John Cena opens up on his WWE retirement tour decision.
Wrestling for over two decades in the promotion, John Cena has established himself as one of the biggest names in the industry. Chasing his 17th World title at WrestleMania 41 against Cody Rhodes, Cena is also in his final year as a wrestler.
WrestleMania 41 will mark Cena’s last Mania appearance, and 2025 will be his final year as a pro-wrestler. Recently, during an interview with UFC legend Daniel Cormier for ESPN, The Leader of Cenation revealed how the decision to announce his retirement tour was born.
“What I was trying to do is state facts and me being honest with my record basically led me to be like ‘I got to retire.’ The reason I hadn’t had a lot of success in the WWE is because I’m a part-time participant. This needs to consume your life to be great.
Not only consume your life but like you really have to be curious, passionate, open, humble. Man, I can only imagine that if you are not fully focused, coachable, and 100% involved in fight training. So in me trying to split time and thinking that I can do both. I just did this a lot less and less and was used accordingly.
As you are ushered on the way out, you’re supposed to build all this energy and then give it away. That’s the cycle of life in sports entertainment. If you leave with the energy, you have robbed the business. So me saying this over and over again, I was like, ‘Man, I haven’t won a match since this. I’m going to be 48 next week.’ So I was like, ‘Oh man, it’s time to retire.’ That’s when I was like, ‘I’d like to do this farewell tour.’”
Cena further explained that he thought a lot about his wrestling career since he stopped wrestling full time in 2017.
“I’ve had a whole lot of time to think about this. I kind of weaned off a full-time schedule in 2017. It’s 2025. So we’re talking over a half decade to contemplate like, ‘Oh man, this is this is kind of where it’s at.’ I also made a cemented promise, even in my 20s to the audience, ‘When I am a step slow, I am out the door.’ Like understand when your run is over and just bow out gracefully. I feel that I’m a step slow. I’m there.”
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It has now been reported that John Cena’s final match will take place in Boston, MA, although the date is still to be confirmed.
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Despite all the ongoing controversies surrounding Vince McMahon and WWE’s decision to completely cut off ties with its former CEO, John Cena recently explained his love for Vince McMahon during an interview with the New York Times.
“I don’t care who hears it: I love Vince. I’m not downplaying anything that needs to be decided or allegations of any kind, but when I love somebody, I love them wholeheartedly. I know people are going to be angry about that, but they can’t put their value on my relationship with somebody I love.”
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