John Cena kicked off this week’s episode of SmackDown and danced along to “John Cena sucks!” chants on the entrance ramp. Cena came down to the ring and stood with a smile on his face as the crowd booed and cheered. Cena discussed Shinsuke Nakamura defeating him last week and earning a shot at the WWE Championship at WWE SummerSlam.
Cena said that Shinsuke is afraid of nothing and a “Nakamura” chant broke out in the crowd. John noted that for a while he didn’t know why people were chanting Nakamura’s name, but last week he found out why. Cena said that Nakamura hits extremely hard and that he was shocked when he found out that he lost. Cena said that he shook Shinsuke’s hand after the match because Nakamura earned the right to call himself a champion.
Baron Corbin interrupted and said that he was so sick and tired of people talking about the stupid handshake after the match. Corbin said that he was Mr. Money in the Bank and that means that he is the future and that he has no problem making Cena a part of the past. Cena responded by calling Corbin “a skinny-fat overrated dumpster fire”. Cena then pointed to a sign in the crowd that read “Baron Corbin is a dumpster fire” and the entire crowd started chanting “dumpster fire!” at Corbin.
Cena challenged Corbin to come down to the ring for a fight. Corbin declined and said that John Cena isn’t worth his time because he has nothing he wants. SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan then came down to the entrance ramp and had a stare down with Corbin as the crowd chanted “yes!”.
Daniel Bryan tried to talk but the entire Toronto crowd started chanting his name. Bryan acknowledged the crowd and then directed his attention back to Corbin. Bryan said that he doesn’t know if Corbin is a dumpster or the future. Bryan then announced that Baron Corbin will face John Cena at WWE SummerSlam on August 20th.
Per #SDLive General Manager @WWEDanielBryan, Mr. #MITB @BaronCorbinWWE will go one-on-one with @JohnCena at #SummerSlam! pic.twitter.com/AHxY1KHzSE
— WWE (@WWE) August 9, 2017
Updated WWE SummerSlam card
Fatal 4-Way for the WWE Universal Championship
- Â Brock Lesnar (c) vs Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe vs Braun Strowman
(if Brock Lesnar loses, he leaves WWE)
WWE Championship
- Jinder Mahal (c) vs Shinsuke Nakamura
SmackDown Women’s Championship
- Naomi (c) vs Natalya
RAW Women’s Championship
- Alexa Bliss (c) vs Sasha Banks or Nia Jax
United States Championship (Special Referee: Shane McMahon)
- AJ Styles (c) vs Kevin Owens
Cruiserweight ChampionshipÂ
- Neville (c) vs Akira Tozawa
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- New Day (c) vs The Usos
-Rusev vs Randy Orton
-Big Cass vs Big Show (Enzo Amore will be suspended above the ring in a shark cage)
-Finn Balor vs Bray Wyatt
-John Cena vs Baron Corbin
