John Cena‘s final match will take place tomorrow on Saturday Night’s Main Event, but WWE will celebrate his career tonight on SmackDown. While John Cena is not scheduled to be present at tonight’s episode of SmackDown,

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of WWE SmackDown on December 12. Saturday may not be a PLE, but this weekend's episode of Saturday Night's Main Event is still a big deal because it will host John Cena's final match before he retires.

John Cena received support from Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Jelly Roll before his WWE rematch match — but their congratulations didn’t help him win. WWE aired video tributes from sports and entertainment superstars on WWE SmackDown on Friday,

WWE paid tribute to John Cena tonight on SmackDown with several video messages from some pretty big celebrities. With John Cena officially retiring from WWE tomorrow night at Saturday Night’s Main Event,

John Cena Sr. isn't thrilled with the finish of his son's retirement match against Gunther, which resulted in the 17-time world champion tapping out after multiple sleeper hold attempts to end the latest edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.

Despite fan sentiment in the building on Saturday, John Cena's final WWE match ended exactly how it should've. Now the challenge is to not drop the ball.

Ahead of John Cena's final match, there is going to be a celebration of his career on the December 12th Friday Night SmackDown.

Kurt Angle has recalled John Cena's SmackDown debut by giving a heartfelt message to the WWE star on his retirement. We're not crying you are

John Cena made his WWE debut on the June 27, 2002 episode of SmackDown, the 17-time World Champion’s career came to an end Saturday night at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Washington D.C. Cena tapped out to two-time World Champion Gunther,

On the June 27, 2002 edition of WWE SmackDown, Cena made his WWE debut by answering Angle’s open challenge. When Angle asked him what quality he possessed that made him think he could wrestle Angle, Cena responded, “Ruthless Aggression,” before slapping Angle in the face to start the match.

Before a stunned crowd, John Cena signaled to fans that his time is finally over, tapping out on a sleeper hold from Gunter at Saturday Night's Main Event.