Last week on SmackDown Live, Shinsuke Nakamura defeated John Cena to earn a shot against WWE Champion Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam. With less than two weeks until the pay-per-view, “free agent” John Cena is still without an opponent for the show. According to a report at PWInsider.com, Cena will be working against Money in the Bank contract holder Baron Corbin.
After last week’s SmackDown went off the air, Baron Corbin attacked Shinsuke Nakamura, who had just defeated John Cena in the main event. Cena made the save and slammed Corbin through the announce table with an Attitude Adjustment, setting the stage for their SummerSlam showdown.
As we’ve noted in recent weeks, Cena will be competing on the RAW brand after SummerSlam. Cena is advertised for most episodes of RAW following SummerSlam leading up to the RAW brand’s No Mercy PPV on September 24th, where Cena will also be competing.
Cena is not advertised for the RAW after SummerSlam and will be missing the September 18th episode of RAW, as he’ll be appearing on a SmackDown live event from China.
John Cena is currently starring in Season 2 of the American Grit reality competition series, which airs Sunday nights on FOX.
