Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Yulin 2017, WWE ta sanya Cena a matsayin "mai kyauta" yayin Superstar Shake-up, ma'ana zai iya aiki don alamun Raw da SmackDown. Bayan dawowarsa, Cena ya yi fada kuma ya ci Rusev a wasan tutar a Battleground, Baron Corbin a SummerSlam, kuma Roman Reigns ya ci shi a
Babu jinƙai. A lokacin da yake rikici da Reigns, su biyun sun yanke abubuwa daban-daban da suka yi aiki a kan juna, suna komawa da baya game da abin da suke ganin ɗayan kuma me ya sa taron jama'a ke amsa yadda suke yi. Duk da haifar da jita-jita game da ritayarsa bayan wasan ta hanyar amincewa da Reigns, yin rukuni, godiya ga taron, da kuma yin ban kwana da su kafin barin, Cena ya koma SmackDown a watan da ya gabata bayan Kwamishina Shane McMahon ya sanya shi a matsayin memba na karshe na Team SmackDown don wasan ragargaza maza 5-on-5 da Team Raw a Survivor Series; a taron, Kurt Angle ya kawar da Cena kuma Team SmackDown daga baya ya ci nasara.