Cody Rhodes explains why he hasn't put his hand up for a match with John Cena during his retirement tour.
The year of 2025 will be the final year where fans will be able to see John Cena compete in a WWE ring, as his retirement tour will take place this year. One man who hasn't mentioned facing Cena in interviews or otherwise since Cena's announcement is current WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
While speaking to TheOneMona in a new interview ahead of the WWE Royal Rumble, Cody was asked about possibly facing Cena during his retirement tour.
"One thing that's been on my mind, I think when he announced he was retiring, is a lot of guys jumped to the line of, I want to wrestle John. A lot of guys jumped to the, 'I want to do something with John.' I'm probably the one who didn't hold his hand up and that's simply because John is everything to me and and there's been so many guys I'm a product of who i took a little something from. The most that I've taken from anybody ever would be from John, and that was from driving those few years of them seeing how he did his interactions with fans, how he would do main events, to see how he did the quarterback , the leader all those things. So when i hear this is it, It's still not fully for me. I don't love this is it and I know it is. I know he means it when he says it. But I want to watch like a fan. I almost dread the idea of what that would look like. Because when you're up against John now, you're tasked to beat John Cena in his final run and that's why I'm not raising my hand to be in that spot."
Rhodes is currently scheduled to defend his WWE Championship in a ladder match against Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble Premium Live Event later today.
Cody Rhodes also hit 300 days as WWE champion earlier today, you can read more about that here.
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