As was seen in tonight’s opening segment, John Cena made his return to Smackdown Live looking for an opportunity, as he alluded to last night on Raw.
Cena immediately said he doesn’t want a handout, but he wants to earn his spot going to WrestleMania, and he wants to do so by being inserted into the WWE Championship match at WWE Fastlane.
Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon said that they would not just insert him into the match, but they would do as they do for others, which is give him an opportunity. With that in mind, they proceeded to make a main event for tonight’s Smackdown Live that is WrestleMania main event caliber, and has major implications for Fastlane and perhaps the WrestleMania main event.
As we saw, Daniel Bryan announced that Cena will be competing in the main event, and if he wins his match, he will indeed be inserted into the WWE Championship match at Fastlane, and his opponent is none other than WWE Champion, AJ STYLES!
If he WINS, he’s IN!@JohnCena will need to earn his way to #WWEFastlane in tonight’s #SDLive main event against… @WWE Champion @AJStylesOrg! pic.twitter.com/AT8AWS3e2S
— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2018
.@JohnCena will be facing off against @AJStylesOrg TONIGHT for the opportunity to be in the @WWE Championship Match at #WWEFastlane! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/CgtDZAeS4k
— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2018