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By Fernando Quiles Jr
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John Cena is nearing the end of his professional wrestling career, and he revealed when talk of his WWE retirement initially began. Cena has earned the reputation of being a legend in the wrestling business, but as he nears the age of 49, the "Never Seen 17" is focusing on his successful Hollywood run.
Back in 2024, Cena announced his farewell tour at "Money in the Bank." During an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Cena discussed how long he'd been thinking about retiring prior to the announcement.
"About another year and a half," Cena said. "So, the whole thing was like three years."
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Cena was then asked if that means he was thinking about hanging up the jorts all the way back in 2022.
"Yeah," Cena confirmed. "By then I knew I had a lot of opportunities outside of WWE and those are very difficult to balance not just being everywhere. The first half of this year for the tour, I was flying back and forth to Budapest and Morocco. Making PLE dates, and man, I literally left [the night of his first retirement tour date] to land in Budapest to shoot the next day."
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John Cena's Final Match
The final match in Cena's legendary career will take place on Saturday. He will face the Last Time is Now tournament winner Gunther in a singles match at "Saturday Night's Main Event" in Washington. The Capital One Arena will play host to Cena's final match.
Aside from the obvious spectacle of Cena's retirement, a big story going into Saturday is Gunther's promise. "The Ring General" has vowed to make Cena quit, and he claims he will break his spirit. It wouldn't be the first time Gunther defeated a legend in his retirement match, as he choked out Goldberg back in July.
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