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John Cena kicked off his retirement tour last Monday on the RAW premiere on Netflix and declared for the 2025 Royal Rumble. The Cenation Leader made a statement, saying that he was going to win the match and get a title shot at WrestleMania 41.
It will be the last time that the 16-time World Champion will compete at Royal Rumble, and we will take a look at five interesting facts about John Cena ahead of the first premium live event of 2025 on February 1.
#5. It will be his 16th appearance at the Royal Rumble PLE
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John Cena is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time in WWE. He is now in the final year of his career and will officially retire in December 2025.
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He has appeared at the Royal Rumble 15 times, with eight of them at the 30-man Match. His first appearance came in 2003, while he fought for a championship seven times or took on fellow WWE Superstars in singles matches.
#4. John Cena will enter his 9th Royal Rumble match this year
The Cenation Leader has competed at the 30-Men Royal Rumble Match eight times. He had three straight appearances (2003-2005), and his next one was in 2008, when he won it. He then participated in 2010 and 2011 before returning in 2013 to win the Match again. Five years later, he made his last appearance (2018) and is now preparing for his final time at the Royal Rumble Match.
#3. His last Royal Rumble match was in 2018
It has been quite a while since he last competed at the Men's Royal Rumble Match. His last appearance was back in 2018 when he entered at number 20 and lasted through the top 3 before being eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura, who went on to win the match.
Fast forward to today, the 16-time World Champion has become a part-time wrestler, and that's why it has been seven years since he last competed at the first Premium Live Event of the year.
#2. John Cena has the opportunity to become the second man to win 3 Royal Rumble matches
John Cena has accomplished everything in his WWE career, but his retirement tour allows him to set new records. The most important one is to become a record-breaking 17th-time World Champion.
The other one is to win the Royal Rumble for a third time, after 2008 and 2013. If he does so, he will become just the second WWE star to accomplish that. The other one is the legendary Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Austin competed at the Rumble Match six times and won it thrice (1997, 1998, 2001).
#1. He has 25 eliminations at the Royal Rumble
John Cena has competed at the Royal Rumble 15 times and has stayed in the ring for a total of 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 39 seconds.
He has eliminated a total of 25 wrestlers in his Royal Rumble Matches, while he and CM Punk hold the record for the most eliminations in a singles Royal Rumble Match with seven, back in 2011.
