John Cena wasn’t there in attendance for this week’s WWE Smackdown but he did appear for the fans, live in attendance for the August 6 show. The fans present at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida witnessed the megastar in action once the show went off the air. They also got to see a few superstars from NXT and a Raw Superstar in action in several dark segments, before and after the show.
The dark main event of this week’s Smackdown in Tampa saw John Cena teaming with Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio for a six-man win over WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos – Jimmy and Jey Uso. For weeks now, this matchup is being held for WWE house show events and Rey seemed extremely thankful to Cenation Leader for working with them on a regular basis.
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John Cena won a six-man tag team match
The finish of all these matches has Roman Reigns protected in them and the latest bout was no different. The finish to this match saw John Cena dodge a Spear from Reigns, who wrestled in his street clothes from SmackDown. Cena then delivered an Attitude Adjustment to The Tribal Chief who rolled out of the floor. Jey Uso then rushed the ring but he also ended up receiving an AA. Jey was the one to digest the pinfall loss by the 16-time world champion.
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As mentioned above, John Cena was not present on the main show of Smackdown. But he was mentioned through Finn Balor’s promo after the main event match which saw Balor pinning Baron Corbin for a win. Balor intended to go through Cena in order to get to a championship opportunity against Roman Reigns. Balor was about to get a title shot but Cena got the shot, instead.
Dakota Kai vs Aliyah
Dark match from Smackdown
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Apart from John Cena, there was also a special appearance by WWE Ambassador and Tampa Bay’s own Titus O’Neil. The hometown star came out and welcomed Tampa to SmackDown before the show tapings began. The first dark match of the night saw RAW’s Keith Lee defeat NXT’s Austin Theory while the second match featured NXT’s Dakota Kai defeating Aliyah, who is rumored to be a trade on the RAW roster with Mandy Rose who is now a part of NXT.