John Cena On When He Plans To Retire From Wrestling

John Cena has opened up about his latest WWE return, noting that he’ll keep wrestling until he’s offending the customer.

John Cena is set to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam on August 21. Despite returning to WWE for a major title match, Cena recently stated that the company’s future won’t be stable if they keep investing in aging prospects.

Speaking with Chris Hardwick on ID1OT, the 16-time World Champion noted that he’s only going to wrestle as long as he feels he has something to contribute to the product. Thinking about the fans, Cena said:

“Returning to WWE, it’s a brand new world. A new cast of characters, new direction with the company, new platforms, new environment. There is a challenge there, To challenge myself as a 44-year-old to go back, there is an Intrinsic challenge there, a set of circumstances. That’s a good challenge in many ways. My body could tell me after this extended stay, ‘dude, you’re done’ or it could tell me, ‘You’re so far from done it’s crazy.’ That’s another interesting conversation with myself. If physically, I’m slower, I’ve said openly to everyone that I will keep doing this until I feel I’m offending the customer.

“I will continually go out there and do what I can to contribute and add. I don’t want to go out there and be like, ‘Okay, just let him go out there and (do his thing).’ I’m not into that because I know what it’s like to pay for a ticket. If I were to get that on this go-round, it’s a humbling and tough thing that I will have to hurdle.

“If I get the opposite and it’s like, ‘You’re quicker and can do some things better and define a new personality,’ then that’s a new conversation because I do not have much time left and if I want to give it like, ‘let’s really commit to this thing and really go all in,’ that’s an honest choice where other stuff will have to take a backseat.”

Since returning, Cena has been helping the current generation of WWE stars improve, coaching Dominik Mysterio during house shows. Sami Zayn has also noted that Cena was raving about his match with Finn Balor at a WWE Live Supershow.

Quote via Fightful.

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