Cody Rhodes have shared his reactions to John Cena’s WWE retirement match at Saturday Night’s Main Event tonight. Cena had his final WWE match tonight as he faced GUNTHER, with GUNTHER scoring the win as Cena tapped out to a sleeper hold.
During the Saturday Night’s Main Event Post-Show, Jackie Redmond spoke to WWE Champion Cody Rhodes at ringside after John Cena final match. The American Nightmare was very emotional over tonight event and spoke to Redmond in tears.
Rhodes: “It’s really hard to describe, in the sense of all the positives he brought to our industry and leaving it better than we found it,” Rhodes continued. “Wrestling is, there’s a way it ends. He did everything right by the book, and it’s still like, when it’s that good, you don’t want it to end. I know that’s vague, but he did everything by the book and taught so many people. He set such a high standard, such a high bar.”
“I’m not trying to get emotional on his night, but more than anything, take a moment and think about those sneakers, and the pump-ups before that, and the man that filled those, and what he was able to do through good and bad times.”
Rhodes further stated, “Tonight, everyone was just chanting ‘Let’s Go Cena’ — not a ‘Cena s**ks’ chant in the house. It’s everything. I’m so happy that it happened. It’s a great, great arena with wrestling history, and I’m so glad it happened there.”
Also in the interview, Rhodes revealed how he had immediately accepted Triple H’s invitation to be part of the event.
“It’s a great, great, great arena with great wrestling history, and I’m so sad it happened too, right? Triple H had called me and asked me if I would be part of Saturday Night’s Main Event. And always, wrestlers act like oh, that’s such a big ask. Are you kidding? To be part of John Cena is final show, to be able to bask in this glory and this house, there’s a number, I’m sure Triple H is reading it right now somewhere, the amount of sellouts, the amount of things John did, and I know that sounds really material, but John led with his heart, and John also led with his mind.
“He was a businessman, and he was trained by businessmen, and he trained us to be businessmen. So for to go out here, where you got 19,000 people, whatever it was, and not a soul leaves until he leaves. That’s a sign of not a good career, a great career, and we can only hope to have something like that. Really, hats off to the greatest of all time.”
