When John Cena was "fired" for his actions at the Survivor Series pay-per-view Sunday night, two questions immediately came to mind: How long will Cena really be off TV (if he is off at all) and what angle will WWE come up with to reinstate him? Based on what happened on Raw Monday night and something that Cena posted on his Twitter page, I think I might have some idea of where things are headed.
After delivering his farewell speech on Raw and leaving the building, Cena returned later in the show during the Randy Orton-Wade Barrett match and broke up Barrett's pin attempt just as Barrett seemed to be on the verge of beating Orton for the WWE title. Cena posted the following on Twitter today: ''"Sorry I ran back in ring but I told Mr. Barrett that if he keeps taking short cuts it will come back to haunt him. Just got tix for Raw in Philly. Can only hope he makes more short cuts."'' So it looks as if Cena will continue to show up on Raw and be a thorn in Barrett's side, which I'm guessing will lead to a frustrated Barrett demanding that Cena be reinstated so that he can get his hands on him. Another scenario I thought about after Survivor Series ended was for Cena to sell the firing angle by being off TV for the next couple months and then make a surprise return in the Royal Rumble match. It would then be revealed the next night on Raw that WWE chairman Vince McMahon had come out of his coma and reinstated Cena as a way of getting back at The Nexus for injuring him. On a side note, WWE moved Cena's bio on wwe.com from the Raw Superstars page to the Alumni section, which is nice attention to detail. However, in an example of poor attention to detail, a commercial for the Dec. 29 house show in Baltimore that aired locally during Raw was still advertising that Cena, Orton, Barrett and The Miz would participate in a fatal four-way steel cage main event.
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