Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 2017, WWE yakatumidza Cena "mutambi akasununguka" panguva yeSuperstar Shake-up, zvichireva kuti aigona kushandira ese ari maviri maRaw uye SmackDown brand. Achitevera kudzoka kwake, Cena akarwa uye akakunda Rusev mumutambo wemureza paBattleground
, Baron Corbin paSummerSlam, uye akakundwa naRoman Reigns paNo Mercy. Munguva yokurwisana kwake naReigns, vaviri vacho vakagadzira mapikicha akasiyana-siyana, vachienda mberi nekudzoka pamusoro pezvavanofunga kuti mumwe wacho ndiani uye kuti nei mapoka acho achiita nenzira yavanoita. Pasinei nekumutsa runyerekupe rwekurega basa mushure memutambo nekutsigira Reigns, achitora bow, achitenda boka revanhu, uye achivakwazisa vasati vaenda, Cena akadzokera kuSmackDown mwedzi wakatevera mushure mekunge Commissioner Shane McMahon amutumidza nhengo yekupedzisira yeTeam SmackDown yemutambo wevarume 5-on-5 wekubvisa Team Raw paSurvivor Series; pachiitiko ichi, Cena akabviswa naKurt Angle uye Team SmackDown yakazokundwa.