Oba Femi Recalls John Cena Taking Shots With The Locker Room After His Last Match

Skylar RussellFebruary 12, 2026, 9:48 am

Oba Femi is proud to have a relationship with John Cena.

WWE capped off John Cena’s retirement tour with a Saturday Night’s Main Event show on December 13. Aside from Cena’s final bout, the show featured other names like Oba Femi, Je’Von Evans, Sol Ruca, Cody Rhodes, and Bayley.

Speaking with the No Contest Wrestling Podcast for a new interview, Femi talked about appearing on the event and how he really wanted to work with Cena.

“It was a feeling of privilege for sure because that is another short list, the number of people who got to perform at John Cena’s retirement match. It’s very symbolic that John’s end is my beginning and that fact I kind of enjoy. I really wanted to work with John, I was really hoping and praying like, don’t go too fast. I was really hoping to you know work with him, especially when a lot of people were putting fire under the idea of me being the one to retire him and stuff like that. I had already rubbed minds with John in the past, he had given me advice and he had seen me wrestle before. He knew who I was and what I was all about. He had good things to say about me, whatever he felt like was a correction or something I could do better, he always told me. I’m glad that before that day came, I was at least able to have some sort of relationship with John.”

Femi then revealed that Cena took some shots with the boys after taking part in his final match.

“A lot of people don’t know this, but after the show, John came back to the locker room with all the boys and he shared one last toast and took shots with us. I’m glad that I got to be a part of that, it really showed how humble he was. No matter how big he got in WWE or Hollywood, he was at his core still one of the boys. Respect to John.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Oba Femi talked about the reaction that he got in the Royal Rumble match. Check out his full comments by clicking here.