John Cena officially retired from in-ring competition when he was defeated by Gunther back in December, but he’s still very much a part of the WWE family. Last month Cena returned to host WrestleMania, and he also announced today that he will be breaking some history making news at Backlash on Saturday.
While talking about John Cena’s WWE return at Backlash on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that Cena is signed to a contract that requires him to make a number of appearances for the company.
“The situation there is that he’s on Backlash. I’m not sure what the role will be because he said he’s never gonna wrestle again. They signed him to a contract which called for a number of appearances, so this is one of those appearances. His deal called for these things.
I mean, to me it’s kinda weird because he just did WrestleMania and it was supposed to be something special. And here we are a couple of weeks after WrestleMania and he’s doing it again. So it feels like for a big guest like that coming back so quick and having him again, kinda seems like why would you do it?
But I think the mentality is that John Cena is important and getting him on TV is important. He’s signed for a number of dates, so that’s one of them. That’s it.”