5 Surprising WWE Rumors from this week you need to know (January 16th, 2019)

#2 John Cena's WrestleMania 35 opponent

It'll be a humungous push for Sullivan as his first WrestleMania will be against the 16-time World Champion

Earlier this week it was reported by us that John Cena's WrestleMania 35 opponent will be recent NXT call-up Lars Sullivan. Also, Sullivan is supposed to start a program with Cena this Royal Rumble PPV to set-up his WrestleMania 35 match. But due to the situation that came up this week on Raw and SmackDown Live, it seems that this match is off the table now.

According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Wrestling Inc), this week Lars Sullivan was supposed to work in a pre-Raw dark match, but he didn't show up or was sent home due to an anxiety attack he had. Due to this, he was scheduled to perform in a pre-SmackDown Live match but he didn't show up there either.

Therefore, given this condition of him, John Cena vs Lars Sullivan is off the table now as WWE takes the issues related to mental health very seriously.

However, if WWE decides to go forward with this plan, then it'll be a humongous push for Sullivan as his first WrestleMania match will be against the 16-time World Champion, which is absolutely big.