John Cena will name it quits on the finish of 2025, and the most important query might be how the 16-time world champion’s ultimate 12 months in WWE will pan out.
The West Newbury, Mass. native made a shock look at Cash within the Financial institution in Toronto the place he introduced he’ll retire on the finish of subsequent 12 months. It means WrestleMania 41 might be his final, and it’ll mark the tip of a legendary profession for the WWE famous person.
In fact, it’s professional wrestling, so there are all the time doubts about whether or not or not a wrestler stays retired. Cena appears detail-oriented sufficient that he would possibly truly keep retired, however “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels have confirmed that there all the time might be a temptation to return.
We will additionally rule out a swerve the place Cena makes a shock debut at All Elite Wrestling. The 47-year-old sidestepping questions about Vince McMahon and the Janel Grant lawsuit on the Cash within the Financial institution post-show information convention confirmed his loyalty to WWE.
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However how does Cena’s profession finish? He talked about how the timing was a WWE resolution so both Paul Levesque, aka Triple H, or somebody up high has one thing deliberate for him, proper? Effectively, let’s discover 4 potential eventualities.
World title No. 17
WWE acknowledges Ric Aptitude for profitable 16 world championships. In its information, he’s an eight-time NWA world heavyweight champion, a six-time WCW world heavyweight champion and a two-time WWF champion. Cena tied the file when he beat AJ Types on the Royal Rumble in 2017. Whereas Cena remained on the planet title image since, he was by no means a critical contender given his elevated Hollywood schedule. Does that change subsequent 12 months? It might be a loopy situation for Cena to win subsequent 12 months’s Royal Rumble match to problem for a world title after which win it at WrestleMania 41. WWE is all in on calling Cena the “GOAT” and what higher manner for him to do this than to win one other world title and go Aptitude for probably the most in WWE historical past?
Reigniting nostalgia
Let’s say WWE doesn’t need one in all its full-time guys dropping the world title to Cena. There’s nonetheless loads of historical past for the corporate to return to. That stare-down with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at WrestleMania 40? It might need been a callback, however what if it was a tease to finish the trilogy that was meant for WrestleMania 30? CM Punk doubtless will lose his feud with Drew McIntyre. One of the best ways to warmth him again up is for him to search out the magic of his feud with Cena from 2011.
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Placing over subsequent era
The adage in professional wrestling is that you simply exit in your again. The thought is that you simply step apart for the subsequent era. WWE views Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes as its two largest stars. Cena may have one final feud with both of them to determine them as the subsequent face of the corporate, one thing that wasn’t correctly completed when Cena grew to become a part-timer. WWE additionally could be very excessive on Solo Sikoa. Cena may feud with him as his new Bloodline faction to place them over.
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Squash match
It might be hilarious for Cena to stroll out of WWE with out placing anybody over. Even when he did attempt to put over new expertise, his match with Austin Principle at WrestleMania 39 confirmed there are combined outcomes if you stroll right into a feud with among the finest mic guys in WWE historical past. Let’s additionally handle the truth that Cena doubtless will solely work about 30-40 dates subsequent 12 months. You’re solely provided a lot time, and film studios will cringe on the concept of Cena presumably getting harm within the ring. The most effective answer for that’s for Cena to work a one-minute match at WrestleMania 41. WWE seems to see Bron Breakker as the subsequent huge factor. A beautiful strategy to construct him up is for him to feud with Cena after which crush him as Brock Lesnar did at SummerSlam 2014. It might be a memorable strategy to put a brand new expertise over, and even when Cena continued to work dates, it could be one thing for his heel character to have over the WWE legend.
