John Cena is set for a return to the ring on December 30 and now, one of his trainers is weighing in on why that return is happening on television. Jim Cornette helped John Cena get his start in Ohio Valley Wrestling and now, John Cena is going to close out 2022 in the ring, and “The Louisville Slugger” is weighing in on why this is a major moment for TV.
John Cena hasn’t wrestled since WWE SummerSlam 2021 where he lost to Roman Reigns and now, Cena is returning on the final WWE SmackDown of 2022 to once again stand across the ring from Roman Reigns but this time, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens will be involved as well.
Jim Cornette Talks John Cena’s Return On WWE TV
On the Jim Cornette Experience podcast, the mouthpiece for the Midnight Express explains why he believes that the return of John Cena is a good move for WWE TV, saying that priorities have switched from pay-per-view to television. Furthermore, Cornette wishes WWE would take such a strong approach to the rest of its television shows throughout the year.
Well, not for a pay-per-view, what pay-per-views are there now? Well, but at the same time, I mean, priorities are switching. I’m not saying what pay-per-views are there. I’m saying everybody pays per view on the Peacock along with viewing 7 million other f*cking things. It’s not that, this is not the UFC, it’s not pro wrestling anymore. It’s not the big fight, the big match, we’re gonna pay $50 to see the two biggest stars in the world f*cking collide in this epic fight. It’s FOX is paying us more than we’re probably getting from Peacock or from this part of Peacock or whatever the f*ck. Let’s see what we can do for the ratings. And it’s also when we can get John Cena. So in this case, yes, their rights are going to be renegotiated coming up, as everybody’s been talking about in the next year, year and a half. This is what it is now, network television.
And I wish they would start treating the rest of Smackdown and maybe even goddamn Raw, like a pay-per-view, or network television, or we got to have some stars, we got to have a little more variety, we got to bring some big guns in, we got to have better matches and et cetera et cetera. But as Cena and Owens against Zayn and Reigns. See it just, it almost even makes it, Zayn and Reigns. That’s gonna be a heck of a match because Owens’ and f*cking Sami’s dicks are gonna be hard for weeks leading into that because they love working with each other more than they love breathing. And Cena doesn’t want to embarrass himself, and Roman Reigns is the big dog, so that it’s gonna be f*cking good. And what will the story be coming out of it? So I think they’ve done good, they’ve done good for themselves there.
John Cena is still potentially penciled in for a match at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles, California. Fans can read the latest report on Cena’s WrestleMania status here.
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