WWE RAW brings bad news for John Cena fans
John Cena is ready to leave the squared ring come December of this year. The undisputed WWE champion announced at Money in the Bank 2024 that he will be retiring from the sport and called 2025 his retirement tour. This started off with an appearance at Royal Rumble on February 2, the first of 36 appearances that Cena had signed up for with the WWE over the course of this year.
On June 9, John Cena returned to RAW and defeated Cody Rhodes to win the Undisputed Title. As of today, he has already made 17 of the 36 visits, which brings his retirement tour to its halfway mark.
This leaves a 6-month window for competitors in the ring to break his all-time record of 17 WWE Championship wins. Although he had made it clear that these were appearances and not matches, with Seth Rollins included as part of Money in the Bank this year, many believe that this might be sufficient motivation for him to look the other way and declare it a match instead.
At 48 years old, Cena has already built a legacy in WWE and wishes to exit the sport without leaving any unfinished business behind. He claimed he was no longer as fast as he used to be and wished to remain a retired wrestler instead of struggling on the sidelines. Although fans are sad to see the legend leave the ring, Cena believes that his time is now up.
The option to continue his association with the sport in the capacity of an ambassador or special appearances via a WWE Legend Contract will remain, although there is no indication as of the moment whether Cena is interested in picking up such a deal.
He will next be seen defending his title against CM Punk at the Night of Champions 2025 on June 28.
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