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There is no doubt that John Cena is one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling, if not the biggest, and his contributions to the world of wrestling can never be overlooked. He remained the face of WWE throughout the PG Era and also the latter days of the Ruthless Aggression Era. He is still a huge attraction.
But last year, he broke the hearts of the fans when he announced that he would retire by the end of 202,5 and he started his retirement tour at the start of this year. Overall, it has been an excellent year for him as he had his record breaking 17th World title reign, and he also had a heel run after 22 years.
Why John Cena is retiring so soon
The majority of the fans are still not happy with the decision of his retirement, as some fans still believe that most of the wrestlers work even in their 50s. Then why is a huge name like John Cena retiring at the age of 48 only? Recently, John Cena attended an interview session with PEOPLE where he gave a brief explanation on why he has decided to retire. Here is what he had to say;
“I started to assess physically where I was and assess the current program, and the current program in the WWE is spectacular. Like surgically perfect. The athleticism is far beyond anything I’ve ever been capable of. The talent pool is extremely deep, and I remember being a young 20 something in Kentucky.
John Cena is a 17 times WWE World Champion
"Wrestling in front of 20 people every night crossing my fingers and hoping to get a call to come up to WWE television and thinking that call would never come and I kind of made a promise when I got on television and when I started gaining some notoriety That I should be as graceful exiting the business or try to be as I was excited to enter.
"I openly made a promise to be like, when I’m a step slower, I will go because there will be kids just as hungry as I am who have earned a shot to see if they can make it.
"Iwould hate to, just because I’m hanging around too long, I would hate to take a dream away from a kid like me and maybe not have the opportunity to have someone have an impact on the business So I’m 48, I’ll be 49 next year, been on television 23 years with WWE and it was either the norm,"
He continued, "Just to kind of drift out of the mix and then come back every once in a while or just announce your retirement through like a social post or a press conference but I approached WWE with an idea and I said, ‘I think the business and the fans have been good to me over the years, I will take this block of time and stand down from most everything and let’s try to give our audience something that they can have closure if they wanted to see something one last time’.
John Cena will face Logan Paul at the upcoming WWE PLE Clash at Paris
"This is something that a lot of rock bands do, a lot of rock bands will do like farewell tour number four and five. Getting on stage and playing music is very taxing, but the physical nature of what we do in WWE, I have my health. My health and my dedication to my partner are the tip of my spear in life right now. So I think every time I go out there, I just wanna make sure I’m able to give my all, but it’s time to step away.“
John Cena dropped his WWE Championship title at SummerSlam to Cody Rhodes, and it does not look like he is going to take the Championship again ever. He is presently having a few with Logan Paul, and things are going forward to a feud with Brock Lesnar too. Reports suggest that Brock Lesnar is going to be the final opponent of John Cena's career. There is no doubt that the world will always remember John Cena as one of the best professional wrestlers in history.
