FINALLY, We Know What The John Cena Classic Is... (WWE News)
WWE revealed some sought after details about the John Cena Classic on Monday's Raw.
John Cena was there live in person for Monday's episode of Raw, and the retired WWE legend finally revealed more details about his upcoming John Cena Classic event.
According to the 'Never Seen 17', the Classic will be a standalone episode of the flagship on 14 December in Orlando, Florida. Rather incredibly, the company will present 2 editions of Raw on the same evening - the standard version then Cena's version.
The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will host this John Cena Classic in Orlando, and Perth, Australia will see Raw action itself. That's historic.
On this week's Raw, Cena unveiled the new John Cena Classic Championship. It's similar in design to his old 'spinner' style WWE Title from back in the day, and there's no doubt collectors will be tripping over themselves to own replicas at some point. Cena's belt is another license to print money.
John announced that voting for the Classic would take place on Club WWE, which earned him some boos, but then he revealed that none other than Cody Rhodes is the first entrant. We still don't know the full brackets for the tournament concept, but Cena did say previously that both main roster and NXT workers will be eligible.
Further, JC will be at Survivor Series: WarGames on 28 November to do some more scouting, so fans should expect further announcements on invitees before/during/after that PLE.
So, there you have it: The John Cena Classic is a standalone episode of Raw running concurrent with the usual one over in Australia, and Cody is the first name out of the hat.