WWE: John Cena Day Declared for November 10th in Massachusetts, Ridge Holland Says Home Foreclosure Notice was Reason for His Airing of WWE Grievances, Backstage Update on WWE vs. NXT Exhibition Matches Set for 12/13 WWE SNME Show

John Cena Day Declared for November 10th in Massachusetts

Monday’s WWE RAW show at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts was notable for being John Cena’s final appearance in Boston for his in-ring wrestling career. Cena defeated Dominik Mysterio to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Following Cena’s in-ring performance on the show, the TD Garden announced that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has officially declared November 10th as “John Cena Day” in the state in honor of Cena and his legacy in wrestling.

“It’s officially John Cena Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Huge thanks to @MassGovernor for the special recognition.”

It’s officially John Cena Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts! 🐐

Huge thanks to @MassGovernor for the special recognition. pic.twitter.com/Zf9bigC43A

— TD Garden (@tdgarden) November 11, 2025

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Ridge Holland Says Home Foreclosure Notice was Reason for His Airing of WWE Grievances

As noted before, WWE terminated Ridge Holland’s, real name Luke Menzies, contract on November 5th following recent comments he made on social media about his grievances over WWE’s decision to let his contract expire while he was injured. Holland’s contract had originally been set to expire on November 14th. Holland has been out of action since this past September due to a lisfranc injury he suffered at a TNA Impact! taping.

A recent episode of the Cultaholic Wrestling podcast featured Menzies as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Menzies’ thoughts about how he began to run into financial problems in November of 2024 when he took a significant pay cut to go from WWE’s main roster to NXT. Menzies also gave his thoughts about how WWE had offered him a three-year deal with NXT pay but he elected to take a one-year deal instead due to it wouldn’t have made sense for him financially to take the longer lower paying deal.

“After my contract was due for renewal previously when I went to NXT, they offered me a three-year deal at a 50 per cent pay cut. With everything financially, I’m like, I can’t tie myself in for three years for that. It’s impossible. So can I do a one-year extension and I’ll try and make it work? We’ll cut back where we can and try, and even then that’s what started the financial issues.”

Menzies also gave his thoughts about how a recent foreclosure notice on his home was the cause for his recent public airing of his grievances about his WWE contract and financial situation.

“We’ve got a foreclosure notification on the house, so I just took to Twitter and I just needed to vent. I’m not gonna vent to my wife, she doesn’t need it. She knows. She doesn’t need me p*ssing and moaning, so I just typed it out. It was kind of like a way of coping. I shouldn’t have done it. I shouldn’t have let my emotions get to me. Then, obviously, what’s the old saying? Blow your feathers, you get your ass tickled.”

Menzies also gave his thoughts about when WWE had informed him that his contract was being terminated.

“Maybe two hours…It was just, ‘We’re going to exercise our right to terminate the agreement effective immediately. Bye.’ I just asked about the medical stuff, asking if that’s covered. And it was, ‘Yeah. Contact the medical team.’ And that was it. Obviously, I’m the one who put the tweet out, right, so I’ve got to take responsibility for that. It is what it is.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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Backstage Update on WWE vs. NXT Exhibition Matches Set for Dec. 13th WWE SNME Show

As noted before, Monday’s WWE RAW show in Boston, Massachusetts featured John Cena announcing that the card for his retirement match at the December 13th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show will be featuring several exhibition matches between WWE and NXT wrestlers.

The Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez reported that his sources stated that cena was the one who came up with the idea and pushed for NXT wrestlers getting matches on the December 13th WWE SNME show. Cena reportedly loved his recent time at the Performance Center for the inspiration for his push to make this happen for the upcoming show.