WrestleMania 41 promises to be an emotional one for fans of John Cena.
After winning the Men's match at Elimination Chamber 2025, Cena will battle Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE championship on WrestleMania Sunday.
Though unlike several WrestleManias gone by, Cena is no longer portraying the hero character. This is after shocking the WWE Universe back in February by aligning himself with The Rock and Travis Scott.
A decision he hopes will pay off as he goes in search for a record-breaking 17th world title in a hugely anticipated main event.
Regardless of the result, once the final bell rings, Cena's WrestleMania career will be over after he declared at Money in the Bank last July that this will be his last ever appearance at WWE's annual flagship Premium Live Event as an in-ring competitor.
With that said, there's still plenty of time remaining of the John Cena retirement tour.
Why is WrestleMania 41 not John Cena's final WWE show?
Whilst WrestleMania 41 marks Cena's final-ever WrestleMania appearance, he plans to continue wrestling for the rest of 2025.
“Why am I here? Tonight, I officially announce my retirement from the WWE,” he said. “This farewell, it does not end tonight. It is filled with opportunity. Everybody, Raw makes history next year when it moves to Netflix. I’ve never been a part of Raw on Netflix, that is history. That is a first, and I will be there.
"And along with that history making first, we are going to build so many unforgettable lasts. The 2025 Royal Rumble will be my last. The 2025 Elimination Chamber will be my last.
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
“And I’m here tonight to announce that in Las Vegas, WrestleMania 2025 will be the last WrestleMania I compete in.
“Thank you so much for letting me play in the house that you built for so many years. Thank you so much always for your voice, because it’s really loud, and your honesty, because it’s beautifully brutal.
“And most of all, thank you so much for allowing me to be with you here tonight to let the whole world know that we are planning something unforgettable, which also involves me returning to Toronto to kick some a**!”
