John Cena has confirmed his upcoming retirement tour will mark the everlasting finish to his in-ring profession, and that it’ll happen throughout 2025 and never merely finish throughout the subsequent WrestleMania. Nevertheless, just a few questions nonetheless remained unanswered, like what Cena’s present contract standing is, which he clarified on “Membership Shay Shay.”
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Cena was requested whether or not he owns the rights to his identify, in gentle of Dwayne Johnson lastly securing the rights to “The Rock” when he signed on to the TKO Board of Administrators. “I’m a champion of the model, I really like the corporate, it’s my residence, they’re my household; even after 2025,” he defined. He then confirmed his WWE standing. “I’ve already signed an extension to stay a member of the WWE household for the close to, mid, and long-term future.”
The veteran even went as far to say that he merely would not exist with out WWE, after which defined that his entry into the promotion occurred throughout a quick blip of WWE historical past the place wrestlers used their actual names to compete. Cena then expressed that he agrees with WWE’s strategy to dealing with IPs, which he merely considers enterprise, particularly when it got here to his personal identify. “Like, they by no means tried to change my being or character. They’ve at all times given me freedom to do what I would like, as a result of we belief one another,” he claimed. Cena additionally famous that he is not out to rob WWE of what they earned, and that the promotion respects him in the identical method. “Everyone desires to play truthful, and once I say ‘truthful,’ WWE phrases are beneficiant.”
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