Top 3 best male WWE Superstars of 2025 ft. John Cena

Overview

• John Cena's retirement tour in 2025 has been a mixed bag, as his run as a heel did not match the expectations, while his run as a Babyface has been excellent
• Cody Rhodes has had a good year in 2025 so far, given his performances in PLEs like the Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Crown Jewel
• Seth Rollins has had some major moments in 2025, including his heel turn at WrestleMania, the formation of The Vision, and Ruse of the Century at SummerSlam

A major part of the 2025 season of WWE has concluded. Along with a couple of Saturday Night Main Events, only a big PLE, Survivor Series, is left to be concluded, apart from the weekly episodes. The last SNME of the year on December 13 will mark the end of Cena's career, where he is set to retire as an active wrestler.

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From the leadup to the Royal Rumble to October, there have been many wrestlers who had a good year with some fine matches under their belt. With only a couple of months left to complete the year, there might not be many changes to the overall output of wrestlers in the current year, unless some exceptional performances every week from here.

Top 3 best male WWE Superstars of 2025

Cody Rhodes

Cody Rhodes has had a good year in 2025 so far, given his performances in PLEs like the Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Crown Jewel. His Last Man Standing match against Kevin Owens at Royal Rumble was a great start to the year. Cena turned heel on him at the Elimination Chamber but their match at WrestleMania did not deliver.

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However, the rematch at SummerSlam did, as their street fight was one of the best matches of the year. Cody's match at Wrestlepalooza wasn't as good, but the leadup to his Crown Jewel match and the performance in it was great. His feud is set to continue against Drew McIntyre for the rest of the year.

Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins has had some major moments in 2025, including his heel turn at WrestleMania, the formation of The Vision, and Ruse of the Century at SummerSlam. At Royal Rumble, his brawl with CM Punk and Roman Reigns was one of the highlights. His heel turn to join forces with Paul Heyman at WrestleMania was one of the moments of the year.

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Seth formed The Vision with Heyman, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed. He wreaked havoc on Raw, won the Money in the Bank, and cashed it in at SummerSlam to pull off the Ruse of the Century. His match against Cody at Crown Jewel was brilliant, which could be his last match of the year.

John Cena

John Cena's retirement tour in 2025 has been a mixed bag, as his run as a heel did not match the expectations, while his run as a Babyface has been excellent. His heel turn at the Elimination Chamber was one for the ages. However, WWE dropped the ball with his entire heel run, although Cena did his best in the period.

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However, it's his run as a Babyface and his matches since then that make him the male wrestler of the year. His matches against Cody at SummerSlam, Logan Paul at Clash in Paris, Sami Zayn on his final SmackDown, and AJ Styles have all been excellent. He has also been the biggest selling point of WWE in the year.