Booker T wants all fans to unite to watch John Cena's retirement

The NXT commentator reschedules a show date to avoid overlapping with the WWE star's final appearance

Booker T describes John Cena as the greatest of all time

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Sebastián Martínez
Sebastián Martínez
Published 10/15/2025

John Cena's retirement will take place on December 13 at the last edition of Saturday Night's Main Event in the year 2025. The event is gaining enormous magnitude and fans are looking forward to seeing that moment, especially live, as has been demonstrated in the pre-sale of show tickets.

Booker T, current NXT commentator, has wanted to refer to this moment, announcing that his promotion, Reality of Wrestling, will change the date of its Sub Zero show, which originally coincided with the WWE show. The former WCW World Champion invited all fans to witness a unique moment.

"In honor of the final match of @JohnCena that will take place on December 13 in the Saturday night main event, at @TheOfficialROW we have made the decision to move our annual winter event, #SubZero, to December 20," wrote Booker T on X.

Some moments in this industry are more important than any show, and this is one of them. We want everyone in the wrestling world to come together to watch, reflect, and honor the greatest of all time in his final farewell.

We still do not know who will be John Cena's opponent on his last date, although some media outlets have confirmed that Gunther will be the chosen one to carry out the task. Before that moment arrives, there has also been talk of a match between John Cena and Dominik Mysterio for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series.

Booker T and John Cena also shared a short but intense rivalry on WWE SmackDown during 2004. At that time, Cena was defending the United States Championship and Booker emerged as one of his main challengers. Their confrontation culminated in a best of five series to decide the ultimate champion, an idea inspired by Booker's classic battles in WCW. The series extended over several events and ended at No Mercy 2004, where Cena defeated Booker T in the fifth and deciding match to regain the title, thus solidifying his rise to stardom in WWE.