Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring John Cena and Saturday Night’s Main Event.
• WWE Executive Vice President Chris Legentil announced that John Cena will return as a full-time performer in 2025 for his official retirement tour.
After years of part-time appearances, Cena will finally have a full-time run for the first time since 2017, with a tour spanning 36 dates, including international shows.
This marks the culmination of Cena’s iconic career, which includes a record 16 World Titles as of now. Cena is putting his Hollywood career on hold to give fans a proper farewell and conclude his in-ring journey.
WrestleMania 41 will feature Cena’s final WrestleMania match. Cena is expected to begin his retirement tour on RAW’s Netflix debut on January 6.
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• WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event returned to NBC, drawing 2.3 million total viewers with high-profile matches, including Cody Rhodes successfully defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Kevin Owens and Liv Morgan retaining the Women’s World Championship against IYO SKY.
Despite the strong lineup, former WCW star Konnan criticized the show for lacking excitement and compelling elements like promos or run-ins, which he felt were necessary to hook new viewers.
Speaking on Keepin’ It 100, Konnan expressed disappointment, suggesting the show failed to create anticipation for future WWE programming and speculated that WWE might be saving key content for Netflix.
He also stated he has little interest in watching future episodes if they follow a similar format.
Notably, the most buzzworthy moment occurred off-air when Kevin Owens attacked Cody Rhodes, stole the Winged Eagle title, and had a heated confrontation with Triple H.
Here’s what Konnan said:
“I was underwhelmed. They didn’t do any promos, they didn’t do any run-ins, they didn’t do anything that would make you want to see, like if you were a new viewer and you hadn’t seen it in a while, anything that would make you want to see Raw. Maybe they’re saving everything for Netflix, but I was very underwhelmed.”
