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John Cena Returns to Casual WWE Clothing but Says He Is Still Retired
John Cena has returned to casual clothes at WWE appearances after wearing suits following his in-ring retirement.
He said the suits did not stop fans from chanting for him to have another match, and other wrestlers can still get physical while dressed formally.
Cena says he is retired and will never wrestle again, with a policy of not taking another wrestling bump.
Casual clothes also help him feel more comfortable and move around the ring more easily.
His trademark denim shorts are retired, and he now wears cargo shorts without his former wristbands, towel or knee pads.
Cena is appearing on WWE programming as the John Cena Classic approaches, including SmackDown, Raw and Survivor Series.
The Classic is scheduled for December 14, will air live on Netflix as an episode of Raw, and will feature main-roster wrestlers against NXT wrestlers.
Club WWE members will vote for the men's and women's champions, but no matchups have been announced.
John Cena has returned to wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap for WWE appearances after wearing suits following his in-ring retirement.
Cena said the suits did not stop fans from chanting for one more match and made it harder for him to move comfortably.
He says he is still retired, will never wrestle another match and intends never to take another wrestling bump.
Cena said his trademark jorts are retired and that he now wears cargo shorts.
He is appearing in WWE as the John Cena Classic approaches.
- Who
- John Cena, the retired WWE wrestler.
- What
- He has returned to casual clothing for WWE appearances while maintaining that he will not wrestle again.
- When
- Ahead of the John Cena Classic; the article was published on November 13, 2026.
- Where
- At WWE appearances.
- Why
- Cena said suits did not prevent fans from asking for another match and made it harder for him to move comfortably.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Cena began wearing suits for WWE appearances to signal that he was done wrestling.
Cena returned to wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap.
Cena was scheduled to appear on SmackDown as the build to the John Cena Classic continued.
- John Cena Classic
- Scheduled for Monday, December 14
- Confirmed entrants
- Cody Rhodes, Zilla Fatu, Kelani Jordan, Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno
- Broadcast
- The event will air live on Netflix as an episode of Raw
- Retirement stance
- Cena says he will never have another match and will not take another wrestling bump
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What people are saying
I don’t wanna confuse the consumer. If I show up in dress shoes in a suit with a pocket watch, hopefully the consumer isn’t gonna think one more match,
That didn’t work. They still chanted one more match. And I love wearing suits. Also, Cody Rhodes gets beat up in suits. So, the one thing I was trying to accomplish was really murky.
Those weren’t jorts in Brooklyn, and they weren’t jorts on NXT. I’m wearing cargo shorts,
So, when I said the jorts are retired, the f***ing jorts are retired.