The Undertaker has opened up about John Cena\'s retirement tour.
The Dead Man recently had an interview with Shakiel Mahjouri to promote the new WWE LFG show. He talked about things such as the current main event scene in WWE, the future of stars such as Gunther and Jacob Fatu and more.
The experience of Taker on the last leg of his career was very different than Cena as he went back and forth on retirement for multiple years before finally calling it a career. During the interview, the wrestling veteran was asked what are some of the signs that wrestlers should look for to make the decision at the right time. The Phenom explained that you have to regularly assess your physical condition and love for the business:
\"You have to constantly assess where you\'re at physically. Although we have the ability to push through pain, you have to realize \'How important is this still to me?\' There\'s a time period that Cena did everything. He was on every house show. He was on every pay-per-view. He did every meet and greet. He did all the make-a-wish. And he wanted it. He was like \'I want it all\' and now he\'s had this 20-year run or however long his run was.
Now he is trying to branch out and to do other things. So you have to, you can\'t mail it in. You can\'t do this business the way it needs to be done if you\'re not 100% committed. I think that\'s where he\'s at. Like I know in John\'s soul he loves this business, just like Rock loves the business but there\'s this thing - you want to test the water to different things and challenge yourself in a different way.\
This Might Be The Prototype: The Undertaker
The Undertaker had multiple WrestleMania matches which he considered to be the end of his in-ring career but he was always convinced by Vince McMahon to come back. The WWE Hall of Famer finally hanged his boot after competing in the highly praised boneyard match against AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36.
Speaking about the approach of John Cena who is spending the whole of 2025 going to different places one last time, The Last Outlaw expressed the belief that it\'ll become a prototype for other wrestlers who want to retire:
\"I think it\'s great that they\'re doing this tour the way they are. I don\'t think everybody deserves that. I think Cena definitely does because of the workhorse that he was for so long. I think it\'s great because people will have an opportunity to know where he\'s going to be and you\'re going to get one last opportunity maybe to see him live. I think that\'s pretty cool.
I think John gets to get his flowers the way he should. I think this might be the prototype for certain wrestlers to do their Swan Song and leave. But your original question I mean you have to be 100% committed to making this everything. Your whole career has to evolve or revolve around the wrestling part of it.\
