John Cena’s Next Appearance Announced On WWE RAW
John Cena lost the Undisputed WWE Championship at SummerSlam 2025, but that wasn’t the most shocking part of the match.
The Champ placed the championship on the line against Cody Rhodes at The Biggest Party of the Summer. He returned to the ring as a babyface on Rhodes’ request, and put up an excellent show with The American Nightmare.
While he couldn’t retain the championship, fans were overjoyed with the return of the true John Cena. The celebrations were interrupted by a returning Brock Lesnar.
John Cena will address the situation this week
The WWE Universe was hoping to see Cena on the fallout episode of WWE RAW following SummerSlam 2025, but The Champ wasn’t present for the show.
However, Michael Cole announced on WWE RAW that The Leader of Cenation will be present on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown on August 8th, 2025, emanating from Bell Centre in Montreal.
MONTREAL! 🇨🇦@JohnCena will be LIVE on #SmackDown this Friday!
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— WWE (@WWE) August 5, 2025
The revival of John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar ahead of his final match in mid-December indicates that The Beast might be his final opponent. On the other hand, this could be the beginning of a brief feud while the global juggernaut figures out the ideal final challenger for Cena.
Reportedly, it is John Cena who is writing the final chapter of his book, and Brock Lesnar was his choice!