4-time WWE Tag Team Champion confirms that he will never come back

We are just days away from witnessing the end of an era with the retirement of John Cena. The multi-time WWE champion has confirmed that he will never come back and end his retirement.

Cena will compete in his final match on December 13th at Saturday Night's Main Event. He will face the winner of The Last Time Is Now Tournament, with the final being set between Gunther and LA Knight for this week's SmackDown.

Speaking to The Ringer, Cena said that nobody really retires from Professional Wrestling, but his case is different. The Last Real Champion is determined that he will never return to the WWE for another match after December 13th.

"You don't have to believe anything you don't want to. What I've been able to do over 23 years is turn a lot of non-believers around and that is by my actions. I don't expect anyone to believe that like, 'Hey, I'm retiring'. Oh, no. The precedent hasn't been said. The precedent for wrestling retirement is like a wrestling wedding, like something's going to go wrong in the wedding. No one ever retires. I understand the skepticism, and you'll know I'm serious when I never come back." said Cena. [16:55-17:47]

Gunther is looking forward to facing John Cena in his last WWE match

Gunther will face LA Knight in the final of The Last Time Is Now Tournament on this week's SmackDown. The former two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion was victorious over Solo Sikoa on Monday Night RAW in the semi-final.

Following his win, Gunther took to social media to send a three-word message and is already looking forward to the next stage. He wrote:

"Next Stage Ahead,"

In 2025, Gunther had already faced Goldberg in his final match. Now he has the opportunity to face Cena and potentially beat him in his last-ever match.

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