Last week on WWE Raw, John Cena returned to the company to officially reveal details of the upcoming John Cena Classic event, which will take place on December 14th. The 17-time WWE Champion has already invited Cody Rhodes to the event, but the spirit of the event is for the stars of tomorrow to get their chance to shine. It is because of that fact that Cena ended up on this site The November 5 episode of WWE NXT invite Zilla Fatu to attend the event.
Cena addressed the “NXT” audience, saying that he loves the WWE Performance Center and how it always creates opportunities for the next generation. With that in mind, he introduced Fatou and officially invited him to participate in the John Cena Classic. Fatu said how grateful he was to be invited and how much it meant to Cena to personally invite him, with Cena even saying that sometimes he feels part Samoan. Cena detailed his history with Fatu’s family, including his run-ins with Rikishi, The Rock and The Bloodline, before telling Zilla how much he loved his dad Umaga, whom Cena wrestled many times.
After the segment, Cena was backstage where he ran into Cam Hendricks, who asked Cena where he was at the event he was invited to. Cena explained that nobody who’s really great goes around telling everyone about it, and instead of thinking about the John Cena classic, Hendricks should focus on what’s ahead for him and what’s important, which is his match against EK Prosper on next week’s episode of NXT. In the coming weeks, Cena will appear on episodes of “WWE Raw” and “WWE SmackDown” as well as the WWE Survivor Series 2026 Premium Live Event to invite more WWE Superstars to the event.