10 HUGE WWE SmackDown Season Premiere Predictions You Need To Know
5. The Champ Is Here
John Cena has been kept secret before.
Ahead of WrestleMania 32, he was one of numerous stars shelved by injury before the event. Kept out of booking plans, he earned a huge pop from the 100,000+ crowd despite the usual reaction he'd receive as he linked arm with The Rock to deck The Wyatt Family.
Just this year, Cena was expected to attend but not explicitly promised. It allowed the company to get creative with their use of him - 'The Champ' threw back to his beloved rap persona to eviscerate Elias in a showing that woke up an exhausted WrestleMania 35 audience.
The element of surprise appears to suit Cena at this stage in his career, and with so many other legends as cast-iron promises, one of the original Blue Brand breakouts might as well join some of those from the company's Hall Of Fame ahead of his own eventual induction.
What he does will almost certainly be determined by what happens elsewhere on the show...