John Cena’s Next WWE Match Announced

WWE has officially announced the next match for former WWE Champion John Cena.

During this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Rosemont, IL at the Allstate Arena on the USA Network, Michael Cole revealed that Cena would be featured in the World Cup tournament match at the upcoming Crown Jewel event next month. It was noted that Cena would not have to qualify to be part in this tournament. Instead, he will be featured in the bracket of matches that takes place at this event.

It was also noted that 8 superstars – 4 stars from Raw and 4 from SmackDown Live – would be part of this tournament. WWE has already announced that Big Show vs. Randy Orton and Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe in qualifying matches will take place on SmackDown Live this week.

There's only one @WWE Superstar who does NOT have to qualify for the #WWEWorldCup to determine the best in the world…and his name is @JohnCena! #RAW pic.twitter.com/TLSBjtTRAR

— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2018

Cena was most recently active under the WWE banner when he wrestled at Saturday’s (October 6, 2018) WWE Super Show-Down pay-per-view event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia on the WWE Network that saw him team up with Bobby Lashley to beat Elias and Kevin Owens in a tag team match.

WWE presents the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event on November 2nd, 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium and will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.