John Cena returns to host WrestleMania 42 months after finishing in-ring career

LAS VEGAS – John Cena finished up his in-ring vocation successful December astatine Saturday Night’s Main Event, losing to Gunther successful his last match.

Cena’s 2025 was bumpy to accidental the least. He won the men’s Elimination Chamber match, earning a changeable astatine the Undisputed WWE Championship against Cody Rhodes. On the aforesaid night, helium turned heel, aligning himself with The Rock. He vowed to "ruin nonrecreational wrestling" arsenic helium picked up the record-breaking 17th WWE title of his vocation astatine WrestleMania 41.

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Cody Rhodes and CM Punk contiguous John Cena with the Undisputed WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship during Saturday Night's Main Event astatine Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., connected Dec. 13, 2025. (Rich Freeda/WWE)

He returned arsenic a look earlier SummerSlam, dropping the rubric backmost to Rhodes. He concisely had an Intercontinental Championship run, which saw him suffer to Dominik Mysterio astatine Survivor Series: WarGames. Weeks later, his vocation came to an end.

Cena vowed that helium was finished wrestling for good. But that didn’t needfully mean helium was going to reappear successful a antithetic capacity.

He volition big WrestleMania 42 connected Saturday and Sunday night.

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip that Cena volition beryllium backmost astatine a WWE lawsuit since his retirement.

WrestleMania Nights 1 and 2 volition instrumentality spot successful Las Vegas astatine Allegiant Stadium for the 2nd consecutive time.

John Cena looks connected during Saturday Night's Main Event astatine Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., connected Dec. 13, 2025. (Rich Freeda/WWE)

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Night 1

• LA Knight, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Logan Paul, Austin Theory and IShowSpeed successful a six-man tag squad match
• Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre successful an unsanctioned match
• Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan successful a singles lucifer for the Women’s World Championship
• AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch successful a singles lucifer for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship
• Seth Rollins vs. Gunther successful a singles match
• Nia Jax and Lash Legend (c) vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Bella and Brie Bella successful a fatal four-way tag squad lucifer for the Women’s Tag Team Championship
• Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton successful a singles lucifer for the Undisputed WWE Championship

Night 2

• Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar successful a singles match
• Penta (c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Rusev vs. Je’Von Evans vs. JD McDonagh vs. Dragon Lee successful a ladder lucifer for the Intercontinental Championship
• Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley for the WWE Women’s Championship
• Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams for the Intercontinental Championship
• Finn Balor vs. Dominik Mysterio successful a singles match
• CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns successful a singles lucifer for the World Heavyweight Championship

Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar look disconnected successful the ringing with Triple H during Monday Night RAW astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, N.Y., connected March 30, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)

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