WWE confirmed today that John Cena is headed to SmackDown this Friday night.
This comes after his surprise return at Money in the Bank. He’s also slated to appear on Monday’s episode of Raw. He’ll be explaining his motivation for returning. All of these appearances will be three times within a week that he’s appeared on WWE programming.
Cena made his return to confront Universal Champion Roman Reigns after “The Big Dog” successfully defended his Universal Championship against Edge in the main event of the latest pay-per-view event presented by WWE.
It’s been reported that Reigns vs. Cena is expected to take place at SummerSlam next month but hasn’t been officially announced.
Friday’s episode of SmackDown is taking place at two different locations – the show being held at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio and matches airing from the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami, Florida.
Already announced for SmackDown is Bianca Belair’s SmackDown Women’s Title defense against Carmella, a match between men’s Money in the Bank winner Big E and Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews (airing from Rolling Loud) as well as Toni Storm’s debut.
