{"id":216843,"date":"2026-05-21T14:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=216843"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:57:51","slug":"john-cena-says-he-wont-do-anything-physical-in-wwe-in-retirement-cites-no-fall-downs-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/05\/21\/john-cena-says-he-wont-do-anything-physical-in-wwe-in-retirement-cites-no-fall-downs-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena says he won&#8217;t do anything physical in WWE in retirement, cites &#8220;no fall downs&#8221; policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3218129582\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>John Cena won&#8217;t be getting involved in anything physical when he appears in WWE while retired.<\/p>\n<p>Cena said he has enjoyed retirement since losing to Gunther at SNME in December\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s great. Honestly, it\u2019s great,\u201d said Cena during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=224Hkn1NnWQ&amp;time_continue=3&amp;source_ve_path=NzY3NTg&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f4wonline.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Zack Heydorn on The Takedown on SI. \u201cPhysically, I feel great. Gosh, I love watching the product. You saw me, I was having a bunch of fun at WrestleMania. Really looking forward to the future and my future role in WWE. Very excited about the John Cena Classic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;PWT Talks NXT&#8221; with Kelly Wells and Nate Lindberg, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/pwt-talks-nxt-wells-lindberg-discuss-saquon-shugars-getting-beaten-out-of-darkstate-lizzy-rain-s-first-big-test-against-tatum-paxley--72079257\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - Wells &amp; Lindberg discuss Saquon Shugars getting beaten out of DarkState, Lizzy Rain\u2019s first big test against Tatum Paxley\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=72079257&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Cena was the host of WrestleMania 42 in April and at Backlash he appeared to announce the John Cena Classic. Since he retired, Cena has not gotten involved in any physical altercations in the ring. He has also been involved in the launch of the Club WWE fan membership launch.<\/p>\n<p>Cena said he has a &#8220;no fall downs&#8221; policy for his appearances in WWE. &#8220;This was the confusing thing about retirement,&#8221; said Cena. &#8220;First of all, I will stay retired \u2014 no fall downs. I will not do anything physical, but that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m away from WWE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, anyone who knows me knows how passionate I am about not only the sports entertainment business but WWE as a brand. So it was simply a matter of like, \u2018So where do I fit in now?\u2019 and we\u2019re still trying to find out those pieces, but I think we got a clear path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - PWTorch NXT Post Show (5\/19) w\/Wells &amp; Lindberg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjFYThap8Bw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1295356206\"><div id=\"pwtor-772619939\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>John Cena won&#8217;t be getting involved in anything physical when he appears in WWE while retired. Cena said he has enjoyed retirement since losing to Gunther at SNME in December\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s great. Honestly, it\u2019s great,\u201d said <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/05\/21\/john-cena-says-he-wont-do-anything-physical-in-wwe-in-retirement-cites-no-fall-downs-policy\/\" title=\"John Cena says he won&#8217;t do anything physical in WWE in retirement, cites &#8220;no fall downs&#8221; policy\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":166284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-23-at-4.32.18-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216843"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216847,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216843\/revisions\/216847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}