While most contract signings feature a little back and forth before one guy sends the other guy through a table, the contract signing between AJ Styles and John Cena got real when AJ Styles started running down Cena for being a has been.
Styles told Cena that Smackdown didn’t need him anymore and that he was no better than The Rock when he left the WWE for Hollywood. Cena then cut one of the greatest promos of his long career, explaining how his passion for the WWE is why he keeps coming back bigger and stronger than ever.
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“They chant ‘Cena Sucks’…but realize on their BEST DAY, they could NEVER be ME!” – @JohnCena #SDLive #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/6CuGBpV1RY
— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2017
After the ink was signed, Smackdown’s biggest rising star, Baron Corbin came to the ring to announce that he would become Smackdown’s first entrant in the Royal Rumble, and would then take the championship from either Cena or Styles at Wrestlemania.
The distraction allowed Styles to cheap shot Cena and Corbin to add insult to injury.
“Maybe @AJStylesOrg is right. Your time is UP!” – @BaronCorbinWWE to @JohnCena #SDLive #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/zuM9hGMma9
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 4, 2017
With Goldberg, Lesnar, Jericho, The New Day and now Baron Corbin as entrants, the 2017 Royal Rumble is shaping up quite nicely.
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