A WWE newsmaking round in H1 of 2023 will reveal that the wrestler who is considered WWE’s 16-time World Champion has announced his participation in the WWE Royal Rumble in 2025. This year (2025) will be the year that John Cena will retire from WWE. He signed off for the final time and will return to the WWE ring to bow out in a year-long retirement tour. Fans internationally are in for some magic. The tour is set to conclude in December 2025 with what has been labeled as Cena’s retirement match on WWE television, a fitting season ending for what has been a two-decade career.
Cena’s Retirement Tour to Start on Netflix Debut of Raw Premiere
Later on, John Cena’s official retirement journey kicks off on WWE Raw on Netflix on January 6, 2025. This performance is expected to be among the first moves in what will be a string of send-off appearances and fights that would pay tribute to the efforts of John Cena to WWE. He plans to retire the WWE way; this means that he will have to wrestle in several WWE events before his last one in December. The announcement on social media noted that Cena will be wrestling at the 2025 Royal Rumble, which is scheduled for February 1 in Indianapolis for the final time in his wrestling career.
A Fitting Stage for John Cena’s Final Rumble Appearance
With Cena opting to make the Royal Rumble of 2025 his last hurrah in terms of performing in the match for WWE, this year’s Royal Rumble adds a certain allure. Cena’s being featured in the next event after his string of Rumble moments is a perfect way to honor this legend. Their direction is still undetermined whether he will compete in the actual Royal Rumble event itself or have an opening prelim match, and regardless.
The anticipation for his appearance in Indianapolis is one of WWE’s most riveting events of the year. As for the Rumble, John Cena has been a two-time victor; he won the event in both 2008 and 2013. One of the best comebacks in WWE was in 2008 when he came back from the injury to win the match, much to the surprise of the WWE audience.
Two-time Royal Rumble Winner and Consistent Competitor
Since his first appearance on the WWE main roster early in 2002, John Cena has been featured on the WWE screen annually, participating in at least one televised match for about 22 years continuously. He’s won the Royal Rumble twice, and that just scratches the surface of his impressive career. Two are his Rumble wins: the 2008 Rumble, in which he came back early from injury to last eliminate Triple H, and his victory in the 2013 Royal Rumble, where he pinned Ryback. Cena’s farewell will be more than just a retirement journey. It is going to be an appreciation of the astonishing legacy he has brought to the WWE Universe and a commitment to the wrestling business.
Fans Await John Cena’s Final WWE Chapter
As John Cena starts this farewell tour, millions of WWE fans globally are already saying goodbye to one of wrestling’s icons. His year-long retirement tour celebrates his career’s defining qualities: hard work, dedication, and strong fan camaraderie. Given that the 2025 Royal Rumble will be one of the last events of John Cena’s career in WWE, WWE is building up Cena’s final year in WWE around moments that will pay tribute to his career and contribution to the WWE Universe. Whether or not Cena gets his supposed 17th championship belt before retirement, his retirement phase promises to be nostalgic for one of WWE’s classic champions.
