John Cena names one thing he didn't want to do again ahead of WWE retirement: "No way, that chapter is closed"

John Cena is retiring on December 13. (Photo: WWE.com)
John Cena is retiring on December 13. (Photo: WWE.com)

John Cena has one appearance left on his farewell tour and will retire on December 13. Cena has one more match, though recently he named one thing he's not planning on doing again.

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At Saturday Night's Main Event in Washington, D.C., The GOAT will face the winner of The Last Time Is Now Tournament. LA Knight and Gunther are set to collide this Friday on SmackDown to determine Cena's final opponent.

As he prepares for his final show as an active in-ring performer, John Cena was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. It was part of his promotion for SNME, but he was also asked about some aspects of his legendary career. One of those aspects was releasing an album way back in 2005.

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Kimmel asked Cena if he's interested in celebrating the 20th anniversary of You Can't See Me with another album. Well, here's what The GOAT said about the possibility of a second album:

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"No way, that chapter is closed. Just like we're closing the WWE chapter on the 13th, the hip-hop chapter is closed. … Every year I try to listen to it. I'm very proud of it. I look back on it proudly and I'm very proud of what we did," Cena said.
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You Can't See Me peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 charts and even reached No. 3 in the Billboard US Rap Albums in 2005.


John Cena's rap skills saved his career

Before he became the best version of himself in WWE, John Cena was on the chopping block and had to survive on SmackDown. Cena found his character after showing off his freestyle rap skills to Stephanie McMahon, who was part of creative at the time.

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Speaking to Megan Morant in an interview on WWE's YouTube channel, Stephanie discussed the moment Cena freestyled about her tuna fish during a European tour.

"Whether it was a bus or plane, we were in Europe and I had a packet of tuna fish because I was dieting trying to be on camera. I was eating the bag of tuna fish and he’s walking by. I said, ‘John, I was told that you can rap.’ He goes, 'I can.' I said, ‘Well, do it.’ ‘Right now?’ ‘Yes.’ He started rapping about my tuna fish. It was so good and clever and smart. It had a good beat to it. It was so impressive. I said, ‘John, have you ever thought about doing this on television?'" Stephanie said. [H/T Fightful]

That interaction gave birth to the "Dr. of Thuganomics" gimmick of John Cena, which paved the way to his superstardom in the mid-2000s.

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