AEW star reacts after John Cena loses to Gunther in his retirement match at WWE SNME

An top AEW name has shared his reaction to John Cena suffering a loss in his retirement match at WWE SNME. The star in question, Austin Gunn, is one half of The Gunns along with his brother Colten, besides being a member of The Bang Bang Gang.

This weekend WWE set up shop in the Capital One Arena for the 42nd edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, a show of special significance as it was main evented by John Cena wrestling his final match against Gunther. After a spirited and emotionally charged contest, The "Greatest of All Time" shockingly tapped out to The Ring General to put a bow on his decorated in-ring career.

Tributes to Cena have been pouring in from across the wrestling world, as the legend receives heartfelt messages from fans and personalities across promotional lines. AEW star Austin Gunn took to X/Twitter just a while earlier to post a snapshot of the former Undisputed WWE Champion's back profile, from what appeared to be his pre-match ring introduction during SNME.

Check out Gunn's post below:

Check out a photograph of John Cena from SNME below:

John Cena being introduced for the last time at Saturday Night's Main Event [Source: @WWE on X]

Many other prominent AEW names have congratulated John Cena for closing out his iconic career, including All Elite broadcast personality Taz and Head of Talent Relations Christopher Daniels.

AEW's top champion's recent tribute to John Cena

Earlier this week on Dynamite: Winter is Coming, Samoa Joe defended his AEW Men's World Championship against Eddie Kingston in the main event of the episode. The "King of Television" was successful at retaining his title in his very first defense, as he managed to submit The Mad King with his dreaded Coquina Clutch.

Earlier in the match, however, Joe had surprised fans by unexpectedly paying homage to John Cena ahead of his retirement bout at SNME 42. After planting his opponent with an Attitude Adjustment, The Samoan Submission Specialist had Kingston locked up in an STF, a submission hold that the Cenation leader has used throughout his career quite effectively. Joe even performed a salute at the camera while executing the move, making the tribute arguably very clear.

Samoa Joe's tribute to John Cena [Source: @PromoJoeYT on X]

It remains to be seen if Cena will appear again on WWE programming in a non-wrestling capacity.

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Edited by Anurag Mukherjee