John Cena Planning To Stay In WWE To Defend Title After SummerSlam

There have been a variety of reports regarding the WWE status of John Cena after his SummerSlam match with Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Mega babyfaces Cena stole the contract to get the match, and while Reigns is the heavy favourite to retain his title on August 21, if Cena does win, he is very much intending to stick around to defend the belt.

Speaking to Jeff Conway of Forbes, Cena discussed his time away from WWE, and his plans if he does come out of SummerSlam as the new Universal Champion. He said:

“I didn’t want to really leave in the first place but I was faced with a bold choice and that bold choice is try your hand at another way of entertaining people through movies and television but if you take that risk, then you can’t be on the WWE in a full capacity. I could speak maybe or I could be an announcer but you can’t participate. You can’t have matches because the insurance companies bound you to the production. That’s very fair terms. This is the first time, like Fast came out, The Suicide Squad is coming out August 6. We just dropped the trailer for Vacation Friends. I’ve been filming movies a lot and that’s why I’ve been away. This is the first time I got a break. I have this block of time, so instead of taking a deep breath and kind of letting it all sink in, I wanted to go home and see my family in WWE, so back to the ring I go!

Responding to being asked whether he plans to stay in WWE beyond SummerSlam, he said:

“Man, never say never about the WWE. Like I said, I had a month to myself and here I am back in a ring. So maybe if I get another month to catch my breath, I’ll hopefully make another visit back. I’m going to have to defend that championship that I win from Roman somehow (winks)!”

The current status of SummerSlam is somewhat unknown, as concerns are growing over fan safety due to increasing cases of Covid-19. As of right now, the show is set to go ahead, but we will keep you updated.

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• Roman Reigns
• John Cena
• SummerSlam
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