John Cena Reveals He Personally Created WWE Retirement Tour & John Cena Classic

TLDR

John Cena revealed on the Sports Illustrated Takedown podcast that he personally pitched both his WWE retirement tour and the newly announced "John Cena Classic" to WWE management. According to Cena, the retirement tour took a year and a half to develop and another year and a half for WWE to curate after accepting his pitch, while the John Cena Classic took four to five months for him to present properly and has been in development for about two months. Cena explained that the John Cena Classic is designed to function like WWE's version of an All-Star Game, featuring both WWE and NXT talent in unique matches with fan voting to determine standout performers.