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It's no secret that every time an older Superstar steps in the ring, fans wonder how much more they have left in the tank. It also usually causes a great deal of debate among wrestling fans and leaves them hanging on what happens next. The WrestleMania season only confounds this debate and leaves fans looking at every little subliminal message to see if this is truly it for their favorite Superstar.
WWE still sometimes brings a Superstar back after a retirement match, thus making it even harder to discern whether fans have truly seen a Superstar for the last time.
While this might be true for most cases, here are five Superstars that have likely wrestled their last match in WWE. As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments below and be sure to tell us who you think will be most likely to retire out of these five Superstars
#5 The Big Show
The Big Show shocked the world when he interrupted Drew McIntyre's post WrestleMania celebration and challenged him to a match, but there might be a bigger meaning behind it. Interestingly enough, it seemed less of a surprise last-second way keep fans glued to RAW and more of a way to give The Big Show one last send-off.
In all honesty, there is no bigger way for Big Show to go out than a WrestleMania dark match where he put over WWE's next big thing. In fact, it instantaneously legitimized McIntyre after mowing through Lesnar and Big Show in short matches and helped paint The Scottish Psychopath as the underdog.
The Big Show has served as a sort of gatekeeper for a long time now in WWE and there is no better way to go than in that role. It also gives Show more time to focus on his ambassador role with WWE and hopefully land more acting gigs like his new Netflix show, The Big Show Show.
#4 Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar has been a mainstay in WWE for several years now and while he lends a certain level of legitimacy to the company, it comes at a price. Unfortunately for the company, having him lose to another Superstar in two of the last three editions of WrestleMania has slowly started to chip away at that legitimacy.
Another big problem with Brock Lesnar as a character however, is the fact that he always seems to be the same person. Sure, WWE tries to mix it up a bit with a few one-off comedy segments and the Brock Party after his Money in The Bank victory, but the core of Lesnar's persona hasn't changed.
In the end, WWE has told the same story with Lesnar several times over the past couple of years and it's starting to get old. Furthermore, Lesnar has let it be known before that he prefers to be off of the road and on his farm, which is only going to result in WWE dolling out significant sums of money or losing their top guy.
#3 The Undertaker
The Undertaker's boneyard match with AJ Styles was nothing short of amazing and really stole the show on Night One of WrestleMania 36. Of course, maybe that was the point since the bout served as the last match of the evening, but it was still interesting to watch play out.
One of the most vexing questions when it comes to the Boneyard match is whether this is The Undertaker's last match or if this is just a new way to keep him going. Now, The Phenom could hold off on retirement and only appear in this matches, but that would rob him of a chance to go out on a high note.
Maybe The Undertaker does have a few more matches in the cinematic world and keeps his legacy going that way. Although that would be an excellent chance way to capitalize on the character and maintain the relic of the past, there will arguably be no better send-off for The Undertaker than what he did in the Boneyard match.
#2 Goldberg
What does Goldberg have left to prove?
While seeing him back in a WWE ring did pop a rating for Friday Night SmackDown and opened the door to sort of dream match at WrestleMania 36, there is really little for him to come back for. Sure, the company could offer him the same deal again down the line, but what would really be the point?
Think about it -- Goldberg is already a two-time Universal Champion, has had two high profile WrestleMania matches in three years and both of which were for the title. Goldberg's name is already etched into pro wrestling folklore and with his history of less than stellar matches, he might just want to go out on a high note.
In the end, getting beaten by Braun Strowman might just be the best note he could go out on. Furthermore, not only does it allow for Strowman's win to mean more by retiring Goldberg, it also finally gives the WCW legend an honorable way to go out passing the torch to The Monster Among Men.
#1 John Cena
John Cena competed against 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Fun House match. While the contest featured a lot of twists and turns, the biggest one had to be whether he would retire after the match or not. WWE even teased the move by having John Cena's promo from Friday Night SmackDown over the end of the match and making Cena disappear.
While it is perfectly possible that this only a write off for now while Cena tackles ventures in Hollywood, his return speech a few months ago on SmackDown points otherwise. In fact, between him saying he didn't know when he would be back and him acknowledging that he should sit out WrestleMania 36, it's obvious that Cena knows his time is done.
Why else would he take part in what can only be described as a retrospective of his illustrious career? Why else would The Fiend go over him in a match? Lastly, why else would WWE play audio of Cena's promo seconds before he vanished from the ring?
