A hulking visage of 17-time WWE world champion John Cena holding aloft a glittering belt looms above the line to enter Perth’s RAC Arena ahead of his appearance in the ring in front of a packed house on Saturday night.

Cena – a bona fide A-lister – is currently in the midst of a protracted farewell tour as his career transitions from headlocks to Hollywood, a well-trodden path many wrestling stars have made over the years.

A larger-than-life image of a larger-than-life wrestling star adorns the side of Perth’s RAC Arena ahead of this weekend’s WWE “takeover”. Credit: Cameron Myles

The Crown Jewel: Perth showdown on Saturday – the seventh “Crown Jewel” event the wrestling juggernaut has run, but the first held outside Saudi Arabia – will be Cena’s final WWE appearance in Australia.

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