If anyone’s in the business of torching currency, they can get John Cena back in a ring.
17-time WWE Champion John Cena ended his legendary wrestling career after his loss to Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event in December 2025. While fans continue to chant “one more match” every time he shows up in WWE, he told US Weekly that someone trying to get him to wrestle again would be “financial suicide.”
“I hate speaking in absolutes … ‘Never’ is a strong word. It would be financial suicide for someone to court me in a position where I would have another match, and I truly mean that. So if you’re in the business of torching currency, that’s the only way to get me back in the ring,” John Cena said.
He is looking forward to the John Cena Classic
Cena explained that while he loves hearing fans calling for another match, he is fulfilled with his retirement. Instead, he is looking forward to the John Cena Classic, which will allow him to act as an ambassador, watch other talent perform, and connect with the audience without the pressure of performing.
“Aside from that, the reason ‘one more match’ resonated so well for me, first of all, I got to express to the fans of how fulfilled I felt when I retired. Second of all, the interest of an audience being like, ‘We want to see you again!’ gets me excited for the new idea of the John Cena Classic. We can do this again. I’ll be there. It’ll be fan-forward and fan-first.
“I won’t be so focused on, ‘Man, this match means everything to me. I’ve got to make sure I give all I have when the music plays and I’m under the lights.’ I get to watch other performers, so I can kind of be the ambassador for the event, and I can get out there and meet with people that matter most in my life, the fans.
“I really can’t wait for this thing to find its legs, for us to get a city and a date and move forward. And I can’t wait for it to happen. So when I hear ‘one more match,’ I hear [that] there’s still interest, the heart still beats. I’m trying to think in my head, ‘How can we gear this to where I can be there, be active and be included but allow others to do the thing I can no longer do.’ I hope we have it with the John Cena Classic,” he said.
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