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Today's WWE and AEW rumors include an update on John Cena, Asuka, Jordynne Grace, and the big fight between Jake and Logan Paul.

Cena cut a well-received promo on Raw's 6 January Netflix debut. At the start of his retirement year in wrestling, Cena ran through his career - from his early spell as OVW's prototype to the present day - then referenced breaking the record he currently shares with Ric Flair (in WWE canon) and winning a 17th World Championship.

After nearly two decades as the face of WWE, Cena will hang it up at the end of 2025. That means he will compete at the Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and WrestleMania for the final time. There is a chance that he will also compete at SummerSlam as well in August.

John Cena, a 16-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, is set to compete at WWE Royal Rumble 2025. The January 6th episode of RAW, which also marked the Netflix premiere of the show, witnessed John Cena officially kicking off his retirement tour.

This is the most excited I’ve been for a Royal Rumble in a long time. Unlike most recent years in which there were, at best, a small handful of wrestlers with even remote chances of winning, the 2025 version is wide open.

John Cena has been absent from WWE due to filming 'Matchbox' in Hungary. However, he is set to return for the 2025 Royal Rumble with hopes of winning and competing at Wrestlemania 41. Predictions for the Royal Rumble include Charlotte Flair winning the Women's match and John Cena potentially taking the Men's title.

Huge stars like Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, and John Cena are set to be at Lucas Oil Stadium for the event, with Reigns and Cena both competing in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. Now, WWE Shop is celebrating Cena’s farewell stop in Indianapolis with a new collection of merch themed after the city and its football team, the Indianapolis Colts.

John Cena has announced his desire to win the Royal Rumble match for the third time in his glorious career. If he were to triumph in the 2025 edition, the 16-time world champion would equal the record of a legend like Stone Cold Steve Austin and write a new page in wrestling history.

Though he’s been off of television since the RAW made the move from the USA Network to Netflix, the excitement for John Cena’s retirement tour remains at an all-time high with the Royal Rumble rapidly approaching.