Update on WWE PLE schedule for 2025 & how John Cena is affected

The end of the road for WWE megastar John Cena is less than five months away and how WWE’s premium live event schedule has evolved this year has essentially confirmed when his final match will take place.

On Thursday’s Wrestling Observer Live, our Bryan Alvarez reported that with the creation of July’s Evolution and by adding a second night of SummerSlam, WWE will satisfy their 2025 commitment of PLEs to Peacock with November’s Survivor Series.

That leaves December wide open for the final Saturday Night’s Main Event of 2025 which, at this point Alvarez said, will feature Cena’s final match airing live on NBC and Peacock.

Cena himself said in July that his retirement match is scheduled for mid-December and that “they are still trying to find a place for it.” However, his own father told a local news outlet in May that the match will take place at Boston’s TD Garden, less than an hour away from where Cena grew up. WWE has yet to announce anything.

Our Dave Meltzer has reported that if that is indeed the case, Saturday, December 13th would be the date to watch. The Garden has nothing publicly scheduled for that night.

As of this writing, Cena has 12 appearances left through the end of 2025.

Nick Khan reveals France will host a WWE PLE in 2025

This story has been updated.

WWE will continue their international presence when it comes to premium live events in 2025 with the company’s leader providing the name of at least one country that will host one.

WWE president Nick Khan appeared at a Las Vegas tourism event Thursday and during a “fireside chat” he took part in, he referred to Paris, France, hosting a PLE that has yet to be announced.

Our report initially included Germany, but Khan was using that in reference to an event held there last year and not necessarily for this year.

Last December, TKO’s Mark Shapiro said to expect more international PLEs this year coming after a 2024 in which eight out of 12 were hosted outside of the United States (two each in Saudi Arabia and Canada and one each in Australia, France, Scotland and Germany).

To this point, WWE has announced four PLEs for this year with one thus far outside the United States: March’s Elimination Chamber in Canada.

Here are some additional notes from Khan’s talk:

  • The WWE World fan fest will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 17th-21st.
  • Both the pre-WrestleMania SmackDown on April 18th and the post-WrestleMania Raw will be held at the T-Mobile Arena.