Special ending for the year-end episode of SmackDown with the return to the ring of John Cena to continue the streak of at least one fight in his twenty-year career. As in his last match, dating back to SummerSlam 2021, Cena faced the Universal and WWE Champion Roman rulethis time also in a tag team match Kevin owns and Sami Zain.
Defeats that leave traces
It took some time during the match to see Cena back at work, in fact he was KO’d by Roman Reigns for a few minutes on the first day with Kevin Owens. Left alone against the two Bloodline opponents, the Canadian was able to defend himself, giving the Doctor of Thuganomics time to recover. As soon as he entered the ring, John Cena completely reversed the situation with the moves that made him famous, a series of shoulder punches at Zayn followed by a side slam before proceeding with the five knuckle shuffle. Cena addressed his “You can’t see me” to Reigns, who once entered the ring was treated the same as Zayn. Cena then tagged Owens and in tandem they shuffled the two opponents on the floor with five knuckles, Cena then slammed the floor with AA Reigns while Owens stunned Zayn to win the match.