Former WWE Champion claims it would be a "career-defining moment" to retire John Cena

A former WWE Champion shared that it would be a career-defining moment to battle John Cena in his retirement match next month. The promotion is holding the "Last Time is Now" tournament to determine the 48-year-old's final opponent at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13.

Rusev and Damian Priest will be squaring off tonight in the first round of the tournament. The Bulgarian Brute claimed that John Cena ruined his life by defeating him at WrestleMania 31 in a video earlier today.

Ahead of WWE RAW, Priest shared that it would be a career-defining moment for him to be John Cena's final opponent in WWE. The former World Heavyweight Champion noted that everyone remembers Cena's debut, so they will likely remember his final match as well.

"For me personally, it would mean the world. It is a career-defining moment. You know, you remember his first (match), right? When he came out with the Kurt Angle thing. How could you not remember his last? So, there is a reason why there is a tournament for that privilege," said Priest.

You can check out the video in the post below:

Sheamus and Shinsuke Nakamura will also be squaring off in the first round of the "Last Time is Now" tournament tonight on WWE RAW. Stephanie Vaquer will be defending the Women's World Championship against Raquel Rodriguez, and Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair will be putting the Women's Tag Team Championships on the line against The Kabuki Warriors tonight on RAW as well.

John Cena Sr. wants to see his son face two former WWE stars

John Cena Sr. recently stated that he wanted to see his son battle two former WWE stars during his retirement tour.

In an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda Wrestling, John Cena Sr. noted that he'd love to see his son get the chance to battle Chris Jericho and Edge (Adam Copeland) one more time before he retires from in-ring competition.

"I mean, I'd love to see Adam Copeland in there with John. That would be a great finish. Jericho is another guy that I could think that might be in there with Cena, but the way it's going, take the coin and throw it in the air, and let's see which football team gets the first ball. Yeah." Cena Sr. said.

It will be interesting to see what The Doctor of Thuganomics has to say when he kicks off tonight's edition of RAW in Boston.

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Edited by Robert Lentini