John Cena has given more details of his upcoming retirement tour.
At Money in the Bank 2024, John Cena announced that 2025 will be his final year of wrestling. The star told the Toronto crowd that he planned to build many “unforgettable lasts” and listed the Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and WrestleMania 41 as among those lasts.
Many took that to mean WrestleMania would see Cena hanging up his boots at the end of an almost 25-year career, but now the man himself has clarified that this isn’t the case.
John Cena Plans Wrestle Throughout 2025
Speaking at the post-Money in the Bank press conference, Cena revealed that he plans to wrestle from January to December with the number of dates ranging between the mid-30s to 40s.
“Here’s where we give you some of the deets of the farewell tour. It’s not gonna end at WrestleMania [41]. WrestleMania will be my last WrestleMania. But hopefully, if everything goes according to plan, we’re going straight through from January to December. We’re gonna try to go a long list of dates. I think right now tentatively, it’s hovering in the mid-30s to 40s, because I’m still gonna try to juggle a lot of stuff that’s going on.
While 2025 will spell the end of his in-ring career, Cena plans to remain part of the WWE family for “quite some time to come.”
“That will be the end of my in-ring competition. Now, part of this business plan that I proposed was me remaining in the WWE family in some capacity for an extended time to come. I’ve always said to the audience that the WWE is my home, and I love it. Just because I physically I feel I’m at my end, doesn’t mean I need to distance myself from something I love.
“I have passion for this business. I still watch Money in the Bank and yell at the screen and yell at the guys for what they’re doing or what they could be doing, so I still, I feel I have some wisdom locked up here that could be of some value. So I look forward to ending my participation in the ring in the best way that I possibly can and being a member of the extended WWE family for quite some time to come.”
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