Next month, WWE’s main roster talent and the “WWE NXT” brand will collide in the first ever John Cena Classic. And according to a new report, their battles may go beyond traditional singles competition.
To include more talent in the John Cena classic, Fighting Select reported that WWE officials were discussing the idea of weaving multiple tag matches into it. As it stands, only five contestants have been confirmed for the special: Cody Rhodes, Zila Fatu, Romeo Moreno, Noam Darr and Kelani Jordan.
“American Nightmare” received the first invitation Cena on the November 2 edition of WWE Raw, and Fatou followed two days later on NXT. This week, Cena issued the next round of invitations to the winners of the 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and the reigning NXT Women’s Champion. More offers are expected to be handed out in the coming weeks as Cena makes additional appearances on WWE SmackDown, Raw, NXT and Survivor Series. on WarGames channels.
for lunch Club WWE members will vote for the Men’s and Women’s Champion of the title event after seeing in-ring action throughout the night. As for the matches themselves, they will all pit main roster stars against NXT. Specific fixtures are yet to be announced.
The John Cena Classic will be coming out of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida on Monday, December 14th on a special episode of Raw. Earlier in the day, WWE will broadcast another “Raw” from Perth, Australia as part of the event multi-day international capture.