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Triple H Confirms John Cena For Upcoming WWE Saturday Night's Main Event in Tampa

One of John Cena's remaining WWE appearances will take place on May 24 at Saturday Night's Main Event in Tampa, Florida. Triple H confirmed the news after sharing the official poster for the event on social media.
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John Cena will appear at the next Saturday Night's Main Event
John Cena will appear at the next Saturday Night's Main Event | WWE.com

One of John Cena's remaining WWE dates will come on May 24, at the next Saturday Night's Main Event in Tampa, Florida.

WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H confirmed Cena's appearance after sharing the official poster for the event on social media, earlier today.

The poster - a head on image of Cena's face, half in color, half in black and white - is a pretty clear indicator that the recently crowned WWE Champion will be in action on the Memorial Day Weekend show.

The Game wrote on both X and Instagram, "Kickstarting a Tampa takeover on Memorial Day Weekend. #SNME live nationwide on 5/24 at 8PM on @nbc and @peacock."

The event will take place at the Yuengling Center and will mark the beginning of a four-night run at the venue, which will also see NXT Battleground, Raw and NXT hosted there on the following Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

Cena is currently scheduled to defend his WWE Title against long-term rival Randy Orton at Backlash, on Saturday, May 10 in Orton's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. The bout will mark the first time the pair have faced off since 2017 and will be their 22nd televised match against each other, according to WWE.com.

The one-time Doctor of Thuganomics broke the World Title record of Orton's mentor, Ric Flair, when he defeated The Viper's protegé Cody Rhodes for the WWE Title in the main event of WrestleMania 41, taking Cena to 17 World Title reigns in total.

Of course, with Cena's match against Orton yet to take place, there has been no announcement on who his opponent will be at Saturday Night's Main Event. Given that SNME is only two weeks after Backlash, there isn't much time for a major new feud to be cemented, which may even indicate a rematch with Orton.

Cena is also currently advertised for Money In The Bank at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on June 7, SummerSlam at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey on August 2/3, Clash In Paris on August 31 and an as-yet-unnamed Premium Live Event in Perth, Australia in October.

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JOE BAIAMONTE

Joe Baiamonte is a contributing writer for The Takedown On SI, joining the team in April, 2025. Joe has been covering professional wrestling, sports and entertainment for over a decade, serving as editor at SPORTbible between 2014 and 2018 - where he helped the team to three consecutive Football Blogging Awards - and as head of sport at Unilad. Joe has written for numerous outlets in the United Kingdom and United States, including The Sportsman, Sporf, Pubity, GiveMeSport and The Sportster, interviewing the likes of Neymar, Harry Kane, Ruud Gullit, Triple H, Ric Flair, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Rey Mysterio, Aaron Boone, Alex Cora, Chris Sale and Chase Uttley. He has a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from the University of Salford and currently resides in Manchester, England, having been raised just down the road in Burnley. He briefly moved to Croatia with his family after the birth of his son, where he spent an entire summer writing on the beach and eating squid.

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