Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na July 2017, WWE kpọrọ Cena "onye nweere onwe ya" n'oge Superstar Shake-up, nke pụtara na ọ nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ maka akara Raw na SmackDown. Mgbe ọ laghachiri, Cena lụrụ ọgụ ma merie Rusev na ọkọlọtọ ọkọlọtọ na Battleground, Baron Corbin na SummerSlam, ma merie Roman Reigns na
Ọ dịghị Ebere. N'oge esemokwu ya na Reigns, mmadụ abụọ ahụ na-egbutu ihe dị iche iche na-arụ ọrụ na-agbapụ ibe ha, na-aga azụ na-aga n'ihu banyere ihe ha chere na onye nke ọzọ bụ na ihe kpatara igwe mmadụ ji emeghachi omume n'ụzọ ha si eme. N'agbanyeghi na o mere ka a nụ na ọ ga-ala ezumike nká mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị site n'ịkwado Reigns, na-akpọ isiala, na-ekele ndị mmadụ, ma na-eme ka ha nọrọ nke ọma tupu ha apụ, Cena laghachiri na SmackDown n'ọnwa na-esote mgbe Kọmishọna Shane McMahon kpọrọ ya onye ikpeazụ nke Team SmackDown maka egwuregwu ndị nwoke 5-na-5 megide Team Raw na Survivor Series; na ihe omume ahụ, Kurt Angle kpochapụrụ Cena na Team SmackDown mechara merie.