WWE Superstar takes credit for retiring John Cena; it’s not Gunther!

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On X, Perez shared a photo of her hitting John Cena with her finishing maneuver and claimed that it was quite fitting for her to have retired The Last Real Champion from professional wrestling.

“It was only fitting that the prodigy would be the one to retire him. Thank you for your service @JohnCena,” wrote Perez.

Check out Perez’s post on X:

John Cena has confirmed he will never return to professional wrestling

John Cena has confirmed that he will never return to professional wrestling as an active performer. Cena has been actively working for the WWE as a host after he did his duty at WrestleMania 42 and at Backlash 2026.

Speaking on The Ringer, The Last Real Champion said the following:

“You don’t have to believe anything you don’t want to. What I’ve been able to do over 23 years is turn a lot of non-believers around and that is by my actions. I don’t expect anyone to believe that like, ‘Hey, I’m retiring’. Oh, no. The precedent hasn’t been said. The precedent for wrestling retirement is like a wrestling wedding, like something’s going to go wrong in the wedding. No one ever retires. I understand the skepticism, and you’ll know I’m serious when I never come back.”

John Cena retired in 2025 after enjoying one final run as a WWE World Champion. At WrestleMania 41, he marked the beginning of his 17th reign as the WWE World Champion after defeating Cody Rhodes. The reign ended at the hands of The American Nightmare at SummerSlam 2025.