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Kurt Angle is often referred to as one of the biggest rivals in John Cena's professional wrestling career. And the fans had been demanding to see all the big rivals of Cena's career from the past, having at least one match during his retirement tour, which includes Angle, who has a big history with Cena.
Cena made his main roster debut back in 2002, and his first opponent was Kurt Angle. The Olympic Gold Medalist was issuing an open challenge in an episode of WWE Smackdown in the mentioned year. A young rookie John Cena answered the challenge, and the duo even had a great match. Angle definitely ended up winning the match, but Cena's performance was really impressive.
Will Kurt Angle be the final opponent of John Cena
Angle was recently asked whether there is any plan for him to feature as the final opponent of Cena during this retirement tour. Angle answered while speaking on the “Off The Ropes” podcast. He made it clear that he is retired from in ring action and he is not planning to return to action anymore.
John Cena is presently going through his retirement tour
“I know I was his first match, and that was really cool. I wouldn’t have minded being John Cena’s last match. But there’s no way in hell I can get in that ring right now. So it’s not gonna happen. But it would have been pretty cool.” said the Olympic Gold Medalist to answer the frequently asked question.
Multiple names have been rumoured to be the final opponent
He also shared the following in praise of Cena, "I consider John the greatest of all time. You know, what he’s done for wrestling as a pioneer, as a spokesperson, as a champion, 17 world heavyweight titles. No one’s ever done that.” he continued, “John has the ability to stay healthy and never get injured. So his elongated career has made him the best in the business. You look at Undertaker, Undertaker’s been hurt many times and had to back out for a while.”
Kurt Angle and John Cena had a long running feud in 2005, and it was mostly booked to put over Cena since he was going through his early main event push during the time, and all the big names were putting him over. Angle and Cena also had a short rivalry back in early 2004, which is not much remembered. And this feud was won by Angle.
