John Cena is taking a direct role in choosing the John Cena Classic participants, according to WrestleVotes. WWE has been sharing talent ideas with Cena, and he has given input throughout the process.
The John Cena Classic takes place on December 14 at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It will stream on Netflix as a special edition of Raw and will feature main roster wrestlers against NXT talent. Club WWE members will vote for the men’s and women’s winners.
Cena has said the event will not use a standard bracket. Officials have discussed adding multi-person matches, such as triple threats and fatal four-ways, so more wrestlers can take part, the report said.
Cena has invited Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno, NXT Women’s Champion Kelani Jordan, Cody Rhodes and Zilla Fatu so far.
WWE is also working out travel plans, since some talent and production staff will be at Wrestlepalooza in Australia before returning for the Orlando event. The full lineup and match card have not been announced.
