John Cena Moving To WWE RAW Soon, SummerSlam Impact

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It looks like John Cena’s days as a SmackDown Live roster member are numbered.

Cena looks to be moving to Monday nights immediately following SummerSlam. He is scheduled exclusively for RAW television and PPVs starting in September. His final scheduled date for SmackDown television is two weeks from today on August 15. As far as house shows go, he will start working RAW live events even sooner. Throughout the month of August, Cena will work all RAW events except for one SmackDown show (August 14 in Springfield, MA).

Cena will face Shinsuke Nakamura on tonight’s edition of SmackDown Live for an opportunity to face WWE Champion Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam. Given the pending change of brands for Cena, does this spoil the result of tonight’s match? Not necessarily. WWE still could have Cena go into SummerSlam looking to win SmackDown’s top title, though that would seem to be counter-productive with word leaking that he is leaving the brand. There’s also the possibility of a triple threat, though that also seems unlikely with the RAW brand doing a multi-person championship bout.

Early SummerSlam betting odds were released today by Bet Wrestling, and Jinder Mahal is favored slightly (as of now) to walk out of SummerSlam with the championship. Nakamura has the second highest odds, Cena third, and Baron Corbin (Mr. Money In The Bank) fourth.

John Cena has been billed as a “free agent” ever since making his return to WWE this summer.

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