John Cena has insisted there isn’t “enough money” in the world to make him reconsider his WWE retirement. The 47-year-old wrestler turned actor recently announced he will be hanging up his boots for good in December 2025 after a retirement tour for most of next year, and he won’t be plotting a shock comeback once he’s had his final match. In an interview with ComicBook: “There isn’t a cheque writer with enough money to change my mind when I hang it up in December.
I don’t want to continue for ego or financial gain. “I built a relationship of trust and authenticity over the years with the WWE, and that’s people who think I suck and people who believe in me, they know that I shoot them straight and I’m trustworthy. I mean what I say: when I’m done in December, I am done.
It is the last time I will perform in a ring.” Cena made his official WWE debut on ‘SmackDown’ in 2002, and has wrestled at least one match every single year since then. The ‘Jackpot!’ actor still plans to be involved in the company in some capacity once he’s retired, but he will be swapping his signature outfit – including the jorts – for a suit.
He explained: “I’ll be a member of the WWE family as an ambassador and a grateful one, But you will see me wear this (points to suit), not the wristbands, the jorts, the ball cap. “That, in December 2025, that goes away, and that’s the reason why we’re putting so much equity and emphasis on this farewell tour.” The �.