John Cena continues to talk about his decision to retire from WWE, which is planned for 2025.
Cena’s retirement from in-ring competition in WWE was announced at the Money in the Bank event earlier this summer in a surprise appearance. Cena announced he would be present when Raw transitions to Netflix in January 2025.
Cena also stated that the Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and WrestleMania in 2025 will mark his final appearances in the ring. The former WWE Champion aims to wrestle all year long and targets 36 dates with the company.
While speaking to Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture, Cena was asked about coming to grips with the decision.
Cena said, “That’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been preparing for a long time. If you backtrack interviews, I started talking about that in maybe 2019. I’m ready for it. Now is the perfect time to do it. I have a little bit of time in 2025 and the WWE has been awesome in working with schedules and everything. They thought it was a great idea. They kind of ran with the idea. We expanded it to a year. 36 dates. I feel great. It’s a happy thing. I’m not going to tell anyone how to feel because I don’t believe in that, but I’m going to approach it with an upbeat attitude.”
Cena’s next film, “Jackpot,” will be added to Amazon Prime this week. For more on that, click here.
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
