On July 6, 2024, just over 22 years after he first appeared on the WWE television show Smackdown!, John Cena entered the ring at Money in the Bank to announce his upcoming retirement. It shouldn’t have come as too much of a surprise,

The end is officially near as John Cena ’s last match, which will take place at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on Dec. 13, is coming, and he will formally retire afterward.