John Cena Weighs In On the Future Of the John Cena Classic, Inviting NXT Talent

John Cena is upbeat about the future of the John Cena Classic beyond the first one, and if it doesn’t work he’s okay with that. The John Cena Classic will take place on December 14th and feature talent from the main roster and NXT, with men’s and women’s champions set to be crowned. It’s a new concept and one that Cena has acknowledged WWE is taking a chance on.

Cena weighed in on the tournament during his interview with The Takedown on SI. He spoke about inviting NXT talent to the tournament, much as he did for Saturday Night’s Main Event were Oba Femi, Je’Von Evans, and Sol Ruca competed against main roster talent. You can see the highlights below:

On Inviting NXT Talent To Be In the Classic:

“I love giving NXT kids a chance to debut on Raw after years of being down there. Some of the folks we invited are three, four years in the NXT system, and they’re finally getting a shot. They were crying [Wednesday night], dude. It was great.”

On the Future Of the Cena Classic:

“I gotta thank Paul Levesque, and I gotta thank Nick Khan for being like, ‘Yeah, man, we’ll try it.’ Saturday Night’s Main Event seemed to work. We got Sol [Ruca], we got Je’Von [Evans], and we got Oba [Femi], and those three are thriving right now. So, what do we got to lose? We’ll try it, and if it stinks, like, whatever. We don’t have to do it again next year.”