– After Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live went off the air in Lincoln, NE at the Pinnacle Bank Arena, John Cena teamed up with WWE Champion Dean Ambrose to take on Bray Wyatt and AJ Styles in a tag team match. Cena and Ambrose won the match after Cena hit the AA on Styles, and Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds on Wyatt.
– As noted, Cena will not be working Sunday’s Backlash PPV event at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia because he is scheduled to appear at the WWE live event in Shanghai, China the day before. Cena commented on missing the PPV event via Twitter. He posted this:
“Even though I’m on tour in #WWEManila & #WWEShanghai, YOU can see #WWEBacklash @WWENetwork!”
Even though I'm on tour in #WWEManila & #WWEShanghai, YOU can see #WWEBacklash @WWENetwork! https://t.co/BLZNstv5Rf pic.twitter.com/fRx86ITvZs
— John Cena (@JohnCena) September 6, 2016
– During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, WWE aired another vignette to hype the return of Curt Hawkins to the SmackDown Live brand. Hawkins was one of the several former WWE stars called to return because the company needs to fill slots on the RAW and SmackDown rosters. Hawkins will return on next Tuesday’s show.
