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WWE Announces More John Cena Dates; Star Says Retirement Tour Started In 2023

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John Cena is returning to Europe.

WWE has announced that John Cena will appear on the March 17, 24, and 31 editions of Monday Night Raw. The episodes are set to take place in Brussels, Glasgow, and London as part of the company’s pre-WrestleMania European tour.

Cena hasn’t featured on Raw since kicking off his retirement tour on January 6.

In response to the announcement on social media, Cena said he’s looking forward to saying goodbye to three of his favourite places.

In many ways, this Farewell tour started that July night in London. Some of the loudest (and latest) nights on tour have been in Glasgow. I haven’t seen the beauty of Brussels in over a decade.

For all of these reasons and many, many more, I’m grateful I can to say “Thank You” to these cities and have one FINAL night together as a family.

It’s MY LAST Road to #WrestleMania!

LETS GO 🇧🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧

“That July night in London” was a surprise appearance at Money In The Bank 2023 where Cena called on WWE to take WrestleMania to the United Kingdom. During the segment, Cena was interrupted by Grayson Waller, but all the Aussie star got for his troubles was an AA.

No Change To John Cena WrestleMania Plans

Despite heavy speculation and the wishes of some within the company, WWE’s WrestleMania plans for Cena won’t be changing.

It was reported on February 12 that WWE WrestleMania plans for Cody Rhodes and CM Punk could be changing yet again. According to the report, some within WWE want Punk to be added to the long-planned match between Rhodes and Cena.

However, there’s an expectation that John Cena’s WrestleMania match won’t change between now and the event.

Cena will be back in action at Elimination Chamber, and he’s expected to be a much more regular presence on television from that point until the end of the year.