John Cena wabwerera ku WWE. Monga adanenera Fightful Select, kubwereranso kwa yemwe anali ngwazi yapadziko lonse lapansi ku kampani ya Vince McMahon kuli pafupi, monga magwero apafupi ndi WWE akutsimikizira. Ogwira ntchito pakampaniyo amatsimikizira kuti amagwira ntchito ndi lingaliro limenelo, kuti Cena adzabwerera ku pulogalamu "nthawi yomweyo".
Masiku omaliza a kubwerera kwa John Cena oscillate "pakati pa masiku khumi ndi limodzi otsatirawa", kotero kuti abwerenso kuchokera ku Lachisanu Night SmackDown yotsatira, momwe anthu adzabwereranso kumawonetsero a sabata, mpaka tsiku lotsatira 23, kudutsa Ndalama mu Banki. Magwero akuti chomwe chili chotsimikizika ndichakuti Cena adzawonekera pa SmackDown pa Julayi 23, koma chodziwika bwino ndichakuti zitha kukhala kale.
Cena adzawonekeranso mu mapulogalamu a WWE patatha chaka chimodzi, chifukwa kuyambira pamene adamenyana ndi WrestleMania 36 motsutsana ndi 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt, womenyanayo wakhala kutali ndi mphete, akuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito yake ya filimu komanso kujambula filimuyo 'The Fiend'. Suicide Squad', yomwe idzawonedwe koyamba mu Ogasiti.
Masiku angapo apitawo adanenedwa kuti Cena adzanenedwa kuti awonekere ku Summer Slam, chochitika chomwe WWE akufuna kuika nyama yonse pa grill, ndipo idzachitikira ku Las Vegas. Mpikisano wakale wapadziko lonse lapansi atha kukumana ndi Roman Reigns pa WWE Universal Championship, malinga ndi mphekesera.