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New Dates Confirmed For John Cena Ahead Of Major WWE Premium Live Event

By Shuvangi Sen Chaudhury • Published May 18, 2025 09:49 EDT
John Cena on the mic on WWE Raw

John Cena has approximately 24 WWE appearances remaining in his retirement tour. After December 2025, the Franchise Player will hang up his boots. The farewell tour is designed to enable him to bid farewell to his fans across the globe.

It has been reported by WWE UK’s official X (fka Twitter) account that The Champ is confirmed for three SmackDowns ahead of WWE’s first premium live event in Paris. The dates confirmed are August 8th for Montreal, Canada, August 22nd for Dublin, Ireland, and August 29th for Lyon, France.

Following these three dates, the Undisputed WWE Champion will be a part of WWE Clash in Paris on August 31, 2025, emanating from Paris La Défense Arena. The wrestling juggernaut will host the following Monday Night RAW at the same venue, marking this as a two-night wrestling spectacle in Paris.

Additionally, Clash in Paris will be John Cena’s final premium live event appearance in France.

John Cena showered heaps of praise on 28-year-old WWE Superstar

The current roster is a mixture of WWE veterans and young guns, and it’s surreal to watch both generations in the ring at the same time. One such young superstar who is turning heads and gaining attention for his performance is Dominik Mysterio.

Dirty Dom’s work as a heel has been exceptional, and the heat he receives from the WWE Universe is evidence of that. John Cena showered praise on the current Intercontinental Champion during his appearance on the Pat McAfee Show.

Any pool we’ve dropped him in, he has not only treaded water, he’s swimming laps around everyone else. Dom Mysterio, we aren’t even close to what that kid is capable of. He’s incredible, and he’s going to be incredible for the next 20 years or as long as he wants to be in this business. He will be, and I love his dad [Rey Mysterio], he will be the most famous Mysterio.”

Cena’s first televised match against Dominik Mysterio was on April 8, 2024, on Monday Night RAW in a six-man tag team match. The duo had a singles match at SummerSlam 202,4 where Cena defeated Mysterio.