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Cena Planning to Retire from Wrestling By Age 50

John Cena has been a part-time WWE Superstar in recent years as his Hollywood acting career has exploded, and he is already planning for his future beyond wrestling.

During an appearance this week on the Kelly Clarkson Show (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News), Cena made it clear that he intends to hang up the jorts for good by the time he reaches 50 years of age:

"Fifty is my absolute line in the sand. I would like to try and do it before that, but at 50, I'm just gonna tweet out, 'Peace out, see ya.' That's it, I'm good. I was very much driven where WWE was my passion 24/7 and I'm very grateful. I've grown and there's a lot of other avenues I'm curious about in life, being a great husband and partner is one of those. I just want to try do what I can in those [years]."

Cena turns 47 next month, which means he still potentially has a few more years left in him before he rides off into the sunset.

Due to his success in Hollywood, Cena has not truly wrestled a full-time schedule since 2018, although he has always found time to have at least one match in WWE every year since then.

He was relatively active in 2023, as he returned to have a match against Austin Theory at WrestleMania 39, and then returned to WWE again in September and stuck around for about two months.

Many fans are wondering if Cena may be involved with next month's WrestleMania 40 in some capacity, but that remains up in the air.

Cena's ability to wrestle usually depends on his filming schedule, but even if Cena can't have an actual match, it seems likely he will at least make an appearance at what is a landmark WrestleMania.

WWE is in a great spot due to the emergence of Roman Reigns as the face of the company and the progression of many other stars, but it never hurts to have someone of Cena's caliber in the fold.

It is difficult to envision the pro wrestling industry without Cena moving forward, however, the future is bright nonetheless, and Cena should have plenty left to give over the next few years.

Sting Scheduled for Convention Appearance Following Retirement

Sting officially retired from in-ring competition earlier this month at AEW Revolution, but the legendary pro wrestling star is staying busy.

GalaxyCon Richmond is advertising Sting to appear at the convention on March 16 in Richmond, Virginia.

The Icon will be signing autographs and posing for photo ops with some of the many fans who figure to show their appreciation for his remarkable career.

Sting, who turns 65 last week, went out in spectacular fashion at Revolution, as he and Darby Allin defeated The Young Bucks to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Sting put on a great show, and the live crowd in Greensboro, North Carolina, helped send him out on a high note.

The Stinger made his pro wrestling debut in 1985, and he went on to establish himself as one of the top stars in the business for nearly 40 years.

Sting was a multi-time world champion in both WCW and TNA, and he even got to have a brief run with WWE in 2014 and 2015, facing Triple H at WrestleMania 31.

It seemed as though Sting's wrestling career was over after suffering a neck injury, but after getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, he got a new lease on life and was given the opportunity to end his career on his own terms in AEW.

Sting joined the company in late 2020, and for the entirety of his run there, he wrestled exclusively in tag team matches with Allin, and he went undefeated.

Despite his age, he consistently put his body on the line for the entertainment of his fans, and they loved him for it.

Sting may be done with wrestling from an in-ring perspective, but by appearing at events like GalaxyCon, he can remain connected with his fans and the wrestling business.

Danielson Discusses Future Plans in AEW

Bryan Danielson's career as a full-time in-ring performer is nearing its conclusion, but that doesn't mean The American Dragon is bracing for retirement.

Speaking as part of a SXSW panel this week (h/t Mukherjee), Danielson divulged that while his in-ring schedule is going to get considerably lighter after this year, he isn't going to full retire either:

"I don't use the 'R-word' [retirement]. I already had to do that once and I don't wanna do it again. I wanna leave it open to be able to wrestle when I'm 75 if I so choose. When I came to AEW, CM Punk had just debuted several weeks before and he had talked about wanting to help the younger talent, all that kind of stuff and I watched his interview and I was like, 'That's what I was gonna say.' So then, when they asked me about it, 'What's your goals here in AEW?' I was like, 'Ah, I'm gonna come in here and kick everybody's heads in. I don't care about pushing younger guys to the top, all that kind of stuff. I'm just gonna stomp them in the face and show them that I'm the best.' But that's actually not the reality as somebody who's 42 years old and who has two kids."

Despite his status as arguably AEW's biggest star, Danielson has not won a championship of any kind since joining the company in 2021, and it sounds like he intends to keep it that way.

The 42-year-old veteran was already atop the industry as a multi-time world champion in WWE, and now he seems more interested in giving back and helping some of AEW's younger performers reach their potential.

Last year, Danielson told Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail that 2024 would indeed be his final year as a full-time wrestler.

Danielson has stressed the importance of spending more time with his family, and moving into a part-time role will allow him to do that, but it will also help satiate the fans who still want to see him in the ring.

During his time in AEW, Danielson has been huge in terms of bringing additional credibility to the product, and keeping him around in any capacity is likely a goal for AEW president Tony Khan.

Although Danielson ending his full-time wrestling career will be the end of an era, his stated desire to be able to wrestle from time to time for decades to come suggests that fans will still have the pleasure of rooting on Danielson for the foreseeable future.

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