The legendary profession of John Cena will come to an finish on the thirteenth of December and WWE have provide you with a novel strategy to determine his ultimate opponent. The 17-time world champion now has simply 4 appearances left of his 36-date ‘farewell tour’, which started again in January on the debut on Uncooked on Netflix.
For the reason that starting of his ultimate yr within the ring, Cena has combined it up with each previous foes and a number of the greatest expertise from the trendy period. Feuds with the likes of CM Punk, Randy Orton and AJ Kinds had a nostalgic vibe, whereas Cena proved he may nonetheless carry out to a excessive degree in gripping matches towards Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul.
With a profession and popularity as storied as Cena’s, although, he was by no means going to have the prospect to work with everybody he wished to with such a restricted variety of dates accessible. In an try to pay homage to these he had shared the ring with previously, John’s most up-to-date matches have seen him undertake the strikes of a few of his biggest rivals as he strikes in the direction of the ultimate bouts of his profession.
Though he nonetheless has a handful of exhibits left as an energetic Famous person, Cena’s ultimate bow will come at Saturday Evening’s Predominant Occasion in Washington DC in mid-December. Such is the status of sharing the ring with the sports activities leisure icon on his ultimate night time that WWE have scheduled an enormous match to determine who Cena will face.
Throughout this previous weekend’s version of Saturday Evening’s Predominant Occasion, Cena narrated a video package deal confirming the match. The 48-year-old acknowledged that the sector would come with rivals from Uncooked, SmackDown, NXT and “even some faces that do not even work right here”.
Under is a have a look at the 16-man line-up that WWE ought to e book in Cena’s ‘Final Time is Now Event’. Members have been break up into 4 classes: Uncooked, SmackDown, NXT and Exterior WWE.
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Alternatives have been made primarily based on clues offered on WWE tv (comparable to Superstars featured in Saturday’s video package deal), in addition to some extra obscure choices primarily based on feedback made over the past yr. It has additionally been assumed that each man within the match shall be somebody that Cena hasn’t confronted to this point on his farewell tour.
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Uncooked
Rusev, Sheamus, LA Knight, Penta, Bronson Reed, Gunther and Dominik Mysterio
Of the 11 Superstars proven throughout Cena’s introductory video for the match, seven at the moment compete on Monday nights. The West Newbury, Massachusetts native has a storied previous with each Rusev and Sheamus. He defeated the ‘Bulgarian Brute’ to win the USA Championship at WrestleMania 31 and as soon as misplaced the WWE Championship to the Irishman (at TLC 2009).
There are some contemporary potential opponents for Cena from the pink model, although. Each Dominik Mysterio and Gunther have been extensively rumoured as potential foes for the WWE legend, whereas the likes of Penta, Bronson Reed and LA Knight may additionally profit from sharing the stage with ‘Massive Match John’.
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SmackDown
The Miz, Solo Sikoa, Drew McIntyre and Carmelo Hayes
Cena formally made his final SmackDown look again in September, however that does not imply he could not face a Famous person from the blue model in his ultimate outing. The Miz has overtly campaigned to face Cena throughout 2025, having confronted off with him in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 27 in 2011.
John additionally has a previous rivalry with Solo Sikoa, whereas Drew McIntyre is likely one of the few fundamental eventers that Cena has but to face in his WWE profession. The departing star spoke concerning the want to work with up-and-coming expertise throughout his retirement run and Carmelo Hayes definitely matches that description. It will be no shock to see the previous NXT Champion get a spot within the match.
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NXT
Brooks Jensen
Talking of NXT, Cena has opened up the match to Superstars from WWE’s third model. With a lot competitors for a spot within the area, although, athletes are going to need to exit of their strategy to get themselves seen and provide you with a compelling purpose why they need to get an invitation. Second-generation Famous person Brooks Jensen has achieved simply that.
The son of John’s former tag workforce associate, Bull Buchanan (aka B2), Jensen took to social media on Saturday night time to announce that he had been ready 22 years to get revenge on Cena for dumping his father as his tag workforce associate in 2003. Shortly after the tip of his affiliation with Cena, Buchanan was launched from his WWE contract. Jensen wrote: “It’s been 22 years since John Cena screwed my father’s profession over… perhaps my time is now?” It stays to be seen if he shall be handed the chance.
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Exterior WWE
Edge, Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler and Joe Hendry
With regards to names outdoors WWE that might be introduced again for the ‘Final Time is Now’ match, some choices are simpler to think about than others. Nonetheless, followers have made it clear that they take into account Edge (who now works for rival promotion All Elite Wrestling beneath his actual title of Adam Copeland) to be Cena’s biggest rival.
Hundreds of followers sang Edge’s theme tune at Chief Content material Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque after the Crown Jewel PLE final month, demanding that the ‘Rated R Famous person’ return to the corporate to face Cena. Naturally, with the performer being beneath contract to a competitor, that isn’t precisely simple. Nonetheless, stranger issues have occurred in skilled wrestling historical past, and it’s possible – if not significantly probably – that WWE may attain out to AEW boss Tony Khan to make a deal, even when just for one look.
With regards to AEW, former multi-time world champion Chris Jericho is closely rumoured to be on the verge of a return to WWE following the tip of his contract with the Jacksonville-based promotion. It will be a shock at this level if Jericho didn’t make a comeback over the following few months and Cena’s farewell match could be the best place to make an impression.
WWE’s working relationship with TNA Wrestling means that there’s big scope for the corporate to herald outdoors expertise from the TNA roster. Dolph Ziggler – who at the moment performs for TNA beneath his actual title of Nic Nemeth – was a rival of Cena’s for a few years in WWE. John even acknowledged Nemeth by title on SmackDown this summer time whereas saying whats up to quite a few his mates outdoors WWE throughout his personal model of the legendary ‘Pipe Bomb’ promo.
Lastly, no outdoors expertise has been extra vocal about getting the chance to work with Cena than former TNA World Champion Joe Hendry. The Scotsman has been campaigning for the match for years and WWE is clearly excessive on the viral sensation, having booked him to look within the 2025 Royal Rumble in addition to to wrestle Randy Orton at WrestleMania 41.
With the match set to get underway on the tenth of November version of Uncooked, WWE followers do not have lengthy to attend till at the very least a portion of the sector is formally introduced. Cena’s farewell match is a genuinely historic event and the match which surrounds it seems to be as if it’s going to present for some memorable tv main as much as John’s December goodbye.
