John Cena Confirms It Is His Idea To Do WWE Main Roster vs. NXT Exhibition Matches For His Final Match Card

It is Cena’s idea for that to be the format of the show.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13th will feature the final match of John Cena’s pro wrestling career.

Cena’s final opponent is being determined via ‘The Last Time is Now’ 16-man tournament, which is underway. Cena has stated that the undercard for the night of his final match will feature NXT wrestlers clashing with main roster talent. While guest appearing on Raw Recap, Cena said it is his idea for that to be the format.

“I really wanna take my hat off to Triple H. I called him up, I said, ‘I got an idea. We gotta do two hours for the tribute show, and if you do a whole John Cena tribute, two things are gonna happen. You’re either gonna do too much or too little. You’re never gonna please everybody. I would like to propose that we have big-name WWE superstars fight in exhibition matches versus the brightest in NXT.’ So that way, we have a sold-out building. Hopefully, the world’s watching on Saturday Night’s Main Event. I get to wrestle one final time. But in doing that, everyone also gets to look at what to look forward to. I think that’s the most important thing. Yes, it’s my last match but it’s collectively. We’re all just kind of closing a chapter of an era in sports entertainment, and I want people to be able to look forward to what’s next.”

Coming out of the 11/17 Monday Night Raw, advancing out of the first round of ‘The Last Time is Now’ tournament were Solo Sikoa and GUNTHER.

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