John Cena Returns To SmackDown, Tells Roman Reigns ‘The Champ Is Here’
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After appearing on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, John Cena opened Friday’s episode of SmackDown, too. There, he once again challenged Roman Reigns to a match at WWE SummerSlam for the WWE Universal Championship.
"SmackDown with Roman Reigns as its champion absolutely sucks!" – @JohnCena#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/EiYqUmXxMZ
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 24, 2021
Much like he did on RAW, Cena once again started his segment in the ring by praising the crowd, playing up the fact that a live crowd is finally back before he launched into a tirade against Reigns. He continued to taunt “The Tribal Chief,” saying that no one really likes his title run and that SmackDown has “sucked” ever since he won the belt.
"@WWERomanReigns as its Champion absolutely sucks." – @JohnCena #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/KDeOY0blBA
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 24, 2021
As he once again called out Reigns for a match at SummerSlam, Paul Heyman who made his way out to the ramp, and he told Cena that Reigns wouldn’t be coming out just because Cena told him to. Instead, Heyman said, Cena would get an answer to his title match request whenever Reigns was ready to show him that “The Tribal Chief” is here.