In a video posted on social media accounts of WWE, John Cena announced his retirement from the in-ring competition. He will bid farewell to WWE in 2025

Back in the year 2022, Jones suffered two major strokes and was diagnosed with dementia. Previously, the wrestler stated that he had been diagnosed with stage II colon cancer. He entered WWE with a moniker of "Lucius Brown" before the famous Virgil. He took the name Virgil as a rib towards Dusty Rhodes, whose real name was Virgil Runnels