{"id":121964,"date":"2022-12-09T14:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T20:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=121964"},"modified":"2022-12-09T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T20:54:40","slug":"john-cena-to-appear-on-the-final-wwe-smackdown-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2022\/12\/09\/john-cena-to-appear-on-the-final-wwe-smackdown-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena to appear on the final WWE Smackdown of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2773784668\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>John Cena will appear on the last edition of WWE Smackdown of 2022. Variety reports that Cena will appear on the December 30 edition that will be held in Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena. Cena&#8217;s last WWE appearance was at the 20th Anniversary of WWE Raw back in June. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/john-cena-smackdown-dec-30-wwe-1235455796\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> It&#8217;s always good to see Cena back on WWE television. There&#8217;s been a lot of speculation that Cena will return to the ring at WrestleMania, especially after Logan Paul indicated that he would like to face Cena on the company&#8217;s marquee event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3360739595\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[173,3940,101,31],"class_list":["post-121964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-john-cena","tag-logan-paul","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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