
Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has addressed the possibility of him facing John Cena during Cena’s WWE retirement tour.
John Cena will hang his jorts up for good in less than a year, with 2025 being the 16-time world champion’s final year as a WWE competitor.
Ahead of Cena’s final match, a number of people have pitched for Kurt Angle to return for one final match, with Angle notably being John Cena’s main roster debut opponent in 2002.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Kurt Angle noted that while he’d love to wrestle John Cena in WWE, he can’t physically do it anymore.
The WWE Hall of Famer said:
“No, I can’t wrestle anymore. Actually, you know what I did? I did wrestle about two months ago. I did a commercial for CBS, and it was for the NFL pre-game for the Ravens and Steelers. So me and a gentleman named Kyle Brandt, he’s a sportscaster for CBS.
“He pretended he was the Ravens and I pretended I was the Steelers. We had a pro wrestling match and I was bumping.
“Because what happened was I threw my back out and I couldn’t walk for a week after that. My wife was like, you’re never getting in that ring again, and she’s right. I shouldn’t have even got in the ring, but it was a lot of fun to do it.
“I would love to wrestle John Cena. There’s nobody that wants to wrestle John more than I do for his retirement match, especially with the respect I have for him. I just can’t do it.”
Angle notably had his own retirement match at WrestleMania 35 in 2019, losing to Baron Corbin in singles action.
Corbin has now wrestled his first match since his WWE departure, click here to read more.
Kurt Angle says he'd love to wrestle John Cena on his retirement tour, but he can't physically do it:
"I would love to wrestle John Cena. There’s nobody that wants to wrestle John more than I do for his retirement match, especially with the respect I have for him. I just can’t… pic.twitter.com/ApdZNp2AHt
— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) January 21, 2025
Transcription via Chris Van Vliet.
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