Rob Van Dam doesn’t see Chris Jericho getting a retirement tour in WWE.
WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam recently spoke with GamesHub. When asked about the rumors of a potential WWE return for Chris Jericho and if he will be getting a similar retirement tour to the one John Cena just had, RVD admitted he can’t imagine that will happen.
“It could be. But I feel like what they did with Cena retiring was really special,” RVD said. “I don’t remember anybody’s retirement being built up and pushed to mean that much. But then again, it seems all I’m reading is that Brock Lesnar is going to be the next guy to get a retirement tour.
“Then, as soon as I read that, it feels like it waters down the importance of that being what it was. So I don’t know, though. Maybe retirement tours will be a popular thing. Maybe we’ll all do it. But I can’t imagine he’ll get one.
RVD believes retirement tours should be reserved for names like John Cena
“And not to take anything away from Jericho’s career. He has done more for the business than anyone and has all of the accomplishments to go with it. But Cena was like an era; he was the number one guy the whole time I was in WWE. They had him come in during 2001, and I think he had just come up from Ohio Valley, if I’m not mistaken, somewhere around that time.
“And then he’s just always been like the guy to beat. He’s been the top guy. He has been the guy that’s wrestled all the other top guys, keeping things marching forward, so automatically when other wrestlers are talked about doing retirement tours, I have to start comparing the importance, the weight of this guy retiring versus the Cena retirement tour, which was the biggest thing of 2025, right?”
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