{"id":441194,"date":"2025-12-12T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/441194\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:04:13","slug":"john-cenas-final-match-rumor-at-saturday-nights-main-event-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/441194\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena\u2019s Final Match Rumor at Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event Debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just days before John Cena\u2019s final in-ring appearance at WWE Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event, the planned match order has already changed.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports from Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline claimed that Cena vs. Gunther would open the December 13 edition of SNME, with Cena being given \u201cas much time as he wants.\u201d The update made headlines, especially since this episode airs exclusively on Peacock, freeing WWE from NBC\u2019s usual hard time constraints.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cCena vs. Gunther is scheduled to open SNME,\u201d Alvarez previously wrote. \u201cThere is no set runtime for this latest edition\u2026 so everyone will get all the time they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, that report now appears to be inaccurate. In a new update posted on December 11, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewBaydala\/status\/1999190249889583396\">Andrew Baydala<\/a> disputed those claims, stating he had inside knowledge that Cena\u2019s farewell bout would not be kicking off the show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen the \u2018reports\u2019 and I understand they are given what they are given but\u2026 I can tell you that as of today, and things change rapidly. John Cena\u2019s last match will NOT open #SNME.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With plans still evolving in real time, it\u2019s unclear where on the card Cena vs. Gunther will ultimately land. WWE could still book a dramatic farewell speech to close the show or use the match to spike early interest before transitioning into the rest of the lineup. Either way, the layout is far from locked.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the card includes WWE Champion Cody Rhodes facing Oba Femi in a non-title clash, Bayley taking on Sol Ruca, and AJ Styles &amp; Dragon Lee facing Je\u2019Von Evans and Leon Slater in tag action. But all eyes remain on where\u2014and how\u2014John Cena will say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>Does Cena deserve to close out the show, or should WWE let him open strong and leave the spotlight for new stars? Share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n<p>December 11, 2025 2:58 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days before John Cena\u2019s final in-ring appearance at WWE Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event, the planned match order&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":441195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,5234,67,132,68,79830],"class_list":{"0":"post-441194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-john-cena","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-wwe-featured"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115703674847128599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}