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John Cena is able to say goodbye to the game that made him a star.
The wrestler turned actor introduced throughout World Wrestling Leisure’s “Monday within the Financial institution” occasion that he’ll retire from the WWE subsequent 12 months.
Cena, 47, is a 16-time WWE world champion. His announcement was met with boos from some within the viewers. He thanked viewers “for letting me play in the home that you simply constructed for thus a few years.”
“WWE is full of tales. It’s always a program of tales ending and new tales starting,” Cena stated at a press conference after the event. “I’ve by no means been too involved with the phrase ‘legacy,’ and I don’t need you to combine messages right here: It doesn’t imply I shortchange any second on the canvas. I want I might do it infinitely. Now I need to simply attempt to do one thing particular for a globe of individuals I owe every thing to.”
Cena stated he plans to do between 30 to 40 dates by means of 2025 as an finish to his wrestling profession, which started in 2000. He has thought-about retirement earlier than and in the course of the press convention stated the timing is now feels optimum.
“The enterprise is at unbelievable heights of recognition and consciousness,” Cena stated. “There are some massive issues happening, particularly the Netflix debut [happening in January 2025] and I take pleasure in being a person WWE can name up and say, ‘Keep in mind that thought? The time is now.’ Let’s do one thing that may deliver all of us collectively.”
His 16 championships are tied with legendary wrestler Ric Aptitude for the report and whereas many within the trade have retired and returned, Cena insists that subsequent 12 months will likely be his final.
“Individuals say they’re strolling away, and two years later they arrive again,” he stated. “I need to set the report straight proper now: I’m executed. That is it.”
Since gaining reputation within the WWE, Cena has discovered success on film screens in movies like “Barbie,” “The Suicide Squad” and the “Quick & Livid” franchise.