The Last Time Is Now Tournament 2025 was a tournament held by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to determine the opponent who's going to face John Cena in his retirement match at Saturday Night's Main Event. The tournament began on November 10, 2025 episode of RAW and concluded on the December 5, 2025 episode of SmackDown.
History[]
At Saturday Night's Main Event XLI, it was announced that a tournament would be held to determine John Cena's final opponent for his retirement match at the next edition of Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13. The tournament started on the November 10, 2025 episode of RAW at Cena's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, which would then culminate at the December 5, 2025 episode of SmackDown. Current TNA wrestlers Matt Cardona and Nic Nemeth appeared as mystery participants on the tournament, returning with their former names of Zack Ryder and Dolph Ziggler.
Participants[]
Tournament bracket[]
| First Round RAW (November 10-17) SmackDown (November 14-21) |
Quarter Finals RAW (November 24) SmackDown (November 28) |
Semifinals RAW (December 1) |
Final SmackDown (December 5) | |||||||||||
| Jey Uso | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Miz | 9:57 | |||||||||||||
| Jey Uso | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rusev | 9:35 | |||||||||||||
| Damian Priest | 8:52 | |||||||||||||
| Rusev | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jey Uso | 9:39 | |||||||||||||
| LA Knight | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 10:54 | |||||||||||||
| The Miz | 11:08 | |||||||||||||
| LA Knight | Pin | |||||||||||||
| LA Knight | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Zack Ryder | 8:36 | |||||||||||||
| LA Knight | 17:49 | |||||||||||||
| Gunther | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Penta | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | 10:02 | |||||||||||||
| Penta | 4:20 | |||||||||||||
| Solo Sikoa | RD | |||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | 8:53 | |||||||||||||
| Solo Sikoa | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Solo Sikoa | 18:31 | |||||||||||||
| Gunther | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Je'Von Evans | 15:04 | |||||||||||||
| Gunther | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Gunther | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Carmelo Hayes | 17:40 | |||||||||||||
| Carmelo Hayes | CO | |||||||||||||
| Bronson Reed | 13:49 | |||||||||||||
Notes[]
- The Miz, who was eliminated during the first round of the tournament, replaced Sheamus in the semifinals after the latter suffered a shoulder injury.