WWE revealed on the Money in the Bank 2024 pre-show that there might be a number of surprises on the show, and fans wondered who could show up. But, there’s hardly anyone who would have thought about an appearance from John Cena. The Cenation Leader didn’t just appear; he also made an extremely important announcement about his retirement.
The veteran announced that he’s going to retire from WWE soon and revealed that 2025 is going to be his last year as an active in-ring performer on the roster. But John Cena announcing his retirement in Canada has a connection with his wife, Shay Shariatzadeh, who is a Canadian.
The reason why announcing the plans for his retirement in Toronto, Canada, was extremely special for Cena was because that’s where he met his wife. Also, Shay lived in Canada for a long time, and that’s why doing this revelation at MITB 2024 was like a full-circle moment for The Cenation Leader.
JOHN CENA IS HERE 🚨🚨🚨🚨
— FADE (@FadeAwayMedia) July 7, 2024
“THE LAST TIME IS NOW”
IS BRO RETIRING??? 💔💔💔💔#MITB pic.twitter.com/c7qaRL5HMB
For those who weren’t able to watch the entire segment, Cena’s wife was also present at ringside for this segment at the Money in the Bank event. In fact, after John made the announcement, he and his wife shared a beautiful moment, before The Cenation Leader went towards the backstage area of the arena.
John Cena talks about making the announcement in Canada
The Cenation Leader announcing his retirement at MITB 2024 is obviously really surprising for the WWE Universe. But a bigger question is why John Cena decided to make this announcement in Canada and not in the United States. The reason behind this was also revealed by Cena during his interaction with the audience, as he talked about it in brief.
He said, “I’ve been in WWE for over two decades, and in that time I have seen incredible waves of prosperity like we got right. You need to be making noise for yourself because all of you built this to what it is today, which in my mind makes this right here the perfect place to say what I got to say.” Due to these aspects, the 16-time WWE Champion probably decided to make arguably the biggest announcement of his professional wrestling career in Canada.
The Cenation Leader gives details about his WWE retirement
Alongside making the announcement about his retirement and sharing the reason why he made it to Canada, John Cena gave detailed information about it. At first, The Cenation Leader talked about Monday Night RAW’s move to Netflix and shared that he would be a part of the first ever episode of WWE RAW on Netflix. The 16-time World Champion then shared that Royal Rumble 2025 will be his last appearance at the special event.
BREAKING NEWS: John Cena announced at #MITB he will retire from in-ring competition in 2025.#ThankYouCena pic.twitter.com/6TPnYI5iU2
— WWE (@WWE) July 7, 2024
Talking further, he added that he’ll be at Elimination Chamber 2025. In addition to this, John confirmed that WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas will be his last match in the Triple H-led promotion, and he’ll retire afterwards. All in all, Cena shared his entire schedule before his retirement from WWE, and it’s surely going to be really interesting to see how things pan out for the legendary superstar.