The curtain is about to close on one of the greatest professional wrestling careers in history as John Cena prepares for his final WWE match. The company has been posting videos of old matches and backstage shenanigans for a while, and now they have posted a video which highlights Cena’s caring attitude. The video shows Cena meeting critically ill children through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and their families thanking him for granting their children’s wishes.
The video starts with a montage of Cena meeting children, taking pictures with them, and even inviting them into the ring. It cuts to John talking about how he was approached for this. He said, “There is someone fighting some circumstances, and the one thing they’d like to do is spend some time with you. Would you have time for that? 100%, we are going to do that.”
The foundation’s CEO, Leslie Motter, also chimed in and said, “John Cena has granted over 650 wishes for the wish children. His courage, resilience and positivity are true motivators for so many of our wish kids.” In the background, John can be heard talking to a kid, and he tells him, “I was in the neighbourhood, and I heard about this hero, this true champion. Who always fights and never gives up, and I really wanted the chance to meet you in person.”
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At this point, families of the kids start showing up and talking about how Cena helped their children keep fighting. Farrah Lucero, the mother of Jesus Lucero, said, “My kid has a rare form of epilepsy, and it’s called Lennox-Gastaut. It affects everything. Mentally, his age is still 4-5 years old. The fact that I can lose him to this scares me, and it makes this hard. But he just lights up when he sees John Cena, and it makes me happy. That’s all I want for him, to be happy.”
Several other families spoke about Cena meeting their kids and how “the moment he walks in, he talks to you like he’s known you forever.” They lauded him for “actually investing time with the kids,” and how for their kids, “It was all about Cena.” The wrestler closed out the video by saying, “The simple granting of a wish can give hope, strength, and motivation. Something that might be there for only a moment, but it will last much, much longer than that.”
After announcing his retirement last year, Cena has been on his retirement tour and has faced marquee opponents like Randy Orton, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, AJ Styles, and Brock Lesnar. His final match will be at Saturday Night’s Main Event, where he will face off against Gunther.
