John Cena (Best Of CVV) - Farewell Tour, Heel Turn, Never Seen 17, Gunther, The Rock, Favorite Match
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What is the overall concept behind John Cena’s Farewell Tour and how was it planned?
Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Vliet.
Thank you so much for coming in here.
We meet again.
We meet again. What a year this has been.
Right? Yeah. It's almost up. It's almost up. The year ends for me on December 13th, which is weird because that's like the inverse of the 31st. Oh. Ah, the number junkies out there. That's the end of my calendar year.
Are you able to put into words how you're feeling going into this last match?
Great. Truly great. We've... been able to put programming that's held the attention of folks out there for a year, been able to leverage individual intellectual property and create, attention through things like, uh, like the time is now tournament stuff like that's important. Even when you can't be there, you kind of help and get eyes on the product. Um, gosh, I'm super excited about the 13th because they bought what I sold them. I would love for it to be rather than just a tribute show, uh, I want it to be a look ahead and I'll have my last in-ring performance. That is for certain. I'm not doing anything after that. But in doing so in the night too, we're going to get big WWE superstars so they can say they were on the card in non-canon exhibition matches against the best and brightest we got in NXT.
So, gosh, what a way to go out. What a
way to go
out. Using those few hours that Peacock has given us and Netflix internationally to be able to say goodbye to... a chapter in my life that's very important and and in doing so hopefully get eyes on what could be the the next two decade run or maybe give somebody that boot in the butt that like yo this is what the noise sounds like you know like i yeah it's uh i'm really really happy man
i
feel i feel great
have you put a lot of thought into that final match and what that match is going to look like
I don't know who I'm facing, so not really. I think the most important thing is to just whatever, get opponent, do a brief, why are we fighting? And it's a very short build. So you have the finals, what, Monday on Raw?
Mm-hmm.
Which, gosh, we're a week away there. So you don't really have a bunch of promos and all that. So you got to define your why very quickly. And hopefully, I mean, we might even have to define our why in action.
Well, it feels like the why is retiring the greatest of all time.
Again, that's... That might be my why, because it's my retirement match. It's
time
to retire the greatest. So I don't know. I don't know. And that's, again, knee jerk. That's what you went to, which is great, because that's a believable why. But whether Gunther or LA Knight has another thing about like, hey man, this happened between us and this is how I feel. I've always been jealous of you, or I've always looked down on you, or I've always looked up at you and you ruined my dreams. Even if we don't use any of that stuff and can't and don't have time to, that's an important piece of the foundation when you start to think about like, hey, what does our time look like? And what does our story in the ring look like? I think when you can define that, it helps put the dominoes in line.
This is the first farewell tour WWE's ever done.
Yeah,
right. And you said they bought what you sold them. How did you pitch this to them?
That we have two options. At 48, I feel I can... Compete using magic hocus-pocus and all the tricks and wisdom I have but the pace of the product has passed me by and I either post I'm done, which is a post or I can I can pump the brakes on all other activities for the year and dedicate This to being the last year and I know it hasn't been done. But this is What I think what could possibly happen um creatively i'm allowing you to do whatever you want i just want to try to use whatever energy i have to pass on and hopefully give audiences memorable moments and i think I don't know if people will understand it right away, because no wrestler ever retires. I'll be the first. But it's been great to see audiences get it and audiences understand.
So now each show, like to be on these shows is something special. And we've had great moments come out of these shows.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the overall concept behind John Cena’s Farewell Tour and how was it planned?
0:00–12:54
2
How did Cena decide to turn heel and what was the reaction from fans and critics?
12:54–23:30
3
What did winning the 17th WWE Championship mean to John Cena personally and professionally?
23:30–31:59
4
Why was the match with Brock Lesnar at WrestlePalooza so short, and what was the reasoning behind it?
31:59–43:43
5
How important was winning the Intercontinental Championship this year and what did it represent for Cena?
43:43–53:18
6
Which match does Cena consider his favorite of his career and why does the AJ Styles match stand out?
53:18–1:02:57
7
What are Cena’s thoughts on his final match on December 13th and his life after retirement?
1:02:57–1:13:17
8
What three things is John Cena most grateful for at this moment in his career?
1:13:17–1:22:48
Speakers
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