John Cena’s shocking return is just what WWE needed – All About Wrestling

John Cena’s return to WWE at Cash in Financial institution provides the corporate an opportunity for the whole lot it wants proper now – if performed proper.

Cena, who was final seen on WWE programming at a fanless WrestleMania 36 final April, confronted Common champion Roman Reigns after the Tribal Chief defeated Edge in the principle occasion of the Cash within the Financial institution pay-per-view in Fort Price, Texas on Sunday night time. The followers delivered an all-timer of a pop when the 16-time world champion’s music hit — including one other one to Cena’s assortment. Reigns simply stared at Cena with a glance of whole disgust and a sense of how dare he steal my highlight. 

It units up a possible and epic foremost occasion for SummerSlam at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Aug. 21. Cena is without doubt one of the greatest film stars on this planet with “F9” out and “The Suicide Squad” on the way in which. He delivers the fast identify notoriety, headlines and the possible scores WWE desperately wishes now that followers have returned. It’s a sign flare to the world that WWE is again and there are large issues taking place. Cena already mentioned in a video on WWE’s social media after the present that he shall be kicking off “Monday Night time Uncooked.”

It’s solely one of many causes this was the fitting second and match for Cena’s return. Sure, WWE will get criticized for leaning too closely on its previous stars when it wants a lift. Cena, nonetheless, is a no brainer. Doing this too typically with different skills within the subsequent two to a few months shall be overkill, although.

So why is that this taking place in any respect? Nicely, Roman Reigns is working on a stage solely a handful of persons are at proper now in professional wrestling. Should you’re Cena, you desire a piece of that for your self and attempt to assist WWE proceed to construct its subsequent potential crossover star. Extra locations and media shops are going to be speaking about and looking a Roman Reigns as a result of he’s in a match with Cena — who can be the voice of Honda commercials.   

Assume again to when Reigns’ cousin The Rock got here again to have a program that lasted two WrestleManias with Cena in 2012-13. There’s a comparable really feel right here in star energy even with Reigns at a distinct level in his profession than Cena was at the moment. Cena was a extra established star however on the time he was WWE’s greatest man identical to Reigns is true now. Cena’s final match in entrance of followers was in January 2019.

WWE additionally doubtless doesn’t get Cena again with out a clear story to inform. This one dates again to 2017 when he completely embarrassed Reigns throughout a promo. Again then, Reigns was floundering because the WWE was making an attempt to shove him down the followers’ throat as our traditional babyface, together with a number of the worst-worded promos you’ll ever hear. Nonetheless, Reigns beat Cena in a singles match on the No Mercy pay-per-view that 12 months.

So now you’ve got a returning Cena, one world title win away from breaking Ric Aptitude’s report, testing to see if Reigns continues to be the man he ran phrase circles round final time that they had a program collectively, looking for out if Reigns actually is pretty much as good because the hype that’s now round him. For Reigns, it’s an opportunity to additional cement that he’s not the identical man he was in 2017, to dethrone Cena because the face of WWE and so as to add him to Daniel Bryan and Edge on the checklist of heroes he’s solid apart. 

Reigns must beat Cena — clear if there are not any plans to run this again at WrestleMania 38 in Dallas. There must proceed to be a really feel of if Bryan, Edge, and Cena can’t beat Reigns then who the heck can? It’s going to solely make an everyday Reigns’ loss or Massive E cashing in his Cash on the Financial institution contract to grow to be champion imply that rather more.

Cena is again to work with WWE’s greatest identify within the greatest storyline on the greatest present this 12 months. Embrace it. Get pleasure from it. It’s the whole lot WWE wants and the whole lot that makes professional wrestling nice — if performed accurately.