Although he has been away from the company for over a year, John Cena is still a valuable draw for WWE.
This past Monday, WWE announced Cena for the March 6 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw in Boston, MA at TD Garden. This is the hometown of the former WWE Champion.
Cena is expected to wrestle United States Champion Austin Theory at WrestleMania Goes Hollywood. At the post-Elimination Chamber press conference, Theory was asked about wrestling Cena at Mania and then on Monday’s Raw, Theory threw out Cena’s name by teasing that he would welcome him back.
According to WrestleTix, the show had sold 7,705 tickets with 2,089 still available before the announcement was made.
Both WrestleTix and Dave Meltzer confirmed that WWE has sold 2,000 tickets in just two days following Cena being added to the show.
Meltzer brought up on Wrestling Observer Radio that Cena also sold a notable amount of tickets for his appearance last summer on Raw in Laredo, TX and then for his December 30 tag team match on SmackDown in Tampa, FL.
“They announced John Cena on Monday Night right? They sold 2,000 more tickets as of this morning,” Meltzer stated. “They’ll probably end up selling out. The guy…make no mistake about it, the announcement…what city were they in? Laredo, TX? They sold out the building and then Tampa they sold out. Tampa didn’t have anything special for an advance and then as soon as they announced John Cena they started moving really really quick. The other show, the same thing….the guy can move tickets.”
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