There are sooooooo many “you can’t see me” puns we could make here, but we’re skipping all of them since we’re excited that John Cena is making his return to WWE SmackDown tonight in the home of chocolate, Hershey, Pa.
Cena quietly bowed back out to resume his film and TV career after losing to Austin Theory at WrestleMania 39 back in the spring. He’s strictly a part-time attraction at this point given his Hollywood success — hey, he was in the most successful movie so far this year, “Barbie.”
But perhaps the most intriguing thing about this particular Cena appearance is that he’s already been promoted for WWE’s upcoming show in India and could be around for more than that. There’s even buzz about him being involved at Payback tomorrow night, so you’ll definitely want to be watching to see how he figures into SmackDown tonight.
Another superstar making a return, albeit from a much shorter absence, is Jimmy Uso. We’ve now had a break of several weeks (for several reasons) from the most recent plot advancement in the story of the Bloodline, which is unusual, to say the least. That ends in Hershey, as Jimmy Uso should have something to say about brother Jey giving the whole company the deuces and what else is going on with his family.
Oh yeah, this is a wrestling show, so there’s some of that as well. Grayson Waller tried his best to sow dissension between Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar, but so far he’s had no luck. Maybe he’ll have more luck with a more hands on approach, as he teams with Austin Theory to take on the two LWO teammates.
That and more should make this trip to Hershey a sweet one. We said we’d avoid Cena puns, not puns altogether. The action begins at 8 p.m. ET, and you can catch it as always in the U.S. on FOX.