When John Cena officially retires after his year-long WWE farewell tour, don’t expect to see him back.
Regardless of how much money he is offered.
“The Greatest Of All-Time” spoke with ComicBook.com for an interview this week, and made it clear there isn’t “a check-writer with enough money to change his mind” when he retires.
“There isn’t a check writer with enough money to change my mind when I hang it up in December,” Cena told Liam Crowley of ComicBook. “I don’t want to continue for ego or financial gain. I built a relationship of trust and authenticity over the years with the WWE, and that’s people who think I suck and people who believe in me, they know that I shoot them straight and I’m trustworthy. I mean what I say: when I’m done in December, I am done. It is the last time I will perform in a ring.”
Cena added, “I’ll be a member of the WWE family as an ambassador and a grateful one. But you will see me wear this (points to suit), not the wristbands, the jorts, the ball cap. That, in December 2025, that goes away, and that’s the reason why we’re putting so much equity and emphasis on this farewell tour. It truly is the last time for generations for grandparents and parents and kids to get together in the same time. Grandparents could be like, ‘I didn’t know about wrestling and my son dragged me here.’ That son now has a son and daughter of their own, and they like John Cena, and now their kid likes Cody Rhodes. I want to try to do something special where we can all get together one last time and, and go through 25 years worth of memories.”
Check out the complete interview at ComicBook.com.
