John Cena is ready to defend WWE's undisputed universal championship against Randy Orton on Saturday night at WWE Backlash, in Orton's hometown, St. Louis. The fight promises to be a trip through memories for older fans and a truly unique show for those who see them face for the first time. However, the promises fulfilled are not exactly something positive when it comes to John Cena and the WWE universe these days.
After beating Cody Rhodes in Wrestlemania 41, Cena has repeatedly reiterated his intention to ruin wrestling. He has broken with millions of people around the world because he considered them ungrateful participants in a toxic relationship. Now, it is we who will pay.
Dinner has become bitter, tired and firmly determined to ruin wrestling. How could that come true tonight? Here are three ways in which we fear it could happen.
#3. John Cena could throw the WWE undisputed universal championship belt (the Spinner Belt returns)
After retaining the title on Randy Orton, perhaps using unfair means, the actions that follow could be their maximum sample of disrespect: throw the title belt to the trash. Dinner has already spoken extensively about the Spinner Belt in his last stage, and bringing him back could, at least in dinner's mind, marking his era again, which will once again be.
This could be characterized again by a more caricaturesca narrative and fighting that involve a WWE champion who cannot fight. The return of the Spinner Belt would probably receive a very polarized reaction because a certain sector of the public would see it as a nostalgic part of his childhood. Even so, the rejection that would generate would be perfectly desirable and create an interesting narrative device, reminiscent of the Daniel Bryan ecological belt in 2019.
#2. John Cena's best friend, Travis Scott, could appear
Maybe no wrestling fan wants to listen or see Travis Scott after his disastrous appearances in Elimination Chamber and then in Wrestlemania. However, the entire concept of “ruining wrestling” is based on the idea of a target narrative; Not only in blurring fiction and reality by telling stories, but also in how fans react to it.
In 2025, one of the greatest musical artists of all time is one of the greatest rejection generators in WWE and has been consistently involved in the scene of what is supposed is the most important prize in the history of our industry. There are things that are only seen in professional wrestling, friends!
#1. John Cena concerns the referee to be disqualified
While the forms mentioned above of how “John Cena can ruin wrestling” are quite general and could be seen at some point in the future, this in particular is a reference to one of the most infamous finals of a wrestling fight in the last 20 years.
In WWE No Way out 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Randy Orton successfully defended the WWE Championship against John Cena. While he was in the ring in front of Cena, Orton slapped the referee Mike Chioda, who immediately asked for disqualification. This tactic, of course, allowed Orton to retain the WWE championship, since the titles do not change hands in a disqualification.
Using exactly the same heel tactic, intelligent and quite novel, against the man who used it against him almost 20 years ago is not a poetic narrative; It is John Cena, officially making his candidacy for the 'Oditor of the Year' award. It shows Randy Orton the madness of his old methods while Cena tries to make him understand that just because fans sing his song or shout “RKO” does not mean that The Viper is a good guy. He also gives dinner a measure of revenge for everything The Legend Killer has made him pass.
However, unlike the end of No Way Out 2008, which led to a triple threat fight between Cena, Orton and Triple H, in this scenario, where Orton and Cena are fighting for the first time in years and for the last time forever, finishing the last chapter of their historic rivalry in this way would generate a huge amount of rejection towards the 17 times world champion.
