John Cena: If I Have Any Energy Left In My Intellectual Property, I Want To Give It To Folks Who Are Clamoring For A Spot

John Cena wants to give back.

In a new interview with Yahoo Sports/Uncrowned, Cena spoke extensively about the inaugural John Cena Classic, which is set to go down in December. This won’t be the first time that Cena has used his platform to spotlight young stars.

“Being able to just see those [up-and-coming WWE stars] get out there and get noticed, and then after the event, where everybody comes to see what I was going to do for my final match, to have so many folks talking about Je’Von [Evans], Sol [Ruca], and Oba [Femi], that’s the point. That’s the absolute point.” Cena said when speaking about his final event in December 2025.

Continuing on, John noted that he wants to give away his energy to the names that are clamoring for a spot.

“If I have any energy left in my intellectual property whatsoever, I want to give it away to the folks who just are clamoring to try to get a spot. I want to get those folks who have earned a chance to get out there in front of the audience, I want to get them out there in front of a sold-out crowd against our best and brightest.”

Elsewhere in the interview, John Cena compared his tournament to ‘Enter The Dragon’. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

Special thanks to Uncrowned for providing the quote(s) featured in this interview.