CM Punk wants to face John Cena one last time before he retires.
At WWE Money In The Bank John Cena made a surprise appearance and in an emotionally charged promo revealed he plans to hang up his boots in 2025.
During the post show press conference, Punk was asked about Cena’s retirement bombshell and what he’s meant to Punk’s career. The former AEW World champion answered the question before revealing they have to have one more match before Cena calls it a day.
“I texted him right away, and I said, ‘Don’t leave before you say hi to me.’ He text back, ‘Haha, have a good one tonight.’ I immediately took that as, ‘Piss off, I’m leaving.’ I know he’s busy. He’s filming Peacemaker. I figured he was leaving right away. I was pleasantly surprised to run into him afterward. I told him, ‘I’ll be the guy that drags him out of retirement.’ This ‘retirement’ that he says he’s going to adhere to and this is it and when the final one happens that’s going to be it. 15 years, I’ll drag him out of retirement.
Cena, to my career, means a lot. I don’t think there is many people up in that rare air, where if you talk about my career, I feel you have to talk about John. It makes me feel proud that I think if you talk about John’s career, I think you have to talk about me.
We’re married in that respect. I’m proud of him. He gets to go out on his terms. I know that is important. I’m looking forward to what he does. I told him, ‘If it’s going to be one more time, we have to do it at least one more time.’” h/t Fightful
WHEN DID CM PUNK LAST FACE JOHN CENA?
The two Superstars have clashed many times during their time in the company. Their most famous match went down at Money In The Bank 2011 and saw Punk beat Cena to become the new WWE Champion and then walk out on the company with the title.
Their last match took place on February 25th, 2013 on Monday Night Raw in a match to become the number one contender to face The Rock for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29.
The next day, John Cena addressed the likelihood of his retirement tour going global.