Triple H Discusses John Cena Being Host Of WWE WrestleMania 42, Believes Cena Will Never Wrestle Again
Cena is coming back to WWE after retiring in December.
It was in December 2025 that 17-time WWE World Champion John Cena had what was billed as his final pro wrestling match.
He fell in defeat to GUNTHER via submission at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Cena is set to return to WWE to host both nights of WrestleMania 42. Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque spoke about Cena’s comeback while doing an interview with Joe Tessitore.
Levesque said when he talks to Cena, Cena speaks about wrestling with such passion and intensity. He believes Cena’s commitment that he will never wrestle again.
“It’s incredible. In any sport or business or anything else, certain legends that transform the business or the sport itself, John (Cena) is one of those, right? John has become a household name globally, and there’s a period of time where your body just can’t do what you want it to do anymore, and I think for John, to have the moment where he gracefully bowed out in the way that he wanted to was phenomenal for him. But he loves this, and still has this incredible passion for it. It’s funny, he can be on a movie set somewhere and he’ll call me and I’ll talk to him for five minutes and the intensity and the emotion of which he will talk to me about what he wants to talk about — there’s oftentimes where I think to myself, I wonder if he’s that passionate about the movie he’s making? That can be an arduous task, and is he in this moment, like, when he goes back to talking about the passion for this, it’s a different level. I don’t know that answer but, I just know that he loves this. I do believe in his commitment that he will never wrestle, perform in-ring again.”
Cena’s last WrestleMania was in 2025, and he headlined the second night by defeating Cody Rhodes to win his 17th WWE World Championship.
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