John Cena Explains Why Moment From WWE Retirement Tour Is His ‘Favorite Moment In Wrestling’

John Cena has explained why a moment from his WWE retirement tour is now one of his favorite moments in wrestling.

Back in June, John Cena had his final match with CM Punk at WWE Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia, which was Punk’s first match to take place in the Kingdom.

Prior to the match, Punk took the time to apologise to the people of Saudi Arabia on the Night of Champions pre-show in regards to a tweet he sent to The Miz in 2019.

Speaking on What Do You Wanna Talk About?, Cena opened up on the moment, and why it’s one of his favorite moments in wrestling.

He said:

“I can’t get passed, Phil Brooks, CM Punk, Saudi Arabia, I think that might be my favourite moment in wrestling. The pre-show. I was lucky enough to have a promo with him that night, then a match, so I’m attaching myself to that moment, because I think it’s one of the best moments in wrestling.

“You had someone who, in a moment of frustration and reaction said some pretty hateful things about a culture, then you have that culture being like ‘f**k you, come at us’.

“Then you have a man who is brave enough to walk into the Lion’s den, and for young performers, old performers, please watch that pre-show, it fell under everybody’s radar, I was bawling my eyes out saying ‘this is the best thing ever’.

“Phil goes out there, I wanna say Phil because it’s his development as a man. Front row there is a dude to hold him accountable, and I’m huge on accountability, and in the right moment Phil was accountable for what he said, he gave a good explanation for the why, and what can we do after that? ‘I’m sorry’, and then you leave it, that’s all you can do.

“Forgiveness takes time, and when someone’s ready to forgive they’ll mend that face, that gentleman forgave him right there and the forgiveness was infectious. So what I see is like, holy shit wrestling just brought cultures together. Wrestling brought people with different ideologies together in an embrace and excitement.

“Phil went on that pre-show at 5pm, we did a promo at like 8:30. He went from being the most hated person, to saying sorry to one guy and being forgiven, and then the whole pre-show forgiving him, and then went out in front of 31,000 people and they forgave him.

“I don’t know if there’s a better moment than that, I don’t know if there’s a better moment of what we can accomplish in here of ‘fucked up, this is why I did it, this is what was going through my mind, I’m so sorry, I hope you can find it in your heart to move on’.

“I love growth, I love accountability, I’m an advocate for love and forgiveness, and that hit me in every right place, and that wasn’t even a match, it was a segment on a pre-show.”

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