WWE News & Rumor Roundup: Multi-time World champion out for months, backstage heat on top star for comments on Reigns, Orton causes serious injury (18th September 2021)

#2 Roman Reigns to face Drew McIntyre on WWE SmackDown

WrestlingNews.co have revealed that WWE has planned a match between Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns to take place on the October 1st edition of SmackDown.

The episode will begin the 2021 WWE Draft as well, which explains this inter-promotional match. However, it is not clear yet if the match will be on-screen or a dark match.

McIntyre and Reigns had a tremendous match last year at Survivor Series, and the fans have been wanting to see a rematch between them since then. Although this match should have been saved for a bigger event, it looks like WWE is doing everything in their power to boost the current ratings.

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#1 John Cena comments on losing the WWE Championship to RVD

John Cena lost the WWE Championship to Rob Van Dam during their match at the 2006 ECW One Night Stand. While talking at the Florida Supercon, John Cena talked about his match with RVD and how he felt about losing the title.

Cena said that he was very happy that RVD was going to become the WWE Champion.

"Four hours before the event [I found out I was losing the title] and it was beautiful. It was beautiful. It honestly was and I wouldn’t have it no other way. That’s a night that I cherish. It was fantastic," said Cena.

The match was made memorable by the fans in attendance who cheered RVD and jeered John Cena. It was one of the most vicious crowds who threw various cusses at Cena throughout the night.