John Cena bids adieu to WWE with defeat to Gunther, ends his in-ring career with emotional goodbye; video goes viral; WATCH
17-time world champion John Cena ended his illustrious professional wrestling career, which lasted more than two decades, by losing to Gunther in the ‘Saturday Night Main Event’ in Washington DC.
17-time world champion John Cena ended his illustrious professional wrestling career, which lasted more than two decades, by losing to Gunther in the ‘Saturday Night Main Event’ in Washington DC. Cena eventually retired from his professional wrestling career and treated the Washington, D.C. crowd to one last great match. He said a final emotional farewell, and WWE shared the video with the caption, “One final farewell, Thank you John Cena.”
John Cena had to ‘give up’ in his last wrestling match
Cena sang the theme song ‘My Time Is Now’ to great applause from the crowd. After meeting long-time rivals/friends Kurt Angle (his first opponent in WWE), RVD, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and Mark Henry at ringside, the match began. Gunther started the match by knocking out Cena with uppercuts and knife edge strikes, but it wasn’t long before Cena executed his signature series of moves. But Gunther came out on top, ending Cena’s signature sequence with a German suplex and unleashing a powerful powerbomb and a series of clotheslines. Cena once again delivered his signature offense, including his finishing move, the ‘Atitude Adjustment’, and putting Gunther in a sleeper submission stance seconds after the Austrian attempted it, but Gunther quickly regained the upper hand as the action spilled out of the ring. In a brutal display of power, Cena turned the tide once again by placing Gunther through the announce table with another ‘Attitude Adjustment’. Cena tried to pin Gunther but followed him up with a top rope leg rope after a near-fall. However, Cena spent too much time talking and was once again taken down by Gunther with some attacks, including a brutal boot to the head.
Cena wasn’t the one to give up, fulfilling his mantra, he gave it his all as he tossed him off the second rope into an avalanche of AA. But Gunther’s expulsion did no good. Gunther charged in with a powerbomb and frog splash, but Cena gave up the powerbomb. But there was no escape for the helpless Cena, who showed brief signs of life with another AA, as Gunther managed to keep Cena asleep again, Gunther kicked out and released his sleeper hold again, and Cena finally tapped out and lost. In his last match, Cena had to ‘Give Up’.
John Cena’s final farewell
Post-match, Cena was showered in praise from the fans, along with current WWE champion Cody Rhodes, World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, and a large contingent of WWE talent, including Cena’s long-time rival CCO Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Miz, AJ Styles, Damien Priest, Carmelo Haynes, etc. As a sign of respect, Rhodes and Punk placed their respective world championship belts on Cena’s shoulders, allowing him to lift them one last time. This time it was a sign of his immortalized dominance as a 17-time world champion, as fans and wrestlers gave him a huge ovation. Cena returned after the last match of his career, leaving his shoes and wrist bands in the ring.
(With inputs from ANI)
