Who has their last match first?

[ChitownKnight]

With HHH, Taker, HBK, and Batista all officially gone. Cena, Orton, and Edge and Jericho are the only guys from the Ruthless Agression/PG era still having matches atleast part time. Who is done first? I think Edge retires at Mania 39 but I wouldn’t be surprised if Cena already wrestled his last match

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Edge mentions he doesn't have much time left in like every other interview so I'd say it's him. Plus he has young kids and has talked about wanting to be there for them. I imagine he retires at the end of his contract. Plus he seems like the kind of guy who would want to go out his way and plan a retirement match. Jericho is still going strong. Orton has a lot left in the tank including a period where he works an Edge esque schedule. Cena is a wild card but I imagine he will still come back every few years for a match here and there.

[Nosnorb]

Hard to tell. Cena might end up in a position like The Rock, that he cannot risk getting injured in the ring. I would say it's either Cena or Edge.

[Fake Jesus]

That's not true though, obviously? Plenty of guys from the Ruthless Aggression and PG eras still around... Miz, Dolph Ziggler, LESNAR, etc. Miz and Dolph debuted closer to Cena, Orton, Batista and Lesnar than Hunter Hearst Helmsley did to HBK and the Undertaker.

[Jindrak Mark]

Jericho and Orton seem like the type to keep doing intermittent matches well into their 50s (Jericho is already 51). I think Cena or Edge will formally announce their retirement first, probably Edge. I think he signed a 3 year contract upon returning in 2020 but with a lot of his earlier matches wasted in front of no fans during the pandemic maybe he'll extend for an extra year. Either way, I think he's done in the next couple of years while Cena at 44 is young enough he can focus on Hollywood for a while and still be in decent enough shape to return and do the odd big match over the next 5-7 years.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Cena said it himself that he isn't done so there is that. But how much more does he ever thought about doing remains to be seen. Unless he forced to not wrestle like the Rock was but even the Rock been talks about a match. So who knows. I say the order of the list is. Top being the most likely.

Edge
Jericho
Cena
Orton: He went on record he think he can go in his 50s. So at 41 now that at less 10 years. So I see him being the last of the group as long his health allows it.

[ChitownKnight]

Mar 25, 2022 13:10:14 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

That's not true though, obviously? Plenty of guys from the Ruthless Aggression and PG eras still around... Miz, Dolph Ziggler, LESNAR, etc. Miz and Dolph debuted closer to Cena, Orton, Batista and Lesnar than Hunter Hearst Helmsley did to HBK and the Undertaker.

Well I was more so referring to guys that RAN shit during that era. Brock was gone by 2004 and Miz/Ziggler were more upper midcarders

[Mozenrath]

I'm honestly not sure that Cena isn't already effectively done, that he's in a position like Rock where it's just not worth getting hurt when he's just better off acting, especially with how shittily WWE handled the last time or two he came back. If they're going to be ingrates about it and act resentful of his presence, why come back?

Orton and Jericho both don't seem like they want to stop anytime soon.

Edge definitely feels like the answer here.

[Ben Wyatt]

Feels like Edge has another year or so in him. I think he's had an end date in mind from the second the comeback started

[4real]

Due to the severeness of his injury that originally retired him I have to think Edge is the obvious choice here.

[Push R Truth]

I could see Jericho pulling a Flair and showing up for money 20 years after he should have quit for good.