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Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Snoop Dogg pay tribute to John Cena ahead of final match

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Celebrities have sent messages to John Cena ahead of his match on Saturday.

During Friday’s SmackDown, messages from Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Snoop Dogg, Peyton Manning, Jelly Roll, and Jimmy Fallon played, all congratulating him on a legendary career that will end on Saturday when he wrestles Gunther in his final match at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

“Congratulations on an incredible career. You’ve impacted the lives of so many people inside the ring and outside the ring. Good luck in your last match, I hope you fare better in yours than I did in mine,” Brady said.

“Congratulations John on an amazing career. What you’ve done for the sport and for WWE is insane. You’re a legend, congratulations,” Fallon said.

Major League Baseball also paid tribute to Cena on Friday, recognizing him for wearing many MLB jerseys during the early part of his career. 

It was also confirmed by Cena himself on Friday that he will close out Saturday Night’s Main Event after controversy emerged over whether he would open the show or headline it. Three other matches will take place showcasing NXT & TNA talent taking on main roster WWE stars.

Cody Rhodes: We should call this the ‘Record Era’ of WWE

Posted on by Joseph Currier

On Thanksgiving night, a new episode of The Tonight Show aired with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes appearing as a guest.

Rhodes was on the show to promote the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event, which streams live on both NBC and Peacock on December 14. Rhodes is defending his title against Kevin Owens that night.

When Jimmy Fallon brought up the success WWE is having right now, Rhodes said this should be called the “Record Era” because the company is breaking records left and right.

“We’re in this period of time where — there was the Attitude Era, there was the Ruthless Aggression Era. And now, we don’t even know what to call this era of WWE. I feel like we should call it the Record Era, because we’re just breaking records left and right. The new management team — Triple H, Nick Khan, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — they’ve made it so easy for me,” Rhodes said. “I’ve been dubbed the quarterback because they just call the plays, I run the play, and everyone, hopefully, we all look good. So it’s a blessed time. Thank all of you [fans] so much.”

Rhodes previously said he likes the “Renaissance Era” as a name for this time period.

The Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York is hosting Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 14. It was also the venue for the first-ever SNME in 1985. The classic series is now returning as a quarterly special.

Rhodes hyped the December 14 show by teasing that there “might be a few surprises here and there.”

WWE’s Roman Reigns to appear on ‘The Tonight Show’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ahead of Survivor Series, Universal Champion Roman Reigns is set to make an appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon.

Reigns will promote Survivor Series when he appears as a guest on “The Tonight Show” this Wednesday. The appearance was advertised during tonight’s episode of Raw.

Actor, musician, producer, and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda will also be a guest on Wednesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show.” The show airs on NBC starting at 11:35 p.m. Eastern time.

At Survivor Series this Sunday, Reigns will face WWE Champion Big E in a non-title champion vs. champion match. The pay-per-view is taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Reigns and The Usos have laid out Big E’s New Day stablemates Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston on SmackDown over the past two weeks. As a message from Reigns, The Usos attacked Big E on Raw tonight. Big E & Riddle then faced The Usos in a tag match, but that ended in a disqualification when Seth Rollins got involved. The match then turned into a six-man tag where Rollins & The Usos defeated Big E, Riddle & Randy Orton.

Rollins pinned Riddle to win the six-man tag match. The Usos tried to attack Riddle after the match, but RK-Bro fought back and Orton laid out Jey Uso with an RKO. Big E then gave Jey the Big Ending, calling it his return message to Reigns.