Major AEW name makes surprising prediction for John Cena's retirement match

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Cena's in-ring career is coming to an end this weekend. [Image credit; WWE.com]

A major AEW name made an interesting prediction about John Cena's final WWE match. The legend will be wrapping up his in-ring career tomorrow at Saturday Night's Main Event.

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Gunther emerged victorious in the Last Time is Now Tournament and will be facing the 48-year-old in his retirement match tomorrow night. Speaking on his Grillin Jr. podcast, AEW commentator and WWE legend Jim Ross predicted that Gunther would defeat Cena at Saturday Night's Main Event. Ross suggested that The Ring General getting the victory would be the right thing to do and predicted that it was going to be a great match.

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“I’m hanging my black hat on GUNTHER. I think that’s the right thing to do. He’s going to be around. He’s a key member of the roster….If you didn’t do Lesnar, GUNTHER is a great choice for Cena’s last match, and they’ll have a dandy, no doubt about that," [H/T: Wrestling News]
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Gunther defeated LA Knight to win the Last Time is Now Tournament. Knight was brutally attacked by The Vision following his loss to Logan Paul this past Monday night on RAW, and it has recently been reported that The Megastar battled through an illness during the match.

Popular WWE star admits he is getting emotional ahead of John Cena's retirement

Sami Zayn shared that he was getting emotional ahead of John Cena's final match this weekend.

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Zayn defended the United States Championship against Cena in September, but the match ended via a no-contest after Brock Lesnar interfered. The veteran lost the United States Championship to Ilja Dragunov on the November 17 episode of WWE SmackDown. The Mad Dragon will be defending the title against Tommaso Ciampa tonight on the blue brand.

Ahead of Cena's retirement match, Zayn took to social media to admit he was emotional and shared that he felt lucky to have one final match with The Cenation Leader.

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"As the clock ticks towards this Saturday for John Cena’s final match, this is all becoming more and more emotional. I feel so incredibly lucky that we got to dance one last time," he wrote.

It will be fascinating to see if John Cena can defeat Gunther in his retirement match tomorrow at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.

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