{"id":270069,"date":"2025-01-31T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/25-time-wwe-champion-confirms-this-will-be-his-last-ever-royal-rumble-match-before-he-retires-wants-wrestlemania-main-event-before-farewell\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:31","slug":"25-time-wwe-champion-confirms-this-will-be-his-last-ever-royal-rumble-match-before-he-retires-wants-wrestlemania-main-event-before-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/25-time-wwe-champion-confirms-this-will-be-his-last-ever-royal-rumble-match-before-he-retires-wants-wrestlemania-main-event-before-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"25-time WWE champion confirms this will be his last-ever Royal Rumble match before he retires; wants WrestleMania main event before farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4755919\" data-slug-id=\"2349584\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 25-time WWE champion has confirmed that he will be wrestling in his last-ever Royal Rumble Match this weekend before his retirement. The star wants to use it to get to the main event of WrestleMania as well.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for John Cena&#8217;s Farewell Tour to kick off. He&#8217;s doing so in a big way as he has promised that his career will end this year. The star will have one last wrestling run that will then let him go out the way he wants. But before that, he wants to wrestle in his last-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/royal-rumble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Royal Rumble<\/a> Match.<\/p>\n<p>Cena revealed that he&#8217;s taking inspiration from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/pat-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Pat McAfee<\/a> for this weekend. He put up a picture of all of the gear that he would be using during his Farewell Tour before the end of his career. The star said that this would be his last-ever Royal Rumble and he wanted to use it to punch a ticket to WrestleMania&#8217;s main event for one last time.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Took some inspiration from my friend @PatMcAfeeShow for #RoyalRumble weekend. This one is my last\u2026 let\u2019s punch a ticket to the Main Event of #WrestleMania,&#8221; Cena wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to say farewell as the WWE legend gets ready to hang up his boots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-tagline-banner\" data-tab=\"bottom\">\n<a class=\"bottom-tagline-banner-link\" data-tab=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/wrestlevotes-ep-121122045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-tagline-banner-container\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"120\" alt=\"tagline-banner-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/01\/8611a-17382583869309-1920.jpg?h=240\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Sayantan Niyogi<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script> \nvar fbPixelFired = false;\nvar pixelID = \"952063904834769\";\ndocument.addEventListener(\"scroll\", loadFBPixel, { once: true, passive: true });\ndocument.addEventListener(\"mousemove\", loadFBPixel, { once: true, passive: true });\nfunction loadFBPixel() {\nif(fbPixelFired) {\nreturn;\n}\nfbPixelFired = true;\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? \nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, \ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', pixelID); \nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\nfbq('track', 'ViewContent');\ndocument.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", loadFBPixel);\ndocument.removeEventListener(\"mousemove\", loadFBPixel);\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-25-time-wwe-champion-confirms-will-last-ever-royal-rumble-match-retires-wants-wrestlemania-main-event-farewell\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A 25-time WWE champion has confirmed that he will be wrestling in his last-ever Royal Rumble Match this weekend before his retirement. 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