NBC Sports Announces John Cena’s Retirement Match Will Take Place on December 13 Edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event

John Cena’s time will officially be over in December.

In a press release from NBC Sports, Peacock, the streaming service for NBC broadcasting, and WWE, part of the TKO Group Holdings announced a multi-year partnership to be the exclusive broadcast service for Saturday Night’s Main Event.

You can read the full press below, which also details that the December edition of the event will feature the final match of John Cena’s legendary career; there is no word yet on whom he may wrestle by then.

STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 20, 2025 – Peacock and WWE^®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced a multi-year partnership agreement to exclusively stream the iconic Saturday Night’s Main Event series live on Peacock.

Saturday Night’s Main Event will stream in primetime exclusively on Peacock four times each year, featuring WWE’s top Superstars, rivalries, championship matches, and more.

Peacock will exclusively stream two nights of Saturday Night’s Main Events this year, with the first taking place on November 1. Additionally, Saturday Night’s Main Event on Dec. 13 will feature John Cena in his retirement match.

The WWE Network library will remain available on Peacock through the end of 2025, and NXT Premium Live Events will be available on Peacock until March 2026.

Throughout the term of the partnership, the SmackDown library will remain on Peacock on a 30-day delay and USA Network will continue as the live exclusive home of SmackDown on Friday nights.

“We’re excited to bring Saturday Night’s Main Event exclusively to Peacock beginning this fall,” said WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque. “NBCU have been terrific longtime partners, and we look forward to continuing to work with them for years to come.”

“Peacock has had a wonderful relationship with the WWE and we’re excited to see it continue far into the future,” said Rick Cordella, President, NBC Sports. “Saturday Night’s Main Event is some of the most premium content the WWE produces, including John Cena’s upcoming retirement match, and it will be all live and exclusive on Peacock.”

Saturday Night’s Main Event originally premiered on NBC in 1985, and ran on the network until 1991. The popular event returned to NBCUniversal in September 2024 with a special Saturday Night’s Main Event on NBC and Peacock from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y., the site of the first-ever Saturday Night’s Main Event.

The December 13th edition of WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event will be the last stop for Cena, who is currently embroiled in a feud with Logan Match, the two are set to collide at Clash in Paris.

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