Leaving Professional Wrestling After 2025 Season

John Cena says he’ll retire from skilled wrestling subsequent 12 months after twenty years within the ring.

On Saturday night time, the wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech in Toronto to a stadium of World Wrestling Leisure followers, who booed in disappointment as Cena mentioned the 2025 season can be his final. He promised a farewell tour with dozens of dates and an epic closing struggle, and he assured followers he would stay concerned with the wrestling franchise that launched his profession.

“Thanks a lot for letting me play in the home that you simply constructed for therefore a few years,” Cena instructed the gang.

In a information convention after the occasion, Cena instructed reporters that he feels bodily “at my finish,” however that doesn’t imply he must distance himself from the game he loves.

Cena is a 16-time WWE champion who burst onto the scene within the early 2000s because the fan-favorite “Physician of Thuganomics,” a rapper character decked in gold chains and a backwards hat who challenged his wrestling opponents to rap battles. He went on to painting different standard characters, each within the ring and on the large display screen.

Cena performed starring roles within the movies Blockers and The Suicide Squad. He has made a number of appearances within the Quick & Livid franchise and appeared most just lately within the comedy thriller Argylle and the field workplace hit Barbie. He additionally had a guest-starring position on the just-released third season of FX’s The Bear and is internet hosting Discovery’s Shark Week 2024 programming.