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Daily Update: John Cena, Tony Khan, MJF

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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The new issue of the Wrestling Observer is up on the site covering the follow topics:

  • The story of John Cena’s retirement, the finish, the reaction, what WWE did and didn’t expect and thoughts on why they did what they did and why judging it now makes little sense in the big picture. We look at different aspects of the decision making and the fallacy of the “time-honored tradition phrasing here. We look at where Cena viably stands among the greats, the show itself, and Cena’s legacy.
  • We look at the post-match and post-show reaction, Paul Levesque and also look at the history of retirement matches with the biggest names in the history of the business. This is a real history lesson about what really is the tradition.
  • We have a story on Wrestle Kingdom’s card, why it turned out this way, as well as the finals of the New Japan tag team tournament.
  • We update the WBD sale story with the latest on Netflix and Paramount, just how strongly WBD publicly viewed the Paramount offer in a negative way and more
  • We run down the 2025 Tokyo Sports pro wrestling awards, with the winners, why they won, how the voting went, the nature of the voting and more in a year Saya Kamitani became the first woman wrestler to win MVP
  • A look at the retirement show and the career of El Hijo del Santo, the Santo gimmick, the cultural significance of the Santo name, Santo Jr, and notes on Santo’s career and most famous matches
  • We update the Continental Classic and Worlds Collide with business updates as well.
  • We look at the odds for upcoming matches
  • We look at the careers of Solomon Grundy, Miss Janeth and Ricky Romero Jr/Ricky Youngblood
  • We have the most detailed look at the television ratings of all the wrestling shows this past week as well as placings, comparisons and more, as well as an explanation of what the annual drops actually mean.
  • We look at another week of sellouts in CMLL, including the big Friday show and the Mistico vs Soberano feud
  • We look at Guerra de Titanes from AAA
  • We look at the financials from Cyberfight and what wrestler in specific they credited a better economic year to
  • Yota Tsuji talks the future of New Japan
  • What pro wrestling events in Japan were the most streamed in 2025
  • Update on Andrade
  • Former WWE tag champ going into Bare Knuckle boxing
  • Major AEW overseas ratings growth
  • Ticket sales to upcoming WWE and AEW shows
  • Chris Jericho update
  • Injury updates
  • Ilia Topuria marriage issues slows down career
  • An appeal by TKO on judge’s ruling about current fighter contracts
  • Notes on Paul vs. Joshua
  • Mick Foley breaks ties with WWE over Trump
  • TKO stock skyrockets
  • NXT Awards

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Thursday Update

WWE

  • The Kowloon restaurant in Saugus, Massachusetts – a frequent stop for pro wrestlers in the area – thanked John Cena for gifting them an autographed title belt:
    • THANK YOU VERY MUCH, John Cena for this Autographed and inscribed ‘Farewell Tour Boston’ 2025 WWE Championship Spinner Belt!! Now framed and on display here at Kowloon.
    • Thank you for entertaining millions of fans and granting over 700 + Wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, by far the most of all time!
    • Enjoy your well deserved retirement from the ring. Looking forward to seeing what’s next on your Movies and TV!
  • Seth Rollins was one of the pre-game panelists for Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL coverage, appearing before the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings game. 
  • WWE Vault uploaded the complete World Class Championship Wrestling Christmas Star Wars 1982 event featuring Ric Flair defending the NWA World Championship against Kerry Von Erich inside of a steel cage.
  • Rusev is celebrating his 40th birthday today.

Other Wrestling

  • Tony Khan hyped that tonight’s Christmas Collision is one of his favorite AEW TV shows ever:
    • Merry Christmas! We saved the best Collision of 2025 for last! CHRISTMAS NIGHT #AEWCollision 9pm ET/8pm CT, on TNT + HBO Max
    • It’s only my personal opinion: I think that Christmas Collision TONIGHT is one of the best @AEWonTV shows in AEW’s 6+ year history. Don’t miss it TONIGHT!
  • MJF tweeted ahead of challenging for the AEW World Championship at Worlds End this weekend:
    • They don’t hand out greatness, they document it. After Worlds End, I join a list of only 9 men to be world champion twice before 30:
    • Lou Thesz. 
    • Rikidōzan. 
    • Shinsuke Nakamura. 
    • Kazuchika Okada. 
    • Yokozuna. 
    • The Rock. 
    • Brock Lesnar. 
    • Randy Orton. 
    • John Cena.
    • MJF.
  • AEW wrestlers and personnel named their favorite Christmas movies:
    • Tony Schiavone: Christmas Vacation
    • Kevin Knight: Home Alone 2
    • Renee Paquette: The Family Stone
    • “Speedball” Mike Bailey: Shrek the Halls
    • Brody King: Christmas Vacation
    • Toa Liona: Christmas Vacation
    • Bishop Kaun: A Charlie Brown Christmas
    • Ricochet: Jingle All The Way
  • Matt Jackson and Kenny Omega wished everyone a Merry Christmas in a new video on the Being the Elite YouTube channel.
  • AEW music producer Mikey Rukus shared a video that Toni Storm made for his neighbors’ children:
    • Merry Christmas everyone. I have to share this. Toni Storm is an incredible human being. She found out my neighbors kids are huge fans of hers and she recorded this video for them. She’s unhinged and she’s THE BEST!
  • Brodie Lee Jr. paid homage to John Cena by dressing up as him and doing some of Cena’s moves during a recent training session at The Dungeon.
  • NJPW opened up voting for the 2025 edition of its annual Concurso bodybuilding contest.
  • TNA posted the following preview for tonight’s Christmas edition of Impact, which includes a surprise 10-person tag team match where the competitors are not announced in advance:
    • TNA looks back on a remarkable year as the 2025 Year End Awards take center stage. From breakout stars to unforgettable moments, championships to rivalries that defined the year, we will honor the best of the best from a LOADED 2025! Who will take home the final bragging rights before the calendar flips to 2026? Find out this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV in the U.S., Sportsnet 360 in Canada, and TNA+ worldwide.
    • The action doesn’t stop there. A SURPRISE 10-Person Tag Team Match has been announced for the Christmas Special and the competitors won’t be revealed until bell time. With pride, momentum, and bragging rights on the line, anything can happen when ten stars collide in the iMPACT! Zone. Expect chaos. Expect unpredictability. Expect a holiday showdown only TNA can deliver this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV in the U.S., Sportsnet 360 in Canada, and TNA+ worldwide.
  • FanX Salt Lake City 2025 uploaded video of Mick Foley’s Q&A from their convention.
  • The Toronto Suns’ No Holds Barred podcast interviewed Rob Van Dam.

John Cena Sr. praises Gunther, Dominik Mysterio after son’s final WWE matches

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John Cena Sr. has a “tremendous amount of respect” for Gunther and believes The Ring General did a great job in his son’s retirement match.

Ahead of the December 13 Saturday Night’s Main Event special, Cena Sr. made headlines by expressing that he did not want Gunther to be his son’s final opponent. He ideally would have liked to see someone like Kurt Angle, Adam Copeland, Chris Jericho, or JBL in that spot, but Cena Sr. ended up loving the match his son and Gunther had.

“That match was excellent,” the elder Cena told Undisputed. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Gunther. He and John wrestled a great match together. They had people on the edge of their seats that entire match.”

The finish saw Cena submit while Gunther had him locked in a sleeper. With Cena flashing a smile across his face, the moment was supposed to feel like him going out peacefully as he ended his time in the ring. Cena Sr. reacted to the controversial finish and told Undisputed he would have liked to have seen a different ending. He does not necessarily think his son had to lose the match.

“I’m not one of those guys who thinks you have to go down when you go out,” Cena Sr. said. “When you look at the faces of people at the end of that match, with grown men and women in tears, I think we could have achieved the same result with a different finish.”

Before the Gunther match, Cena worked a series of bouts against Dominik Mysterio that saw them trade the Intercontinental Championship back and forth. Cena Sr. told Undisputed that he’s a big believer in Dominik’s potential.

“Dom is spectacular,” Cena Sr. said. “People like him hold a lot of promise for the future of pro wrestling.”

Cena Sr. noted that his son is a man of his word, so he knows this is truly it and Cena will never wrestle again. Cena will still remain part of WWE, though, with him signing a five-year ambassador contract with the company.

Je’Von Evans says he’s been texting with John Cena: ‘It means so much’

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Je’Von Evans grew up a John Cena fan — and now he’s able to reach out to Cena whenever he needs advice.

The 21-year-old rising WWE star recently competed on the same show as Cena’s retirement match. Through that experience and Cena’s visits to the Performance Center, Evans has been able to develop a connection with him. He and Cena have been texting with Cena giving Evans advice on wrestling and life in general.

“I grew up watching Cena, which is probably a crazy thing to say or a crazy thing for y’all to hear,” Evans told the Battleground Podcast. “Like, I grew up watching Cena. It’s crazy to know now that like — and I say this almost every interview — the legends that I’ve had connections with, now I can hit them up whenever, you know? And now that i just made a connection with Cena, we’ve been texting. He gives me advice about wrestling, about life, all that. It means so much, it means so much. From being a fan to now being a colleague and learning under his tree — it’s insane.

Cena is said to be “very high” on Evans’ potential. Some of the advice he’s given Evans is to make sure he’s having a conversation with the audience through his in-ring work and allowing fans the time to react to what’s going on.

On Raw last night, it was noted that Evans will be a “free agent” soon with a call-up to either Raw or SmackDown on the horizon. He is still a member of the NXT roster at the moment.

Evans teamed with Leon Slater in a loss to AJ Styles & Dragon Lee at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13. Cena had his retirement match in the main event of the show, ending his career with a submission loss to Gunther.

When asked abour dream opponents he’s looking forward to facing, Evans told the Battleground Podcast that he’d love to have matches against CM Punk and Rey Mysterio.

The full interview can be seen below:

WOL: The post-Cena WWE era begins, AEW returns to the Hammerstein Ballroom

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Andrew Zarian is back with the latest Wrestling Observer Live Sunday edition, talking all the latest news in professional wrestling.

Andrew talks about his live experience from Saturday’s AEW Dynamite from the Hammerstein Ballroom without spoiling the details. He also discusses Saturday’s Collision and what appears to be the downfall of Mercedes Mone’s title reign.

He also goes through the Continental Classic standings and previews this Saturday’s Worlds End.

With John Cena’s retirement last Saturday and the reaction that Gunther got on Monday’s Raw, he talks about what’s next for Gunther and how the company can benefit from him being a big monster heel going forward.

Plus, thoughts on SmackDown, Andrade’s ability to work indies, the AAA show from Saturday, and more!

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WWE ranks its top 25 moments of 2025

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According to WWE’s YouTube channel, John Cena’s heel turn was the top moment of 2025.

WWE posted a video counting down the top 25 moments of the year, with Cena’s heel turn topping a list that also included AJ Lee’s return, Paul Heyman aligning with Seth Rollins at WrestleMania, and Jey Uso winning his first world championship at WrestleMania.

The complete list is below.

WWE’s Top-25 Moments of 2025 via WWE’s YouTube channel

  1. John Cena turns heel at WWE Elimination Chamber, aligns with The Rock and Travis Scott
  2. Seth Rollins returns and cashes in Money in the Bank briefcase at SummerSlam, defeats CM Punk for World Heavyweight Championship
  3. John Cena wins his 17th World Championship at WrestleMania
  4. Jey Uso beats Gunther to win World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania
  5. AJ Lee returns to WWE on September 5 episode of SmackDown
  6. Paul Heyman aligns with Seth Rollins against CM Punk and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania
  7. Rhea Ripley wins Women’s World Championship from Liv Morgan on WWE Raw on Netflix debut
  8. John Cena taps out to Gunther at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
  9. Damian Priest gives Finn Balor a Falcon Arrow through a table on Raw
  10. The Rock gives Roman Reigns the Ula Fala after Reigns defeated Solo Sikoa at WWE Raw on Netflix debut
  11. Liv Morgan returns to WWE, helps Dominik Mysterio beat John Cena at WWE Survivor Series
  12. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens unsanctioned match at WWE Elimination Chamber
  13. Naomi cashes in Money in the Bank briefcase to win Women’s World Championship at WWE Evolution
  14. Masked man interferes in men’s War Games match at WWE Survivor Series
  15. Tiffany Stratton cashes in Money in the Bank briefcase to win WWE Women’s Championship on SmackDown
  16. The Vision turn on Seth Rollins on Raw after WWE Crown Jewel
  17. Brock Lesnar returns to WWE at SummerSlam
  18. Maxxine Dupri wins Intercontinental title from Becky Lynch thanks to AJ Lee distraction on November 17 Raw
  19. Iyo Sky jumps off War Games cage with trash can on her head at WWE Survivor Series
  20. Ishowspeed enters the Royal Rumble, gets speared by Bron Breakker
  21. Matt and Jeff Hardy win the NXT Tag Team Championships at NXT vs. TNA Showdown
  22. Becky Lynch returns as Lyra Valkyrie’s partner at WrestleMania
  23. Gunther retires Goldberg at Saturday Night’s Main Event
  24. Jacob Fatu does moonsault off steel cage at SummerSlam
  25. Omos eliminates Microman from Cibernetico at AAA TripleMania XXXIII

WOL: John Cena is more ‘The Last Jedi’ than ‘A New Hope’

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It’s time for the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley with lots of holiday wrestling for the weekend.

We’ll run down Friday’s WWE SmackDown and WWE Raw taping results for next Friday and this Monday, respectively.

Plus, AEW Collision was at a special time Saturday, AAA Guerra de Titanes, House of Glory, CMLL and AEW this weekend at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

It’s the holiday season and people are too uptight about end of the year lists. John Cena is more “The Last Jedi” than “A New Hope” and lots more. A packed show.

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Gunther: Goldberg was ‘way more limited’ than John Cena

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Gunther says Goldberg was far more limited than John Cena.

During an interview with TMZ earlier this week, Gunther was asked to compare his match against Goldberg from the July 12 edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event with his match against Cena from the December 13 Saturday Night’s Main Event. Gunther said the two matches were difficult to compare.

“Well, very different situation, I think, because Goldberg was way more limited than John was and John was just a better wrestler overall his whole career. That’s not like a dig to Goldberg, he didn’t get famous by putting on in-ring master classes. That was never his thing. So, it was a very different situation,” Gunther said.

“But also the magnitude of it. Obviously, Goldberg is a big name but it’s not comparable to what John Cena represents, and the following he has, and what he carries with him, and the connection that people have to him. So, it was hard to compare.”

Later in the interview, Gunther said that WWE fans will probably be crying over his retirement match when the time comes.

“In 10 years or so, they’re going to stand there and cry over me losing my last match. It’s what they do.”

Gunther’s comments comparing John Cena and Goldberg appear around the 5:10 mark of the video below (cued).

WOR: Cena finish, WWE in 2026, C2 predictions

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Dave Meltzer and I are back with the Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about the big news from today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Here were some of the things we discussed:

  • The fallout of the finish to John Cena vs. Gunther
  • John Cena and Cody Rhodes talking about the heel turn
  • WWE in 2026
  • Wrestle Kingdom 20 card
  • AEW C2 predictions

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Wrestling Weekly: Cena’s last match, a Drew McIntyre problem, Continental Classic chaos

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Les Thatcher and Victor Sosa are back on Wrestling Weekly to talk about the finish to John Cena’s last match and some of the reactions that finish received over the last several days.

The guys also discuss Drew McIntyre seemingly running in place all over again, MJF’s return being expected but what he was returning for being quite unexpected, and a couple of tales from the territories.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Fight Game: What will keep WWE hot in 2026?

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John LaRocca and I return with a brand-new Fight Game to discuss some of the most interesting topics in pro wrestling this week.

After doing our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down segment, we hit on our major topics of the week which included:

  • Austin Theory unmasking
  • If WWE can stay hot in 2026 and how
  • AEW Continental Classic update
  • AEW Worlds End lineup thus far

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John Cena reveals ‘epiphany’ he had before WWE retirement

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Right up until the end of his career, John Cena was still learning new things about professional wrestling.

Cena revealed during his “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” appearance that, just one day before his retirement, he had an epiphany about wrestling. Matches are like a conversation where the performers and audience each get to say their piece. When you’re having a conversation with someone, they’re going to tune you out if you just talk at them and don’t allow them to contribute as well. It’s important that wrestlers understand that and give the audience time to contribute to the match.

Understanding this has helped Cena give advice to young talent. Instead of being another old-timer telling them to slow down, he can articulate how crucial it is for them to let the fans play a part in their performance.

“The epiphany was crazy, right? And it’s just an example of like, let’s never stop learning,” Cena said. “This is Friday, I get this, like, ‘Holy sh*t, I found a way to say what I’m actually feeling.’ I was just reading through a book and it was about the ability to have fierce conversations. And you want to, you want to let everybody contribute. You want to have a conversation. And they were talking about the power of the pause and the silence, essentially slowing down. It’s those moments where you do action — it’s your piece of the conversation. And then you slow down to allow the arena to have their piece of the conversation. I’m like, ‘Holy sh*t. I think I can finally articulate what’s up here to a Je’Von Evans at 21 years old.’

“Be like, ‘Je’Von, if I talk to you for 45 minutes, you’re not going to care. But if we can talk, if you can tell me what’s on your mind and I can talk to you, and then maybe we both walk away having grown a little bit. Just make sure you do that in your matches.’ You know what I’m saying? Where I don’t have to say, ‘Slow down, kid. You’re going too fast.’ That immediately puts you on the defensive. ‘Slow down? You can’t keep up, old man.’ It’s not about that. You’re going to feel it when you feel it. But now you got a chip on your shoulder to prove me wrong and prove working fast is going to work. I’m not saying it doesn’t. I’m just saying — just make sure you always have a conversation with them out there. And that happened the day before I retired. So what I love about it is, you’re learning all the time.”

For Cena, the ending of his retirement match against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event was also a conversation he was having with the audience. Cena struggled in a sleeper and ultimately tapped out with a smile on his face. Cena said the decision to smile while giving up was him going out peacefully after giving everything he had.

Cena made a couple of visits to the WWE Performance Center ahead of his retirement match — and it was his idea to include NXT talent on the undercard of the SNME special. Evans teamed up with Leon Slater in a loss to AJ Styles & Dragon Lee that night. Oba Femi and Sol Ruca were also featured in matches.

December 22, 2025 Observer Newsletter: The fallout, controversy & discussion after John Cena’s retirement match

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The new Wrestling Observer Newsletter is ready for you to read.

To no big surprise, the lead story is all about John Cena’s final match and the fallout from how it ended which resulted in lots of discussion, arguing and opinions. Dave Meltzer also writes about other retirement matches throughout history.

Dave also gives his thoughts on next month’s WrestleKingdom — a show that “now looks on paper to be the weakest show in recent memory.”

He also covers the final match of El Hijo del Santo and the rest of the news of the wrestling week.

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Gunther never saw himself in WWE, says Japan was his ‘jam’

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Days after retiring John Cena at Saturday Night’s Main Event, Gunther opened up about his own career and reflected on signing with WWE.

Speaking on The Ringer Wrestling Show, Gunther shared in detail about signing with WWE NXT, and how he never saw himself as a part of the Stamford-based promotion, and always envisioned ‘Japan as his jam’.

When asked if Gunther ever had any doubts about being himself in WWE when signing with the company, he said, “Oh, yes, I did. And that’s why I didn’t, yeah, sign with them for a bit before I actually went. It was definitely a fault.”

“I never saw myself in WWE. I always thought I would, yeah, if things go well, I work in Japan, and that’s my jam, and that’s where I fit. That never happened, really,” Gunther claimed. “Yeah, now we’re here. So it’s like, hard to predict. You should never like cancel anything out in your life when it comes to like possibilities and stuff like that.”

“I never expected it to fit that well as it does. But here we are. And I think as long as I can be here and be a good contrast to everybody else and provide something different, I think that’s why it fits. And as long as I can do it, I think I’m going to have a good position here.”

In the same podcast, the former champion also opened up about how he enjoyed getting ‘booed’ by the crowd after making Cena tap out.

John Cena addresses The Rock and Travis Scott’s WWE disappearance

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Cody Rhodes and John Cena have finally opened up about their thoughts on The Rock and Travis Scott’s disappearance following WWE Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania 41.

Rhodes and Cena have addressed the sudden disappearance of The Rock and Travis Scott from WWE storylines following Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania 41, with the veteran revealing that neither he nor Rhodes dwelled on what could have been once the alliance was dropped. During Cena’s recent appearance on Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, the duo reacted to it.

Speaking about the abandoned storyline, the 17-time World Champion explained that once the promotion lost access to The Rock and Scott, their focus immediately shifted to moving forward rather than speculating on missed possibilities.

“Hey, you have The Rock and Travis Scott.’ Awesome, we can plan all this stuff. ‘Hey, you don’t have those two guys anymore,’” Cena added. “Not once did you and I, the whole world has had the conversation of, ‘What would it have been like if?’ The two guys in it, with their d**k in the dirt, not once had a conversation about, ‘Man, what would it have been like if we had those guys?’ No. It was, ‘What do we do now?”

At Elimination Chamber, Cena joined forces with The Rock and Travis Scott to turn heel on Rhodes. The shocking moment led to one of the most talked-about storylines of the year, with Cena taking help from Scott at WrestleMania 41 to win his 17th World Championship. However, soon after that, the alliance storyline was dropped with both The Rock and Scott disappearing from the promotion.

Despite Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Scott missing from the promotion, Cena continued his run as a heel and participated in several highly-anticipated matches.

John Cena responds to fans criticizing his retirement run due to The Rock and Travis Scott’s absence

In the same interview, Cena also responded to the fans criticizing his retirement run due to The Rock and Scott’s absence.

“Lets walk down hypothetical street. Let’s say everyone who showed up at the Chamber is active until August. That robs us of John Cena, Randy Orton, that robs us of John Cena, CM Punk, John Cena, Ron Cena, John Cena, AJ Styles, John Cena, Logan Paul, me, and you for the last one.”

He further claimed, “So yes, the story that might have been might have had star power, and gravity, and who knows what, but what we got by just being like ‘these are the pieces left’. What we got, for me personally, was beautiful.”

Following a year of several iconic matches, Cena finally retired against Gunther on the December 13th edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event.

Gunther ‘enjoyed’ being booed after making John Cena tap out

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Gunther has claimed that he “enjoyed” getting booed by fans following his victory over John Cena, stating that the reaction marked a shift away from any respect he previously felt from crowds.

On the December 13th edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event, Gunther retired Cena after a dominating victory. Cena tapped out and finally gave up after getting trapped in a rear-naked choke. However, the crowd immediately showcased their displeasure over the booking and heavily drowned Gunther in boos. A similar reaction followed on the next Monday-night Raw. Gunther recently appeared on The Ringer Wrestling Show and expressed his reaction to the heavy booing.

The former World Champion explained that he welcomed the change in crowd reaction, claiming that he no longer sensed any “subconscious” respect for his in-ring work and viewed that as a positive development for his character.

“I feel like I got booed before, and I got those reactions. But I always felt like a little bit of a subconscious respect for the work I do in the ring. And yeah, I feel like that’s gone,” Gunther added. “And I think that’s good. I enjoyed it because I’m not out here to, I don’t care what people have to say or judge or whatever. I know what I do, and I know what I can do and what I can’t.”

“I really don’t care about anybody else’s judgment about it. So it’s good, I feel like we’ve reached a really good point there.”

He further opened up about his thought process before going out on Raw and his plans on addressing the crowd.

“And also like Monday before going out, because I compared it to like, okay, today, I’m going to walk out first,” he continued. “What do I say to them? Like, what do I tell them? And I compared it a little bit. That was like the, what was the first promo with Brock [Lesnar] after he beat Taker[The Undertaker]? I compared it to a little bit like Roman’s [Reigns], like the promo where he said, like, ‘it’s my yard now and all that stuff.’ But I had something prepared, but I knew the whole time where it was like, I don’t have to talk to them. They are dumb. Like, there’s nothing.”

“I’m just gonna rub it in. And as soon as I walked out, I was like, I’m just gonna rub this in now. I’m gonna enjoy that.”

Walking out in front of the crowd, Gunther claimed that “Cena tapped out like a b***h” before getting drowned in another wave of heavy boos.