Sixteen-time world champion wrestler John Cena introduced his retirement Saturday at WWE’s Cash within the Financial institution at ScotiaBank Enviornment in Toronto, which Cena stated was the “good” place to make the announcement.In recent times, Cena has proven off a towel that stated “By no means hand over.” This time, it stated, “The final time is now,” a reference to his entrance music, “The Time Is Now.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM John Cena celebrates his win throughout Wrestlemania in New Orleans April 6, 2014. (Jonathan Bachman/AP Photographs for WWE, File)Cena additionally wore a shirt that stated “The Final Time Is Now Tour” and “John Cena Farewell.”Cena stated he would compete at subsequent yr’s Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania, which might be his remaining occasions. Chants of “Thanks Cena” roared by means of the gang afterward.”Thanks for letting me play in the home you constructed for therefore a few years,” Cena instructed the gang.Now a Hollywood celebrity, Cena made his WWE debut in 2002 and shortly grew to become a fan favourite. His first dominant shtick was as a trash-talking rapper when he was nicknamed the “Physician of Thuganomics.”Two of his most well-known matches had been at back-to-back WrestleMania occasions in 2011 and 2012, each of which got here in opposition to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Cena misplaced the primary however gained the second. John Cena returns to WWE for the WWE Common Championship throughout Cash within the Financial institution at Dickies Enviornment in Fort Value, Texas, July 18, 2021. (Joe Camporeale/USA At present Sports activities)WWE CHAMP CODY RHODES DISHES ON THE ROCK’S RETURN, HOW WRESTLEMANIA 40 MAIN EVENT WAS SHAPING UPCena has been a part-timer the final 5 years. His most up-to-date return, earlier than Saturday, got here on evening two of WrestleMania XL when Cody Rhodes dethroned Roman Reigns because the undisputed WWE champion.He gained his first of 16 world championships at WrestleMania XXI in 2005 on the age of 28.Outdoors the ring and movie, he’s identified for having granted probably the most needs for the Make-A-Want Basis, granting near 700.Due to his in-ring success and recognition that was unmatched all through the 2010s, he is broadly considered one of many biggest WWE performers of all time and is commonly positioned on hypothetical WWE “Mount Rushmore” lists. John Cena enters the ring on the WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn Aug. 23, 2015. (JP Yim/Getty Photographs)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPCena has headlined WrestleMania 5 instances, and since subsequent yr’s in Las Vegas might be his farewell, it is honest to imagine he’ll headline a sixth.Comply with Fox Information Digital’s sports activities protection on X, and subscribe to the Fox Information Sports activities Huddle publication.