WWE legend and former world heavyweight champion finally confirms his retirement five years since his last match

A WWE legend has dominated out coming again for John Cena’s retirement matches.

Cena, 47, is about to name it quits on the finish of 2025.

John Cena is about to retire from the WWE subsequent yrCredit score: Getty

First, he could have a collection of retirement matches as he says goodbye to the promotion.

Kurt Angle, nonetheless, won’t return to face Cena.

Angle, 55, final wrestled in April 2019 after going through Baron Corbin at WrestleMania 35 in New Jersey.

Whereas showing on the Notsam Wrestling podcast, Angle was requested about probably getting into the ring one final time for Cena’s retirement matches.

In response, Angle admitted that, whereas he reckons he may get it booked, his physique merely would not maintain as much as it.

The WWE legend mentioned: “Hear, I am certain if I made a name, I may make it occur.

“However there isn’t any method I can do it. However I might like to be certainly one of John Cena’s retirement matches.”

Angle then revealed that he’d wished Cena to be his final opponent earlier than retirement, just for Vince McMahon to have had different concepts.

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Kurt Angle admitted that his body would not be able to handle a WWE return — Kurt Angle admitted that his physique wouldn’t be capable of deal with a WWE returnCredit score: Notsam Wrestling

“I imply, I am the one [with whom] he had his first match,” Angle added. “I wished John to be my retirement match.

“I do not know for those who knew that, however I requested that to Vince. ‘You are gonna have to attend until subsequent yr as a result of you have got a programme with Baron Corbin.’

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“So I used to be like, ‘OK. I do not assume I can go one other yr, Vince.’ He mentioned, Nicely, then it’s what it’s.'”

Angle additionally claimed that he felt his earlier 2006 WWE departure had left a bitter style with McMahon.

He mentioned: “I really like Baron Corbin, however I simply felt that my second time in WWE, I wasn’t a lot appreciated.

“I believe it has loads to do with me leaving the corporate excessive and dry in 2006 and going straight to TNA.

“I used to be supposed to return to WWE in six months. Vince wished me to take six months off and are available again. So actually, once I left his workplace and I give up, I known as TNA and received a contract that day.

“I didn’t wait a second. I knew what I wished to do and the place I wished to go and I believe they have been like, ‘OK, effectively if he comes again we’re going to show him slightly lesson,’ which is ok.

“I understood… I really like my TNA run.

“I believe I got here into my very own proper round 2006 once I was having my greatest wrestling, and that’s once I moved over to TNA.”