During his appearance on the most recent All Axxess Podcast, John Cena Sr. said Gunther should not be his son’s final opponent.
Cena Sr named off Kurt Angle, Adam Copeland, Chris Jericho and JBL as his four choices to face his son. Copeland is still under contract with AEW, while Jericho’s current AEW deal is up sometime this month.
“Well, it certainly wouldn’t be Gunther, that’s for sure,” Cena Sr. said. “I don’t think that that’s a wise move. I don’t think the fans would enjoy that move. Myself personally, Gunther does not need the rub. By the way, I’m not a fan of [the idea that] on the way out, you’ve got to push somebody over the top, you’re supposed to pass quote-unquote ‘the torch.’ I don’t know where that’s written anywhere in professional wrestling. If we have to use that as an analogy, then he’s already done that with Cody Rhodes. He beat him for the title, he gave the title back, they embraced as you saw, Cody was teary eyed, the torch was passed….So my thought is — is there anybody that needs the rub? I think he’s given the rub along the way, especially with Dominik Mysterio… Who else do I think he should face? I really wish that Kurt Angle was able to get back in the ring, because that would be an outstanding last match for Cena and Angle. And I say this all the time, I really truly believe that [Baron] Corbin should not have been Angle’s opponent for his retirement match — it should have been Cena. Who would I like to see John face? Obviously I just kind of emphasized that. I would say Kurt Angle number one. I would say Adam Copeland number two. I would say Chris Jericho number three. And a wildcard on my part, I’d love to see John Cena face JBL. Those would be my four choices.”
Cena’s retirement match takes place on December 13 at part of Saturday Night’s Main Event that will emanate from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC and air live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix for international fans.
Quote Source: F4WOnline.