John Cena’s retirement tour kicked off in January of 2025 and throughout the course of his retirement tour he faced off against some of his biggest rivals. Back in October, Cena stepped into the ring with AJ Styles at WWE Crown Jewel, and Cena handed a piece of paper to Alicia Taylor before the match kicked off.
The piece of paper contained a special ring introduction for AJ Styles which referenced his time with TNA Wrestling and his run with The Bullet Club. Styles has confirmed that the special introduction was a surprise to him, and he also confirmed during an appearance on The Undertaker’s Six Feet Under podcast that Cena got in trouble when he returned backstage after the match.
“I get into the ring, John comes in, does his entrance. I’m stretching getting ready to rock, and he gives this paper to the announcer, and I’m like, ‘I wonder what that is.’ I’m stretching and I hear ‘The definition of Total Nonstop Action.’ I’m like, ‘Is he talking about me?’ You’ll see me look over like, ‘You son of a gun, you got me.’
That was really cool. He got in trouble a little bit for that whole thing. I didn’t know that Bullet Club was going to be in there. If you watch my reaction I was like, ‘Uh oh.’ So, really cool of him to make me feel like as big a superstar as he was at that moment.”
John Cena wrapped up his retirement tour last month when he was defeated by Gunther in his final match at Saturday Night’s Main Event. It was confirmed on Raw this week that AJ Styles will be going one on one with Gunther during next week’s episode of Raw.
Stay tuned for updates.