About this episode

John Cena discusses his retirement and shares stories with Cody Rhodes in his first interview after leaving WWE.

John Cena sits down with Cody Rhodes at The Nightmare Factory for his first interview after his WWE retirement. Cena talks about his retirement tour, shares never-before-told stories about traveling with Rhodes and more. A WWE and Fanatics Original Production, presented by Wheatley American Vodka, Affirm and Raycon. Raycon audio products are up to 20% off this holiday season. Go to  https://buyraycon.com/RHODESOPEN  to save on Raycon audio products sitewide. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Cody Rhodes

Guest: John Cena

Topics covered

• retirement
• wrestling
• interview
• personal stories
• WWE

Keywords

• John Cena
• Cody Rhodes
• WWE retirement
• wrestling stories
• Nightmare Factory

Sponsors

Raycon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE, Fanatics

Places: The Nightmare Factory

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