{"id":315170,"date":"2025-12-14T06:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T06:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/315170\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T06:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T06:54:12","slug":"john-cena-wwe-backstage-update-ahead-of-retirement-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/315170\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena WWE Backstage Update Ahead Of Retirement Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/john-cena-september-16-a.jpg\" alt=\"John Cena WWE Backstage Update Ahead Of Retirement Match\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    WWE<\/p>\n<p>An update has emerged on what John Cena has been up to backstage ahead of his WWE retirement match tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Cena\u2019s final match is coming up in just a few hours on Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event against <a href=\"http:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/topic\/gunther\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GUNTHER<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L5lEpHctd3Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE<\/a> pre-show, backstage reporter Jackie Redmond provided an update on what she\u2019d seen from Cena behind the scenes at tonight\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cI was in hair and makeup earlier today, John Cena walks by and says, \u2018Have a great show.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cHe\u2019s telling everybody else, \u2018Hey, have a great night, have a good evening, how are you?\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cEven though this entire day of course is all about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">If you use this transcription or any portion of it, please credit WrestleTalk.com and link back to this page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the big names confirmed to be at the show tonight to witness Cena\u2019s last match include WWE Hall of Famers Shawn Michaels, Mark Henry and Kurt Angle.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-show panel is made up of Joe Tessitore, Big E and Wade Barrett, with Jesse Ventura set to join them soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingmasterclass.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-436300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wrestling-masterclass-9-stars-webp-768x127.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"128\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make sure you stay up to date with all the biggest wrestling and WrestleTalk news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@wrestletalk.official\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Threads by clicking this link<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/author\/liam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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