WWE will be defined by the John Cena Retirement Tour. Now, it seems we have an answer as to who the Doctor of Thuganomics will face at WrestleMania 41.

Winning the 2025 Royal Rumble is Cena's path towards his last championship ride and making history. Cena aims to become a 17-time World Champion at WrestleMania, surpassing Ric Flair's record. The "John Cena World Heavyweight Open Challenge" will give younger talent a spotlight in WWE.

According to Fightful Select, the plan to have Rhodes take on Cena at WrestleMania 41 has not only been the working plan for the past few weeks, but that the idea to have the two men face each other on the grandest stage has been in place as far back as mid-November.

As of right now, Cody Rhodes is slated to be John Cena’s last-ever WrestleMania opponent.

John Cena‘s farewell tour will begin at the WWE RAW on Netflix premiere on January 6. WWE announced the news during the December 30 episode of RAW. Cena previously confirmed that he would be at the show.

RAW will debut on Netflix on January 6th, 2025, potentially featuring the return of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. The event will include hig

It’s less than a week until the retirement tour of 16-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena begins. This year also marks the beginning of a long-term partnership between WWE and Netflix. The first-ever episode of RAW is set to premiere on Netflix on January 6 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles,

More reports have come in that align with what we first heard last week about Cena’s retirement tour including a chance to break the WWE-recognized record for World title reigns on the Grandest Stage of Them All.

WWE is preparing a memorable farewell for John Cena, starting January 6, 2025, coinciding with the Netflix premiere of Monday Night RAW. Cena, legitimizing his retirement, will feature in major storylines and potentially challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41.