{"id":131553,"date":"2025-02-27T16:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=131553"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:37:27","slug":"john-cena-retirement-tour-every-confirmed-date-and-city-as-legend-says-goodbye-to-wwe-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/02\/27\/john-cena-retirement-tour-every-confirmed-date-and-city-as-legend-says-goodbye-to-wwe-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena Retirement Tour (UPDATED): Every Confirmed Date and City as Legend Says Goodbye to WWE in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will the John Cena Retirement Tour<\/a> be stopping in a city near you? You’ll have to wait and find out. Make sure to check back frequently as this page is updated with all confirmed dates during Cena’s last run in 2025.<\/p>\n

Updated: November 18, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

John Cena Retirement Tour – Confirmed Cities and Dates<\/h2>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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John Cena wrestled his final WrestleMania and won his record-breaking 17th world championship against Cody Rhodes. Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 6th – Inglewood, California – Raw on Netflix debut episode<\/p>\n

February<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 1st – Indianapolis, Indiana – Royal Rumble (Cena finishes in second, last eliminated by Jey Uso)<\/p>\n

March<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1st – Toronto, Canada – Elimination Chamber (Cena wins, last eliminating CM Punk before turning heel on Cody Rhodes)<\/p>\n

March 17th – Brussels, Belgium – Raw\/ Road to WrestleMania UK Europe Tour<\/p>\n

March 24th – Glasgow, Scotland – Raw\/ Road to WrestleMania UK Europe Tour<\/p>\n

March 31st – London, England – Raw\/ Road to WrestleMania UK Europe Tour<\/p>\n

April<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 18th – Las Vegas, Nevada – Final SmackDown before WrestleMania<\/p>\n

April 19th – 20th – Las Vegas, Nevada – WrestleMania 41 (Cena wins his record-breaking 17th world championship, defeating Rhodes)<\/p>\n

April 21st – Las Vegas, Nevada – Raw after WrestleMania<\/p>\n

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Randy Orton and John Cena had one final clash at Backlash. No one has faced Cena more in his career than Orton.
Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 10 – St. Louis, Missouri – WWE Backlash (Cena defeats Randy Orton following interference from R-Truth)<\/p>\n

May 24 – Tampa, Florida – Saturday Night’s Main Event (Cena defeats R Truth)<\/p>\n

May 30 – Knoxville, Tennessee – SmackDown<\/p>\n

June<\/strong><\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

June 9 – Phoenix, Arizona – Raw<\/p>\n

June 13 – Lexington, Kentucky – SmackDown<\/p>\n

June 20 – Grand Rapids, Michigan – SmackDown (R Truth defeats Cena via DQ)<\/p>\n

June 27 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – SmackDown<\/p>\n

June 28 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Night of Champions (Cena defeats CM Punk)<\/p>\n

July<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 18 – San Antonio, Texas – SmackDown<\/p>\n

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Cena and Punk ran it back one last time at Night of Champions, recapturing magic from their memorable feuds of the past. Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August<\/strong><\/p>\n

August 1 – Newark, New Jersey – SmackDown<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

August 8 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – SmackDown (Rhodes and Cena defeat Drew McIntyre and Paul)<\/p>\n

August 22 – Dublin, Ireland – SmackDown<\/p>\n

August 29 – Lyon, France – SmackDown<\/p>\n

August 31 – Paris, France – Clash in Paris (Cena defeats Logan Paul)<\/p>\n

September<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 5 – Chicago, Illinois – SmackDown (Cena’s last SmackDown; US Open Challenge vs Sami Zayn ends in no contest)<\/p>\n

September 15 – Lowell, Massachusetts – Raw<\/p>\n

September 20 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Wrestlepalooza (Brock Lesnar defeats Cena)<\/p>\n

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Cena and Styles turned back the clock to give fans a match for the ages at Crown Jewel: Perth.
Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 10 – Perth, Australia – SmackDown<\/p>\n

October 11 – Perth, Australia – Crown Jewel: Perth (Cena defeats AJ Styles)<\/p>\n

October 13 – Perth, Australia – Raw<\/p>\n

November<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 1 – Saturday Night’s Main Event (Cena announces 16-man tournament to determine his final opponent)<\/p>\n

November 10 – Boston, Massachusetts – Raw (Cena defeats Dominik Mysterio to win his first-ever Intercontinental Championship)<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

November 29 – San Diego, California – John Cena’s Final Survivor Series (Cena vs Dominik Mysterio for the IC title)<\/p>\n

\"John
Just one final opponent awaits Cena before he hangs up his boots for good.
Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 13 – Saturday Night’s Main Event – Washington, DC Retirement Match<\/p>\n

More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Stay tuned to the\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on the John Cena Retirement Tour and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out WWE programming on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0The CW<\/a>\u00a0(NXT), and\u00a0Peacock<\/a>\u00a0(archives and premium live event streaming). You can follow WWE on social media and relive top moments on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will the John Cena Retirement Tour be stopping in a city near you? You’ll have to wait and find out. Make sure to check back frequently as this page is updated with all confirmed dates during Cena’s last run in 2025. Updated: November 18, 2025 John Cena Retirement Tour – Confirmed Cities and Dates One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2418,"featured_media":125574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,2192,25,4,3],"tags":[145,57,140,165,9001,58,7424,8907],"class_list":["post-131553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-aj-styles","tag-brock-lesnar","tag-cm-punk","tag-john-cena","tag-john-cena-retirement","tag-randy-orton","tag-road-to-wrestlemania","tag-wrestlemania-41"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131553"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146477,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131553\/revisions\/146477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}