John Cena On Farewell Tour That Begins On Netflix’s ‘WWE Raw’ Monday
Netflix’s WWE Raw on Monday night kicks off a new era for the WWE and begins the end of John Cena’s wrestling career.
Starting Monday, Netflix will be the exclusive home of World Wrestling Entertainment’s weekly pro wrestling competiton in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Latin America. Netflix noted that the debut of program—which is officially known as WWE Monday Night Raw—marks the first time the program will be streaming in its 31-year history.
According to The Associated Press, the weekly streaming of WWE Raw is part of a 10-year, $5 billion agreement Netflix reached with the WWE in January 2024. Netflix will have an option in five years to extend the deal.
Cena is among the wrestlers set to appear on Netflix’s debut of WWE Raw along with the likes of Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Bianca Belair. WWE Monday Night Raw will begin streaming live on Netflix at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET on Monday from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
Per ESPN, Cena announced in July of 2024 that he would be retiring with a WWE farewell tour in 2025 and wrestle anywhere between 30 to 40 matches through the end of the year. Cena's done wrestling part-time as he's continued to work on his burgeoning acting career.
In 2024 alone, Cena—whose acting credits include such films as Trainwreck, Bumblebee, The Suicide Squad and its spinoff streaming series Peacemaker—starred in the films Argylle, Ricky Stanicky, Jackpot! and Die Hart 2: Die Harter. In addition did a guest stint on the hit series The Bear in 2024.
During a Zoom conversation prior to the release ofJackpot! in August, Cena was brimming with excitement and anticipation—not sadness—about the beginning of his WWE swan song, which is officially dubbed “The Last Time is Now John Cena Farewell Tour.”
“The goal of it is ‘happy’ and ‘fun.’ It is not sad,” Cena told me. “I’m sure there will be a lot of emotion involved. There’s always a lot of emotion involved every time I perform, but the goal is to bring folks together and have great memories to take away from it.”
John Cena’s WWE wrestling career, per Vulture, began on June 27, 2022, with an impressive Thursday Night SmackDown match against Kurt Angle.
Sometime in between his “The Last Time is Now John Cena Farewell Tour” matches, Cena will return to his role as Christopher Smith—aka Peacemaker—for Peacemaker Season 2 of the DC comic book series on Max. An official release date has not yet been announced, but it is expected to debut sometime in 2025.
WWE Raw, which will kick off “The Last Time is Now John Cena Farewell Tour,” will stream live on Netflix on Monday at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET.
Highlights from 'The Last Time is Now John Cena Farewell Tour'
The last time is now.
John Cena kicked off his retirement tour during the Netflix debut of "Monday Night Raw" on Jan. 6.
The WWE superstar has wrestled in a part time capacity since 2018, but announced in July that he expects to wrestle 30 to 40 matches in 2025 to conclude his final year.
During his appearance in the ring at the Intuit Dome, he had quite a list of who could be his opponent for his final match.
Could it be Logan Paul? Would CM Punk suffice? Perhaps Roman Reigns would be more fitting?
But before finding an opponent, Cena -- who hasn't won a match in over 2,000 days -- could use a victory.
Here's a hint at when that could come and more highlights from "The Last Time is Now John Cena Farewell Tour."
"I'm not just going to the Royal Rumble, I'm going to win the Royal Rumble!"
Cena shared that Monday Night Raw's first show of the year would be his final WWE appearance in the City of Angels.
After thanking Los Angeles -- and more specifically, Inglewood -- he made a declaration implicating that he's looking to get his 17th world championship - which would break his tie with Ric Flair for most in WWE history.
While running through the options of how he could achieve that goal, Cena settled on the Royal Rumble before declaring he would win it.
The Royal Rumble is on Feb. 1 in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.
John Cena announces his retirement from professional wrestling after 2025 season
John Cena announced Saturday night that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in the ring.
The wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech to a stadium of World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Toronto, who booed in disappointment as Cena said the 2025 season would be his last. He promised a farewell tour with dozens of dates and an epic final fight, and he assured fans he would remain involved with the wrestling franchise that launched his career.
“Thank you so much for letting me play in the house that you built for so many years,” Cena told the crowd.
In a news conference after the event, Cena told reporters that he feels physically “at my end,” but that doesn’t mean he needs to distance himself from the sport he loves.
Cena is a 16-time WWE champion who burst onto the scene in the early 2000s as the fan-favorite “Doctor of Thuganomics,” a rapper character decked in gold chains and a backwards hat who challenged his wrestling opponents to rap battles. He went on to portray other popular characters, both in the ring and on the big screen.
Cena played starring roles in the films “Blockers” and “The Suicide Squad.” He has made multiple appearances in the “Fast & Furious” franchise and appeared most recently in the comedy thriller “Argylle” and the box office hit “Barbie.”
John Cena announce retirement from wrestling - BBC News Pidgin
American actor and wrestler John Cena don announce say e dey retire from competing for di World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) events.
Cena make di surprise announcement to fans wen e show for di WWE Money in di Bank event for Canada.
Di 47 year old wey start to dey act 18 years ago, say im final in ring competition go happun for 2025 as part of im farewell tour.
Cena wey pipo sabi as one of di greatest professional wrestlers of all time and don win world champion 16 times since e join di WWE for 2001.
E tell fans for Toronto say, "Today finally announce my retirement from di WWE".
Im shocked fans manage later hala "thank you Cena."
E make dis announcement as im wear shirt wey tok say, "Di Last Time Is Now" and im trade mark "jorts", e thank WWE fans say dem "let me play for di house wey una build for many years."
For press conference wey im do later, e reveal say im go like remain for di WWE family in some way, even though im feel like say e dey "at my end" physically.
John Cena start to dey act for 2006 wen e act for The Marine bifor im land big budget feem roles for feems wey include, The Suicide Squad, Fast & Furious 9 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Di star don stil dey run part time doings wit di WWE even afta im career blow for 2018.
E go viral dis year afta e wear nothing but envelope for Academy Awards skit dis year.
Di celebrity na also who pikin dey ask for pass for all time from di charity Make-A-Wish.
E get Guiness World Record for di number of wishes wey im don grant to Make -A-Wish pikin dem wey get critical sickness.
Cena bin start im main rooster debut for June 2002. Na wen im accept di Kurt Angle challege wey im give come beat am join. as anonymous wrestler.
Apart from being di WWE world champion 16 times, di most of all time wey im dey share wit Ric Flair, e also be four time champion of di WWE tag team.
And e go win dis titles dem wit four different wrestlers: Shawn Michaels, Batista, The Miz and David Otunga
E also be one of di six men wey go win more than one Royal Rumble match.
E fight for im last WrestleMania events for 2012 and 2013 and di two times, e fight against anoda wrestler turn actor, The Rock.
Di last time Cena don get wrestling match na for November wen im lose to Solo Sikoa.
John Cena go still compete for di Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania 41 say im goal na to wrestle till di end of 2025.
Dem dey call im last group of matches as "The Last Time is Now John Cena Farewell Tour," wey dey come from im very popular theme song.
