Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 2017, i tapaina e WWE a Cena he "kaitohutohu koreutu" i te wa o te Superstar Shake-up, ko te tikanga ka taea e ia te mahi mo nga waitohu Raw me SmackDown. Whai muri i tana hokinga mai, ka whawhai a Cena, ka hinga a Rusev i te whakataetae haki i
Battlefield, Baron Corbin i SummerSlam, a ka hinga i a Rōmana Reigns i Te Kore o te Aroha. I a ia e whawhai ana ki a Reigns, ka tapahia e te tokorua nga momo mahi whakatairanga i a ratau ano, ka hoki mai ano mo ta raatau e whakaaro ana ki tetahi atu, me te aha i mahi ai te mano ki ta raatau mahi. Ahakoa te whakaoho i nga korero mo tana reti i muri i te tukinga ma te tautoko i a Reigns, te piko, te whakawhetai ki te mano, me te mihi ki a raatau i mua i te wehenga atu, ka hoki mai a Cena ki SmackDown i te marama e whai ake nei i muri i te ingoa o te Komihana Shane McMahon ko ia te mema whakamutunga o te Team SmackDown mo te tukinga whakakore a nga taane 5-ki-5 ki a Team Raw i te Survivor Series; i te huihuinga, i whakakorea a Cena e Kurt Angle a ka hinga a Team SmackDown i muri mai.