cena’s career, but besides catapulted Gunther into a "career killer," who later ended A.J. Styles’ clip successful WWE too.
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Cody Rhodes and CM Punk coming John Cena pinch nan Undisputed WWE Championship and nan World Heavyweight Championship during Saturday Night's Main Event astatine Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., connected Dec. 13, 2025. (Rich Freeda/WWE)
Videographer Adam Glyn caught up pinch Cena connected Thursday and asked him astir nan fans’ guidance to his last match. Cena suggested that it was nan champion ending for him.
"I deliberation we each conscionable unrecorded successful nan moment, right? I think, this is conscionable my perspective, and if group were upset, that’s their right, of course, you tin consciousness really you want to feel. I had a career that was polarizing. That’s nan world Michael Cole uses a lot," Cena said. "That was a polite connection for group (who) would chant astatine nan apical of their lungs that ‘I suck.’
"So, I deliberation pinch nan past match, nan assemblage was polarized. There were group who understood and were entertained successful a affirmative way. There were group who were truthful successful nan infinitesimal and reacted pinch specified passion, it was for illustration a microcosm of my career. The assemblage was split. I can’t deliberation of a amended measurement to adjacent nan section than that. It defines what I did."
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John Cena hosts WrestleMania 42 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 19, 2026. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Cena is group to beryllium a WWE Hall of Famer erstwhile nan clip comes, and while his in-ring profession whitethorn beryllium over, he’s still a portion of nan WWE Universe.
He announced astatine Backlash that he will big nan John Cena Classic successful hopes of showcasing WWE talent from NXT to springiness fans a glimpse into what nan early will clasp for nan company. Similarly, he hand-picked NXT competitors to stock his last paper pinch him astatine Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Cena told Glyn he was "super excited" astir nan event. He said location were still immoderate things that had to beryllium worked out.
John Cena makes his entranceway during Monday Night RAW astatine TD Garden successful Boston, Massachusetts, connected Nov. 10, 2025. (Michael Marques/WWE)
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"I americium afloat invested successful this," he said. "So, I can’t hold to spot what it is. I can’t hold until we denote nan day and location. I deliberation that’s evidently measurement 1 and we’ll spell from there."
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
