Grayson Waller Will Host John Cena Next Week On WWE Smackdown
John Cena is coming back to WWE SmackDown every week until October, and WWE has revealed how he’ll make his next appearance on the blue brand.
John Cena will return to SmackDown next Friday. He’ll be a guest on the Grayson Waller Effect talk show on September 15. WWE officially announced this segment during last week’s SmackDown.
Waller himself shared the news while commentating on Austin Theory’s match against LA Knight on SmackDown. The self-assured Aussie claimed that Cena would finally get the chance to interact with Grayson Waller. He also expressed his excitement on Twitter once the segment was confirmed.
This encounter promises to be intense because Cena and Waller had a physical confrontation a few months ago at the Money in the Bank 2023 premium live event. Cena made a surprising return to WWE to support London as a potential WrestleMania host, but his speech was interrupted by Waller. Cena was advocating for a WrestleMania in the United Kingdom when Waller, a 33-year-old star, interrupted him.
Waller delivered a villainous promo, stating that the UK crowd didn’t deserve a WrestleMania, but Australia did. He then took a cheap shot at Cena, trying to take him out, but Cena responded with an Attitude Adjustment.
It’s unclear what Cena’s next move will be in terms of a feud. This could set up a Cena vs. Waller rivalry or continue the existing issues between Cena and The Miz. These problems were reignited when Cena served as the special guest referee for The Miz vs. LA Knight match at Payback. The Miz followed this up by attacking an invisible Cena on Raw last week.
The Cena vs. Grayson Waller match that was anticipated to happen at WWE Superstar Spectacle in India didn’t materialize. Cena’s first match since WrestleMania 39, where he lost to Austin Theory in a United States Championship match, took a different turn during the WWE Live Event in India. This is why he missed this week’s WWE SmackDown.
In the main event of Superstar Spectacle 2023, John Cena and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defeated Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) in a tag team match. Both men executed their finishing moves (Attitude Adjustment and Pedigree) for a double pin-fall win.
Now that Cena has completed his match in India, he will be back on WWE SmackDown starting next week. WWE is promoting his appearances throughout September and October. This essentially confirms his presence at the early October PLE Fastlane and possibly at Crown Jewel later in the month.
