John Cena's announcement early this year regarding his shoulder injury needing surgery was a huge blow to the WWE roster. John Cena is the most popular wrestler of the past decade and has been missing in action since January. The WWE greatly depends on John Cena as he is one of the most hard working and consistent wrestlers of his generation. But WWE fans should rejoice as he is rumored to be returning this December with a possible matchup on WrestleMania 33.
According to the rumor, John Cena will return on December 26 and will enter a feud that at the start of 2017. John Cena will once again enter into a feud with AJ Styles for the WWE Championship as John Cena tries to match Ric Flair's record of 16 world title wins.
AJ Styles has been looking for a new opponent as his feud with Dean Ambrose is likely over. Dean Ambrose will be setting his sights on the Intercontinental Title and will fight The Miz for it. The Miz rivalry started when Dean fought Miz only to be interrupted by James Ellsworth and cost Dean the title.
But with John Cena's return, AJ Styles would have a legitimate contender for the WWE Championship. The title match will be set on next year's Royal Rumble in January in which John Cena has another shot of matching Ric Flair's record.
If John Cena does win the title at Royal Rumble, then this would lead to another title defense on WrestleMania 33. The title defense is rumored to be against The Undertake which would supposedly be his last match.
However, for this rumor to happen, John Cena would have to sacrifice some of his acting responsibilities. John Cena has had several acting projects during his recovery from injury which included shooting for his television show American Grit. Other than that, he has a new comedy movie to shoot in 2017 with Leslie Mann called The Pact. He will also have to do some promotion for his movie The Wall which launches right before WrestleMania 33. There are also rumors of John Cena appearing in new Thor movie.
It seems that John Cena is primed for a transition to show business following the footsteps of fellow WWE superstar, The Rock. But if John Cena is serious about matching Ric Flair's record, he would have to do it now before show business takes over his career.
