Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na July 2017, WWE kpọrọ Cena "onye ọrụ nweere onwe ya" n'oge Superstar Shake-up, nke pụtara na ọ nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ maka ụdị 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 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 ọ kpalitere asịrị banyere ezumike nka ya mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị site n'ịkwado Reigns, na-akpọ isiala, na-ekele ndị mmadụ, ma na-ekele ha tupu ha apụ, Cena laghachiri na SmackDown n'ọnwa na-esote mgbe Kọmishọna Shane McMahon kpọrọ ya onye ikpeazụ nke Team SmackDown maka egwuregwu 5-na-5 nke ndị ikom megide Team Raw na Survivor Series.
; na ihe omume ahụ, Kurt Angle kpochapụrụ Cena na Team SmackDown mechara merie.