John Cena returned to Monday Night RAW and made his intentions clear. Cena opened the show following his shock appearance at Money in the Bank on the previous night.
The 16 time world champion stated that he has come back to face Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. The challenge has been made for SummerSlam on August 21st. Here is what Cena said in his promo at the start of Monday Night RAW.
‘It was Roman Reigns. That brings me to the “what”. What am I here for? The WWE Universal Championship.
‘When? About five weeks from now, a little event called SummerSlam. Where? Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, that’s a pretty safe place to bet. Why? Here’s where it gets interesting.
‘I can stand here excited and tell you about the pageantry of SummerSlam, about being a main event in a packed stadium. I could tell you about a history-making, record-breaking, 17th championship win.
‘It’s not because of any of that. It’s ’cause Roman Reigns is an a**hole. And I believe he needs to be knocked down a peg.’
Roman Reigns is an arrogant, self-absorbed, overhyped, overprotected, overexposed gimmick who’s not as over as he says he is. And that – that is coming from me.
‘You know, there is a saying, “If you’re good, you’ll tell everybody. If you’re good, you will demand everyone acknowledge you”. If you’re good… The rest of that saying is, “If you’re great, they’ll tell you.”
‘And I’m telling you right now, I’ma be at SmackDown on Friday and I can’t wait to see you there.’
H/t to Metro for the use of transcriptions
With the closing statement that John Cena will also be at SmackDown this Friday, it appears that the champion and challenger will go face to face to make the match official for SummerSlam.
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