{"id":333156,"date":"2025-12-06T02:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/333156\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T02:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:43:13","slug":"washington-capitals-selling-john-cena-last-time-is-now-shirts-ahead-of-wwe-retirement-match-at-capital-one-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/333156\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals selling John Cena \u2018Last Time Is Now\u2019 shirts ahead of WWE retirement match at Capital One Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Capitals are collaborating with the greatest wrestler of all time, John Cena, ahead of his retirement match at Capital One Arena on Saturday, December 13.<\/p>\n<p>The team is releasing a limited-edition t-shirt, featuring Cena and some of his iconic WWE logos in Capitals colors. Fans can get the tee as a gift by purchasing tickets to the Caps\u2019 game against the Carolina Hurricanes on December 11 <a href=\"http:\/\/washca.ps\/JohnCenaX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">through a special link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals say all shirts will be picked up by fans at the game. Sizes are not guaranteed, and size availability is on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>The red, white, and blue shirt has Cena on the front, doing his customary hustle, loyalty, and respect hand gesture, while holding up a towel reading \u201cLET\u2019S GO CAPS.\u201d Cena has always carried a towel with him to the ring during every one of his entrances before matches, so that he can throw it to a lucky member in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the front are the words \u201cTHE LAST TIME IS NOW!\u201d which is a reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=svjMiqVeiG8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cena\u2019s entrance theme \u201cThe Time Is Now,\u201d<\/a> tweaked to indicate the end of Cena\u2019s in-ring career. On the back is another reference to his retirement, with \u201cAFTER THIS\u201d floating above his usual \u201cYou Can\u2019t See Me\u201d logo.<\/p>\n<p>Cena, a 17-time WWE World Champion, does not yet know his opponent for his final match, which will headline Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event. The final match in a tournament to determine who gets to face Cena will take place on Monday, December 8, between former world heavyweight champion Gunther and Hagerstown, MD, native LA Knight.<\/p>\n<p>Cena, a surefire WWE Hall of Famer, has been on a year-long farewell tour, including his last matches at WrestleMania, Madison Square Garden, and in his hometown, Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event, which begins at 7:30 pm, will stream in primetime exclusively on Peacock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Capitals are collaborating with the greatest wrestler of all time, John Cena, ahead of his retirement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-333156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}