John Cena officially retires from WWE
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For the unversed, John Cena and Priyanka Chopra recently starred together as leads in the 2025 action-comedy film Heads of State, streaming on Amazon Prime Video alongside Idris Elba.
Cena is still competing for a spot with Dave Bautista all these years later. Bautista opts for more critically-acclaimed fare in his improbably successful reinvention as a thespian; Cena is happy to be a popcorn guy. The public agrees with him. Call it a score draw.
The tap-out from the man who made “Never Give Up” his entire personality shocked the fans in attendance, who rained down boos and expletives on WWE head booker Paul “Triple H” Levesque as he joined Cena in the ring for a send-off.
WWE superstar John Cena has bid farewell to professional wrestling after losing the final bout of his 16-match retirement tour to Gunther in Washington, drawing the curtain on a storied 24-year career.
John Cena faced his final WWE match on December 13, at WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event in Washington, D.C.