John Cena On Tapping Out To Gunther: “Dude, That’s The Point”

John Cena wrestled his retirement match against Gunther on December 13, 2025, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The closing moments of the match featured Gunther locking John Cena in a submission hold, forcing Cena to tap out.

Fans were very unhappy with how John Cena concluded his wrestling career. They were disappointed that WWE and Triple H booked him to lose his retirement match via a tap-out. There was significant outrage among fans, as many believed Cena deserved a better send-off.

John Cena Believes His Tap Out Loss To Gunther Was A Perfect End To His Career

Speaking in a recent interview on No Contest Wrestling, Cena commented on tapping out to Gunther during his retirement match and explained why he feels it was the best send-off WWE could have given him.

Things are great. And then you have this three-appearance run with Dom, which is fun. Amazing, you know, like the hometown boy wins in his hometown, hits for the cycle. Like you can’t write it better than that. And then you go to San Diego, he gets his payback, but Liv comes back. We involve every f**king person we possibly can. Like a fun match and then The Ring General.

Yeah. Like Yeah. Yeah. Like, you have so much fun, and this thing is going to be awesome, and man, we’re going to go. No, he ain’t going out like this. Yeah. f**k Darth Vader’s born. [They were furious. Furious.] Dude, that’s the point. (From 1:06:32 – 1:07:20)

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