Professional wrestler and actor John Cena, 46, revealed on Tuesday that he plans to hang up his wrestling boots and step away from the squared circle by the time he turns 50, Entertainment Tonight is reporting.
“That’s not a maybe. That time is gonna come and it’s gonna come soon,” Cena told the entertainment news outlet.
“Inside I feel great, but I know what it takes to be a WWE performer night in and night out and I don’t ever wanna just go out there and do it to do it. I wanna have the passion — the same passion as the fanbase — and I wanna give them exactly what they give me. The miles on the speedometer say, ‘Hey, that’s gotta be done before 50.’”
Cena, a 16-time WWE world champ who made his debut with the company in 2002 and has had at least one match a year for the past 23 years, isn’t dismissing the occasional return to the ring like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the report said.
“As long as I can perform, I don’t intend to miss a year,” Cena said.
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