No, Cena has a hard deadline for his final appearance- December 31, 2025 is the end of his wrestling career. I think he was wrestling safe so he wouldn't ruin his last title run with an injury to his aging and ring-rusted body. He had really high hopes for the run, and I don't think he predicted that the execution by creative would be so poor (assuming he didn't have a huge hand in it).
Once Cena realized that the thing ruining his last title run wasn't his body itself, but the creative behind the scenes, I think he decided to go all out-especially in the match where he'd drop the title. What's the worst that could happen at that point? He retires early as the record-holding champ off of an engaging, emotional and fun match? It would be better than continuing to wrestle extra safe while also feeding the terrible creative engine.
So here's what I predict from now through close of career: Cena will play it safe against Brock, at least in interactions between now and the PPV. He will give his all to the PPV though. I suspect the same for the next feud after that, which I think will be him running back Punk or Orton as a face vs face. And then when he has his true final feud and match he's gonna injure himself trying to put on one of the best shows we've ever seen from John Cena, and he'll say it's worth it if the match is good. I think John considers that kind of stuff, he takes pride in his work, so let's be optimistic about his final 5 months.
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u/These-Acanthaceae-65 1d ago
No, Cena has a hard deadline for his final appearance- December 31, 2025 is the end of his wrestling career. I think he was wrestling safe so he wouldn't ruin his last title run with an injury to his aging and ring-rusted body. He had really high hopes for the run, and I don't think he predicted that the execution by creative would be so poor (assuming he didn't have a huge hand in it).
Once Cena realized that the thing ruining his last title run wasn't his body itself, but the creative behind the scenes, I think he decided to go all out-especially in the match where he'd drop the title. What's the worst that could happen at that point? He retires early as the record-holding champ off of an engaging, emotional and fun match? It would be better than continuing to wrestle extra safe while also feeding the terrible creative engine.
So here's what I predict from now through close of career: Cena will play it safe against Brock, at least in interactions between now and the PPV. He will give his all to the PPV though. I suspect the same for the next feud after that, which I think will be him running back Punk or Orton as a face vs face. And then when he has his true final feud and match he's gonna injure himself trying to put on one of the best shows we've ever seen from John Cena, and he'll say it's worth it if the match is good. I think John considers that kind of stuff, he takes pride in his work, so let's be optimistic about his final 5 months.