John Cena became a 17-time WWE Champion at WrestleMania 41, defeating Cody Rhodes in the main event. The match was memorable for Travis Scott getting involved in the match and Cena embracing his heel personality. Fans were left disappointed by the match, though Cena, now a babyface, and Cody had redemption at WWE SummerSlam in a street fight.

In the end, there were no surprises. No run-ins or plot twists. No headline-stealing appearances from The Rock. Instead, WWE played it straight and simple with John Cena's swan song — as it knew it had to do.

Well ahead of their run-in at WrestleMania 40 and their brief alliance during John Cena's retirement tour, he and The Rock clashed both on- and off-screen.

Last night, John Cena officially ended his historic WWE career with a loss to Gunther. After decades of telling everyone never to give up, the greatest of all time did just that after getting repeatedly ensnared in a sleeper hold.

John Cena officially retired from professional wrestling this weekend, and had some famous pals sent him congratulatory messages.

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.

Tonight marks the end of an era as John Cena, a 17-time World Champion, wrestled in his final match at Capital One Arena.

The 17-time world champion, who has spent nearly a quarter century in WWE, wrestles his final match on Saturday night against Gunther in Washington, D.C.