News on the John Cena/Roman Reigns Promo, Santino Marella Retires

In order to hype up their match at No Mercy in a few weeks, last night’s Raw featured a segment involving John Cena and Roman Reigns signing the contract to make their match official. The promos that the two men cut on each other afterwards have been praised thus far for its realistic nature, some have even called it the greatest WWE segment of the entire year. The exchange of words featured a number of expletives, and the two addressed a variety of topics that the company usually considers taboo. Reigns discussed Cena being a “part-timer” and accused Cena of burying talent in the past, while Cena mainly argued that Reigns was not on the same level as he is in terms of being a top star in the company.
Some have wondered whether or not the promo was scripted or not due to the ‘fourth wall’ breaks implemented in the segment. The belief is that it was all part of the show, but Cena was allowed to take some creative liberties with the segment. Bring it to the Table host and close friend of WWE Peter Rosenberg claimed that what John Cena had said during the segment is how he really feels about Reigns. Most fans seem to believe that John Cena came out victorious in the segment and that Roman’s inability to connect with the crowd the same way that Cena can is a major reason why he did not fare too well in their eyes. Reigns’ promo work was mocked by Cena during the segment as well. Their match is now official for the No Mercy pay-per-view on next month.

The buzz of the WWE is that @JohnCena was legit shooting about everything he said to @WWERomanReigns tonight ??
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) August 29, 2017
Former WWE Superstar Santino Marella returned to the ring recently and wrestled his final match. Marella wrestled for Destiny Wrestling in Toronto inside of his very own gym. He and Chavo Guerrero Jr. teamed up to take on RJ City and Stone Rockwell. After the match, Santino spoke to the crowd out of character, and announced his retirement due to some neck issues that he has been dealing with. His family and friends were in attendance to witness Marella’s final match. Marella was a multi-time US and Intercontinental Champion in WWE before he left the company. He currently owns the Battle Arts Academy gym in Ontario.