WWE is trying to hype up the upcoming year with a number of big announcements in programming. The audience got numbers of spoilers regarding the show since WWE Raw was a taped edition. But then again there were some surprises in-store when Vince McMahon appeared on the show via a video package. He announced that the women’s tag team championships are coming up in 2019.
John Cena’s reaction on Nikki Bella topic
A steel cage match was an added attraction of WWE Raw in the New Year’s Eve episode. Furthermore, the franchise figure of the company finally made a comeback on Smackdown. It will be none other than John Cena who is returning to the flagship show as well as the B-show. The January 1st episode of Smackdown featured him whereas WWE Raw will bring him back on January 7th episode.
This might turn out to be exciting news for the WWE Universe. The good thing is that John Cena will be available for WWE live events throughout the month of January. Plus, more numbers of WWE Raw and Smackdown Live have added him on the card hinting his involvement in storylines leading up to Royal Rumble. So does that mean that WWE has locked him on for the first PPV event of 2019?
The answer is probably no, going by the reports of Dave Meltzer. As per him, John Cena is booked for a new movie from January 20th onwards. This rules him out of any appearance in Royal Rumble. He can’t appear in the month of February or March, either that might force him to miss Wrestlemania 35, too, This is what Meltzer has stated via Wrestling Observer Radio,
“I mean he starts the movie January 20th so that pretty much takes him out of the Royal Rumble so if he’s not in the Royal Rumble then he has no ticket or direction for [WrestleMania].”
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If the circumstances are true then John Cena has a significant chance of missing Wrestlemania after more than a decade. He has been a constant name at the grandest stage ever since becoming the franchise player. Keeping himself out of the scene will cement his part-timer status, even more.
