Cena also spoke more about their WrestleMania 41 match and called it the end of “act one” of their feud. He said he knew they needed to “peak” at SummerSlam, despite many performers getting it in their heads that WrestleMania is “the end.” He said that they had a methodical match with a simple end, though it did feature rapper Travis Scott, by design. Cena also subtly alluded to the absence of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

“We thought we would have some parts and players, and those disappeared, but it didn’t matter, because it was the end of act one, so we had act two and then act three,” he explained. “If you compare what we did in April to what we did in August… That’s the ride we’re taking fans on, but it’s as difficult to conceptualize as, ‘You’re not coming back. Everybody comes back. You had this match at WrestleMania. I wanted more.’ Yeah. No kidding. You’re going to get it.”

The future Hall of Famer is now set to take on GUNTHER in his retirement match. The pair will go face-to-face at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Washington, DC on December 13.

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