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John Cena, a 16-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, is set to compete at WWE Royal Rumble 2025. The January 6th episode of RAW, which also marked the Netflix premiere of the show, witnessed John Cena officially kicking off his retirement tour.

After nearly two decades as the face of WWE, Cena will hang it up at the end of 2025. That means he will compete at the Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and WrestleMania for the final time. There is a chance that he will also compete at SummerSlam as well in August.

John Cena has been absent from WWE due to filming 'Matchbox' in Hungary. However, he is set to return for the 2025 Royal Rumble with hopes of winning and competing at Wrestlemania 41. Predictions for the Royal Rumble include Charlotte Flair winning the Women's match and John Cena potentially taking the Men's title.

John Cena has been absent from WWE television in recent weeks, and a new report provides an explanation. Cena appeared at the WWE RAW on Netflix premiere on January 6th. There, he kicked off his farewell tour and declared for the Men’s Royal Rumble match.

John Cena has announced his desire to win the Royal Rumble match for the third time in his glorious career. If he were to triumph in the 2025 edition, the 16-time world champion would equal the record of a legend like Stone Cold Steve Austin and write a new page in wrestling history.

Though he’s been off of television since the RAW made the move from the USA Network to Netflix, the excitement for John Cena’s retirement tour remains at an all-time high with the Royal Rumble rapidly approaching.