The story of John Cena is the story of a wrestling era, a generation of WWE connecting to a younger audience through the story of a hero that would never give up.

WWE paid tribute to John Cena tonight on SmackDown with several video messages from some pretty big celebrities. With John Cena officially retiring from WWE tomorrow night at Saturday Night’s Main Event,

Pro wrestling superstar John Cena ended his 24-year WWE tenure at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., by doing what he hadn't done in more than 20 years: He tapped out. Cena submitted to former two-time WWE heavyweight champion Gunther at Saturday Night's Main Event in a stellar final match that had the crowd hanging on to every moment,

The Miz and Evans had a match after a heated moment backstage set it up earlier in the show. The A-Lister had control for the first couple of moves, but the high-flyer sent him out of the ring and hit a beautiful moonsault.

John Cena received well-wishes from Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Jelly Roll, among others, before he lost his WWE retirement match on December 13