{"id":132788,"date":"2025-11-13T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/132788\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:24:10","slug":"john-cena-celebrates-emotional-last-wwe-raw-fight-before-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/132788\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena celebrates emotional last WWE Raw fight before retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur performances are only meaningful if YOU the audience invest in us and decide they are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe smile on my face and awe in my eyes in this small clip is an honest show of grateful disbelief and appreciation for all you\u2019ve ever invested in me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cLast night meant more than I can ever express. Thank you Boston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you Boston. It meant so much to be able, for one last time, to be allowed an opportunity to do what I love, in a place I love, surrounded by those I love. Our performances are only meaningful if YOU the audience invest in us and decide they are. The smile on my face and awe\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/divMEgK9RG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/divMEgK9RG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCena\/status\/1988316140045492231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">Cena became a legend in professional wrestling before making the jump to Hollywood, and this year he has embarked on a farewell tour before his career comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">In July, a press release announcing a new deal between WWE and Peacock, NBC Sports confirmed: \u201cSaturday Night\u2019s Main Event on December 13 will feature John Cena in his retirement match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">Cena\u2019s final opponent is currently unknown, with a 16-man tournament being held on WWE programming to determine his last rival.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"John Cena defeated Dominik Mysterio in Boston to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. Photo \/ Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>John Cena defeated Dominik Mysterio in Boston to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">He previously admitted his age is one of the reasons he\u2019ll be retiring in four months\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">He told People magazine: \u201cAge plays a factor. I\u2019m not as strong or as fast as I used to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI made a promise when I started gaining some notoriety that when I\u2019m a step slower, I will go, because there will be kids just as hungry as I was who have earned a shot to see if they can make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOur performances are only meaningful if YOU the audience invest in us and decide they are. \u201cThe smile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,91145,9218,9632,91142,91144,16719,156,793,15124,38626,83415,5126,685,111,139,69,91143,294,2044,8242,15370],"class_list":{"0":"post-132788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-appreciation","10":"tag-before","11":"tag-celebrates","12":"tag-cena","13":"tag-disbelief","14":"tag-emotional","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-felt","17":"tag-fight","18":"tag-grateful","19":"tag-hometown","20":"tag-john","21":"tag-last","22":"tag-new-zealand","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-nz","25":"tag-raw","26":"tag-retirement","27":"tag-time","28":"tag-wrestling","29":"tag-wwe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}