A popular star sent a heartfelt message to John Cena today on social media following this week's episode of WWE RAW. Cena appeared on RAW for the final time this past Monday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.Zack Ryder (Matt Cardona) made his surprise return to the company this past Friday night on SmackDown to compete in the Last Time is Now tournament, but was defeated by LA Knight. John Cena appeared on the RAW Recap podcast this past Monday night and praised Ryder, and revealed that they were good friends in real life.The Ultimate Broski took to social media today to respond to the 48-year-old's comments and thanked him. He also thanked media personality Sam Roberts for bringing him up during the conversation."Thank you @johncena… And thanks@notsam for bringing me up," he wrote.The winner of the Last Time is Now tournament will face John Cena in his retirement match at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13. The Cenation Leader is also scheduled to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Dominik Mysterio at WWE Survivor Series 2025. Cena captured the title from Dirty Dom on last week's episode of WWE RAW.John Cena comments on his upcoming WWE retirementJohn Cena recently discussed his upcoming retirement from in-ring competition and revealed that he was not going out on his own terms.During his conversation with Sam Roberts on the RAW Recap podcast, Cena shared that if he had things his way, he would be wrestling forever. However, he noted that he made a promise to wrestling fans that he would walk away when he started to slow down, and that is why he decided to retire."I'm not going out on my own terms. If I could do this in infinity, I would do it… I made a promise to the fan base when I started that when I got a step slower, I gotta walk away," he said. (H/T: WrestlePurists)WrestlePurists @WrestlePuristsLINK“I'm not going out on my own terms. If I could do this in infinity, I would do it… I made a promise to the fan base when I started that when I got a step slower, I gotta walk away. And the sad thing is us as fans see that and be like, ‘But you got so much left.’ Yeah, I couldIt will be fascinating to see which WWE Superstar wins the Last Time is Now tournament and battles Cena in his final match next month at Saturday Night's Main Event.