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John Cena is closing in on his retirement as he is scheduled to have his final match at the upcoming Saturday Night's Main Event show on December 13. He is often considered one of the biggest wrestlers to ever step foot in the history of professional wrestling, and he is also regarded as the Greatest of All Time.
The appearance of John Cena has always been pretty simple. He is always seen wearing blue jorts, and it has become his signature outfit. He started wearing this outfit when he adopted his loud mouth rapper persona back in late 2002. During his early career, he used to wear skin tight shorts wrestling career, which he soon changed and started wearing jorts.
John Cena remembers getting mocked for wearing jorts
But some fans always complained that these Jorts did not go well with his main event persona, mostly after he started playing the character of Super Cena. He himself revealed recently that he has always been mocked for wearing these jorts. Recently, he appeared on the "RAW Recap" Podcast, where he revealed the following;
“The jorts are/were mocked. My takeaway from that is that it’s okay to be authentic. They are me, and I’m able to be confident enough in myself to weather the storm of criticism, and in many cases, harassment and ridicule. As we reflect, or as a lot of people are reflecting on these moments, people have a lot of positive moments for me. I have been a very polarizing character in the WWE, and that’s led to a lot of people’s moments, some of those marquee matches, and some of those moments have been very, very polarizing.
The jorts have always been the signature attire of John Cena
"To be able to wear a uniform that I felt comfortable in, a character I felt comfortable in, a lot of that thanks to Steph [Stephanie McMahon] over there, and not waver when other people wanted to be pleased, not waver from what was in my heart because when I was on my first run, my first tryout, I tried to please everyone else, and it was inauthentic.
“And when I get the chance to be a character, the stuff where I wanted to evolve the character, I still maintained my authenticity, and I think that’s important for any longstanding success here. And you do good work, coachable, reliable, and you’re invested.
John Cena will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Dominik Mysterio at Survivor Series
"And I think the investment is passion, the passion now reflects authenticity. The jorts are in now, whatever perspective they’re in, because I just wouldn’t give up on wearing them. I could take their best shot, their biggest ridicule, put still put forth great effort, be reliable, and do good work while wearing cutoff jeans.”
John Cena is having his retirement tour from the very first episode of Monday Night RAW of 2025, and overall, he has done a lot of things this year. She set the record for winning the most WWE World titles, which is 17. He turned him for the first time in 21 years, and he even became a Grand Slam Champion. He will always be remembered does one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling.
