John Cena: “My hope for the future is that people forget about me”
John Cena, who retired from WWE at the end of 2025, did an interview with goodhousekeeping.com. Cena commented on stepping away from wrestling and the future stars…
“My goal for my stay in the business is to leave it better than I found it -— and my résumé is a byproduct of that. I know none of us live forever. Nobody remembers anything. People forget about me. So, my hope for the future is that people forget about me.”
“If [the new WWE] stars have enough gravity, have enough relevance, they should be the ones influencing the audience, the people, in the arena. That is my hope, amazingly—that people forget.”
“I’m always a fan first, and I’m finding new ways to become involved in the WWE, through fandom and through organizational purposes. I’ve been lucky enough to be a mentor, to continue to be a mentor. So, there’s a lot of irons in the fire. As far as what the future holds for me in wrestling, it’s my family. I’ll never get away.”