With the Riyadh season kickstarting in the fall of 2024, WWE will be a part of the festivities and so will be their poster figure, John Cena. After a gap of more than four years, the final franchise player of the WWE brand is expected to visit the Middle-Eastern country as he’s currently active in competition on Smackdown.
A new video uploaded by the official account of Riyadh Season to promote the upcoming events in Saudi Arabia includes a vignette on Crown Jewel which should be the next WWE premium live event in that region. It essentially confirms the show as the company is yet to officially announce the date and location of the event.
More interestingly, the video has John Cena included on it in a short clip which also indicates that WWE could have secured the top Superstar for a trip to Saudi. For the time being, he is being advertised to appear on TV until the final Smackdown episode in October. But since Crown Jewel is scheduled just a week after that date, it’s likely that WWE may get to extend his stay for a bit longer.
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John Cena worked in only one WWE Saudi Arabia PPV
To date, John Cena has only worked one PLE in Saudi Arabia so far, which was the inaugural event of WWE’s partnership with Saudi Arabia. That pay-per-view named the Greatest Royal Rumble 2018 saw him defeating Triple H in the opening match. This also eventually is his last televised singles victory to date.
It was on the September 1 episode (the go-home episode of the Payback premium live event) of WWE Smackdown that John Cena returned and kicked things off to say thank you to the WWE fans, more than ever as they have given him 20+ years of moments. After having a brief interaction with Jimmy Uso, he was announced as the host of Payback PLE.
After wrapping up the duties for the September PLE, John Cena missed the very next WWE Smackdown as he was in India to feature in the main event of Superstar Spectacle 2023. He and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defeated Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) in a tag team match. The finish saw both the men hitting their respective finishers (Attitude Adjustment and Pedigree) to earn a double pin-fall win.
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