WWE News: Reason Why John Cena was Brought to Monday Night Raw
Aug 31, 2017 at 2:17 PM
Following Wrestlemania 33, John Cena was gone from the WWE for his movie commitments until he came back on July 4th. Quite interestingly, he was back with a ‘free agent’ tag with himself. It will allow him to swipe along both Raw and Smackdown, as per the creative choice. He returned as part of the blue brand, but it did not take him a long time to jump ship to Raw.
Summerslam marked the last night for John Cena on behalf of the blue brand before he showed up on Raw on the very next night. The moment just got bigger considering that he had a face-off with Roman Reigns, the guy who claims that Raw is his yard, nowadays. It was quite a bit indication that these two favourites of Vince McMahon will lock horns, at one point.
The night turned out to be a raucous affair for both Reigns and Cena who were hit by the vocal Brooklyn crowd who booed them out of the building. Furthermore, they were interrupted by The Miz and Samoa Joe who were cheered by the audience despite being the heels. It led to a tag team action in which Reigns and Cena teamed up, together.
It was quite a fresh matchup in the main event of Raw which is why the Cenation Leader is back on the flagship show after a hiatus of more than one year. Recently, Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated noted on the same topic as of why the creative has brought back Cena on Raw. He said that the move was made as to pit the emerging superstars against him which in turn will elevate the status of the new talents. He and Reigns will be given the same duty, jointly. Check out the comments from the wrestling journalist, here:
“The prevailing factor behind Cena’s move to Raw is all about his opponents. The decision was not made solely because Cena is going to draw ratings, but rather because of who Cena is going to draw ratings with.”
It was also thought that moving Cena might be due to improving the Raw ratings. But, Justin also spoke up saying that it’s not the reason. The Boss also wants to elevate Reigns’ status using Cena which is why the franchise is back on the show. It is to be seen whether we get the inevitable Cena vs Reigns match, earlier or we have to wait till Wrestlemania 34.