Although John Cena is staying busy in Hollywood, he will return for a match at WWE WrestleMania 39.
Cena hasn’t worked a WrestleMania since 2020 when he did the Firefly Fun House with Bray Wyatt, but the company has wanted him for this year’s show dating back several months, and they will get it.
Last year, there was speculation that Cena would work a bout against Austin Theory at SummerSlam, but that didn’t happen. A few months ago, there was speculation Cena could wrestle Logan Paul at Mania after praising the WWE newcomer and the YouTuber calling for the bout with the future WWE Hall Of Famer.
WWE is going back to its original plans of Cena vs. Theory. In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Cena’s match with Theory is locked in along with the other top bouts.
Meltzer wrote, “For WrestleMania, the locked in matches at this point” are Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes for the Universal Title, Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley for the SmackDown Women’s Title, Bianca Belair vs. the Chamber winner for the Raw Women’s Title, and John Cena vs. United States Champion Austin Theory. It’s unclear whether the US Title will be on the line.
Although Cena is currently filming a movie with Zac Efron in Australia, and he won’t appear on TV for most of the build, he will at least be wrestling.
