On one of the rarest occasions on television, two of the franchise players of the WWE, Roman Reigns and John Cena will compete against each other. This happens on next week’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown on FOX on December 30 which is a special edition where Cena and Kevin Owens will team up against the dual champion and Sami Zayn.
Two all-time greats set for a massive collision
Prior to this, Roman Reigns and John Cena did square off inside the WWE ring in two separate singles matches as the latter was passing the baton to the former. In both of their two high-profile matches, Cena came up short at SummerSlam 2021 and No Mercy 2017. Given his successor’s current form, it’s likely that the outcome won’t be any different, the next time around.
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The upcoming tag team match was set up in a kayfabe way where Owens apparently requested Cena to compete in the match so that he could keep a record intact of competing in the WWE, each year since debuting in 2002. Cena didn’t hesitate to accept the offer but Roman Reigns is dismissive of him being able to help out Owens to overcome The Bloodline.
Roman Reigns traded a jab at John Cena on WWE Raw
During the latest episode of Monday Night Raw on the USA Network, Roman Reigns showed up with Paul Heyman in a backstage segment and threw some trash talk for Cena as well Owens. In the opening segment of the December 19 edition, he told that Owens is going to need a lot more than John Cena to stand a chance against him.
In fact, Owens may need the entire Raw locker room to have his back in order to win the match. Otherwise, the Bloodline will “torture” him and make his life a living hell, and Cena will be able to do nothing about it. Moving forward in the show, we didn’t further spot the Head of the Table but The Bloodline members were there to deliver some random attacks to any of the Raw roster members.
The upcoming match featuring Roman Reigns and John Cena could be the last time that these two all-time greats may share the ring in a match. Hence, this one is going to be a can’t-miss occasion for the WWE Universe. Cena is no longer an active member of the WWE roster and even his adversary performs in selected shows per his new deal with the WWE.
