Earlier this month, on the Dec. 13, 2025, version of Saturday Evening’s Most important Occasion, WWE legend John Cena confronted off in opposition to Gunther in his final match.
Regardless of a robust begin to the bout, Cena in the end tapped out and gave up in opposition to Gunther’s rear-naked choke. With a couple of weeks gone since Cena’s retirement, his father, John Cena Sr., has shared his ideas on it.
Forward of Cena’s final match, his father made headlines when he expressed his displeasure over Gunther as his son’s final opponent. Cena Sr. particularly wished to see names akin to Kurt Angle, JBL, Chris Jericho, or different such veterans in that specific spot.
Nevertheless, as soon as the match was over, Cena Sr. ended up loving it and lately heaped reward on the “Ring Common” whereas chatting with Undisputed.
“That match was glorious. I’ve an incredible quantity of respect for Gunther. He and John wrestled an incredible match collectively. That they had folks on the sting of their seats that complete match.”
Additional talking within the interview, Cena Sr. additionally complimented his son’s second-last opponent, the teen Dominik Mysterio. Mysterio defeated Cena to win again the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Sequence: WarGames 2025.
“Dom is spectacular,” Cena Sr. mentioned. “Folks like him maintain a whole lot of promise for the way forward for professional wrestling.”
John Cena Sr. feedback on his son’s controversial final WWE match end
In the identical interview, John Cena Sr. additionally opened up about his ideas on the 17-time World Champion’s controversial last match ending. Whereas Triple H has a unique perspective on retirement matches, Cena Sr. believes his son didn’t should lose on his approach out.
“I’m not a type of guys who thinks you must go down while you exit,” Cena Sr. mentioned. “Whenever you take a look at the faces of individuals on the finish of that match, with grown women and men in tears, I feel we may have achieved the identical end result with a unique end.”
