Nic Nemeth On Returning To WWE For John Cena’s Retirement Tour: That Was A Beautiful Moment, I’m Glad Fans Remembered Me
Nic Nemeth comments on returning to WWE for John Cena’s retirement tour.
On November 17, 2025, Nic Nemeth returned to WWE in the opening round of John Cena’s The Last Time Is Now Tournament. He lost to Solo Sikoa during the bout.
Speaking on Rewind Recap Relive, Nemeth commented on this one-off WWE return match.
“A couple different times I was asked to do some things and it didn’t feel right, but when it came to John I was like, ‘Man, him and I actually have some stories together, we’ve done some things.’ If you watched Total Divas or Bellas, I tried to steal his girl. So I loved that there was a real connection there and I said okay, it’s been a year and a half, two years, okay now I can, for one thing, for John, for something special, awesome. I found out it ends up being at Madison Square Garden, I go, ‘Man, this is big but also are they expecting Jeff Hardy? Are they waiting for Jericho? Do they want Undertaker to come out? I don’t know what’s happening, I hope they still remember.’ That old music hit, it’s almost like telling an old joke on stage when you finish the punchline and it feels like a minute goes by but it’s a second. You’re like, ‘Why is no one laughing, why is no one laughing?’ It was like, ‘I’m here to show’ and I hear nothing. I’m like, ‘Oh no,’ and a quarter of a second goes by, and they erupted to where I couldn’t feel my body, and it very much, as surprised as the Money In The Bank cash-in, feeling that crowd on me. I was like, ‘Woo.’ It’s just like, hair standing up right now talking about it, that was a beautiful moment, I’m glad they remembered, I’m glad I gave them a hell of a match. Solo never looked better in his life, and I just had to remind everybody. It was great. It was like, ‘Oh my ex is gonna be at this party? No problem.’ You hit the gym a little harder for a couple of weeks, you get the tan, you get all dolled up and go, ‘Oh I’m sorry, you guys didn’t wear a tuxedo to this party? I’m sure it’s fine for you guys, I’m just James Bond that kicks everybody’s ass’. Oh by the way, when I walked out of the ring and walked into Gorilla everyone lost their shit too. Because they was like, ‘Damn that was awesome.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah I know, I’m really good at wrestling. Anyway see you later I’m going back to TNA.’ I was really, really proud. Even in the moment when I got goosebumps over my body, I was there to represent TNA, and right at the top of the stage I get the ‘TNA baby’ and popped into the hip swivel. I was just so excited it was working out for everybody. Great time to go back for one time.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Nemeth compared his two World Title reigns in WWE and TNA. Fans can read his full comment here.
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