The first week of November is a big week if you’re a fan of John Cena appearing on WWE television, as the “Matchbox” star should be in both. “WWE Raw” and: “NXT” With Cena teasing that his “Raw” appearance will provide full details on his John Cena Classic bout in December. Many believe these details will include when and where the Classic will take place, although Dave Meltzer thinks he already has it figured out. Discusses Cena’s upcoming appearance on Tuesday “Wrestling Observer Radio”, Meltzer suggested that WWE would be looking for a specific date in December to fight AEW’s big show.
“It will be very interesting,” said Meltzer. “We’ll see if it’s December 19th. I’m kind of betting on December 19th because that’s the day of the AEW PPV.”
AEW is scheduled to hold their year-end PPV, Worlds End, on December 19 outside the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If WWE decides to hold the John Cena Classic against Worlds End, it will more than likely mean that it will directly compete against AEW’s Continental Classic tournament finals, which has been held at Worlds End since the first edition of the tournament three years ago.
Counter programming for AEW events has become almost as popular as WrestleMania for WWE over the past few years, with the promotion using “NXT” and AAA with AEW shows like All In. WWE recently aired a Worlds Collide taping in Chicago on the same day as AEW’s All Out in September, though WWE ultimately declined to air the show on PPV, instead putting it on YouTube versus AEW’s tribute to PAC at “AEW Dynamite.” The two sides will go head-to-head next week as “NXT” moves to Wednesday to avoid coverage of Tuesday night’s midterms. Before the announcement about Cena’s appearance. reports indicated that NXT wanted to “load the show” against Dynamite. which will feature two Blood & Guts matches.
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