Kurt Angle: Who in the hell are you?

I’m John Cena!

I remember this open challenge of Kurt Angle on SmackDown, June 27, 2002, as vividly as yesterday. A buzzcut kid in trunks walked out, delivered that line, and the WWE was never the same again. More than two decades later, I, and millions of others, are seeing that same John Cena standing at the edge of the ring one last time.

And it’s not just me or only the wrestling world that is feeling it. NASCAR, with whom Cena shares a long association, has stepped in to offer a heartfelt farewell, tipping its hat to a larger-than-life figure who crossed industries, eras, and generations without ever slowing down.

‘You won’t see him,’ literally

After more than 20 years of carrying WWE on his shoulders, the 17-time world champion confirmed he

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