Since his comeback to the WWE programming, John Cena has regularly been featured on Smackdown storylines. For the time being, he’s been involved in an angle with The Bloodline while forming a temporary tag team of AJ Styles. This eventually set up a tag team match between the two sides for the upcoming WWE PLE, Fastlane.
It was John Cena who kicked off this week’s SmackDown with AJ Styles to have a confrontation with The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso). Things were about to go physical until the heels decided to back down. Then the tag team match was seemingly set to feature in the main event of the show.
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The Bloodline refuse John Cena and AJ Style's challenge 🥲#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/CsbJbn4zoF
— WWE on TNT Sports (@wweontnt) September 23, 2023
A few segments later, WWE Official Adam Pearce informed The Bloodline’s Special Counsel Paul Heyman that Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa will take on John Cena and AJ Styles in a tag team match at Fastlane. These four names were assigned to sign a contract on Smackdown to make the PLE match official.
John Cena then again came to the ring for the contract signing segment when a backstage video aired where Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa were seen brutally assaulting, AJ Styles backstage. Solo delivered a Frogsplash on Styles at the parking lot after which the latter was then taken to a hospital on a stretcher.
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The Bloodline just DECIMATED @AJStylesOrg! 🩸@WWEUsos@WWESoloSikoa #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/MnSI7RH81Z
— WWE on TNT Sports (@wweontnt) September 23, 2023
Get well @AJStylesOrg 🌹#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/5Zx8r2oCwM
— WWE on TNT Sports (@wweontnt) September 23, 2023
WWE Smackdown: John Cena received a beatdown from The Bloodline
Paul Heyman, Jimmy, and Solo then came to the ring with Heyman carrying a contract in his hand that was signed by the second greatest of all time (a jab from Heyman pointing at Roman Reigns being The Greatest of All Time). No partner was mentioned for John Cena as Styles has been injured.
Jimmy then took the mic away from Heyman and emphasized that’s what happens when one messes with The Bloodline. John Cena eventually came out to the ring and tried to take out Solo & Jimmy but the numbers game caught him up. Going for the Attitude Adjustment on Solo, Jimmy superkicked him while Solo hit him with the Samoan Spike before Jimmy came down with the Uso Splash.
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WOW! History repeats itself 😭@WWESoloSikoa#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/g0rAtrJlB6
— WWE on TNT Sports (@wweontnt) September 23, 2023
John Cena just got BEAT UP! 😳@WWEUsos#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/hDp4YxdgC7
— WWE on TNT Sports (@wweontnt) September 23, 2023
As John Cena was receiving this beatdown, the crowd heavily chanted for The Rock to come out and make the save but that wasn’t the case. Following the beatdown, Jimmy and Solo signed the contract and put it on the victim’s chest to end this week’s Smackdown.
