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 lọtara, Cena lụrụ ọgụ ma merie Rusev n'asọmpi ọkọlọtọ na
Ebe agha, Baron Corbin na SummerSlam, ma merie ya n'aka Roman Reigns na No Mercy. 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.