A year and a half ago, John Sina stood in the ring during Money in the Bank, and he announced that he was going to be retiring in 2025, that this would be his final year in the ring.

People began to wonder, you know, what is this retirement year going to look like and fantasy booking all of the different matches that he could have

and all of the old faces that he could step into the ring with. And of course, now we are at the

end of the retirement run. And there's going to be a lot said and a lot made about this final year for

Sina, the good, the bad, the ugly. There was a lot of it this year.

But one decision that I was pretty content with was Gunther as his final opponent.

There were some people who did not like the idea of Gunther being this man's final opponent.

They think Gunther is boring.

I don't see Gunther as boring.

I see Gunther as a throwback.

I see Gunther as the ultimate final boss. I see Gunther as somebody. I see Gunther as a throwback. I see Gunther as the ultimate final boss.

I see Gunther as somebody who it's almost impossible to go in there with and have a bad match.

So you could at least be assured that John Sine and his final match was going to be able to go out there and have a good outting on his way out, right?

Win or lose? It didn't really matter. But over the course of this retirement run, there's been a lot of missteps and a lot of, man, they should have done this, and everybody's going to have their own ideas and opinions on that, and that's cool, right? That's wrestling. That's the discourse online. Everybody can have their own opinion about how things should have gone. I have mine. You have yours.

But one thing that I really felt in the weeks leading up to this show, even though it goes against all conventional wisdom, you would hear from these old school wrestlers that say you have to go out on your back.

You have to go out. You have to go out the right way.

You have to do the honors on the way out. You have to leave things better than you left it.

And you have to leave it that way because you're gone. And whoever beats you is going to continue on.

And I understand that. I understand that concept. I get that idea. But I really felt that it would be the wrong move for John Cena to go in there and lose his final match, especially after this run that he has had.

Very mixed bag.

19,000 people there in Washington, D.C. tonight.

And man, if these people deserved anything, it was a happy ending.

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