Key Highlights
- We haven't seen a retirement tour quite like Cena's past 12 months before, but the man earned and deserved a send-off of this degree.
- Unfortunately, now that we have the full picture from WWE, the way it was shaped wound up rougher around the edges than many hoped. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhat didn't workAs the ultimate company man, Cena has made plenty of excuses and given countless non-answers as to how he's felt about the handling of the final year of his in-ring career.
- Whether it was Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson or WWE's fault for why things went off the rails after Elimination Chamber in March, that'll likely forever be up for debate.
- What we do know is there was a grave mishandling of arguably the biggest heel turn WWE has ever executed, which Cena has since admitted was done purely for the moment. Not much more explanation is needed regarding why the run afterward felt as flat and empty as it did. It's still easy to make the case that the heel turn was the greatest scene from Cena's final year, though if you only look at it in a vacuum.
- Hindsight — and the knowledge of how the story swiftly stumbled over its own feet — absolutely destroys its value.
