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Updated: November 18, 2025
John Cena Retirement Tour – Confirmed Cities and Dates
One of John Cena’s most popular catchphrases was “You Can’t See Me.” It has spawned countless memes, shirt slogans, and even recently a clear looking Mattel action figure. It was four words that didn’t mean much decades ago, but they do now as pretty soon, fans won’t be able to see Cena, at least not in the full-time wrestler capacity that they spent years enjoying as the John Cena Retirement Tour is underway.
Prior to entering the Royal Rumble in January, John Cena announced that 2025 would mark the end of his legendary, storied career as he was embarking on a retirement and farewell tour. Cena’s tour has been somewhat of a full-time run, with an announced 36 dates as he makes his final appearances in some of wrestling’s biggest markets. Here are all of the announced dates and cities on the John Cena Retirement Tour.
January
January 6th – Inglewood, California – Raw on Netflix debut episode
February
February 1st – Indianapolis, Indiana – Royal Rumble (Cena finishes in second, last eliminated by Jey Uso)
March
March 1st – Toronto, Canada – Elimination Chamber (Cena wins, last eliminating CM Punk before turning heel on Cody Rhodes)
March 17th – Brussels, Belgium – Raw/ Road to WrestleMania UK Europe Tour
March 24th – Glasgow, Scotland – Raw/ Road to WrestleMania UK Europe Tour
March 31st – London, England – Raw/ Road to WrestleMania UK Europe Tour
April
April 18th – Las Vegas, Nevada – Final SmackDown before WrestleMania
April 19th – 20th – Las Vegas, Nevada – WrestleMania 41 (Cena wins his record-breaking 17th world championship, defeating Rhodes)
April 21st – Las Vegas, Nevada – Raw after WrestleMania
Credit: WWE
May
May 10 – St. Louis, Missouri – WWE Backlash (Cena defeats Randy Orton following interference from R-Truth)
May 24 – Tampa, Florida – Saturday Night’s Main Event (Cena defeats R Truth)
May 30 – Knoxville, Tennessee – SmackDown
June
June 7 – Los Angeles, California – Money in the Bank (Rhodes and Jey Uso defeat Cena and Logan Paul marking Cena’s first non-rumble match loss during his retirement tour)
June 9 – Phoenix, Arizona – Raw
June 13 – Lexington, Kentucky – SmackDown
June 20 – Grand Rapids, Michigan – SmackDown (R Truth defeats Cena via DQ)
June 27 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – SmackDown
June 28 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Night of Champions (Cena defeats CM Punk)
July
July 18 – San Antonio, Texas – SmackDown
August
August 1 – Newark, New Jersey – SmackDown
August 3 – East Rutherford, New Jersey – SummerSlam (Rhodes defeats Cena in a street fight ending his 17th championship reign at 105 days; after the match, Brock Lesnar returns to attack Cena, setting up a future match)
August 8 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – SmackDown (Rhodes and Cena defeat Drew McIntyre and Paul)
August 22 – Dublin, Ireland – SmackDown
August 29 – Lyon, France – SmackDown
August 31 – Paris, France – Clash in Paris (Cena defeats Logan Paul)
September
September 5 – Chicago, Illinois – SmackDown (Cena’s last SmackDown; US Open Challenge vs Sami Zayn ends in no contest)
September 15 – Lowell, Massachusetts – Raw
September 20 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Wrestlepalooza (Brock Lesnar defeats Cena)
Credit: WWE
October
October 10 – Perth, Australia – SmackDown
October 11 – Perth, Australia – Crown Jewel: Perth (Cena defeats AJ Styles)
October 13 – Perth, Australia – Raw
November
November 1 – Saturday Night’s Main Event (Cena announces 16-man tournament to determine his final opponent)
November 10 – Boston, Massachusetts – Raw (Cena defeats Dominik Mysterio to win his first-ever Intercontinental Championship)
November 17 – New York City, New York – Raw (Cena’s last Raw; defeats Judgment Day in six-man tag action alongside Sheamus and Rey Mysterio)
November 29 – San Diego, California – John Cena’s Final Survivor Series (Cena vs Dominik Mysterio for the IC title)
Credit: WWE
December
December 13 – Saturday Night’s Main Event – Washington, DC Retirement Match
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