John Cena Added to WWE Manila Live Event
John Cena has been announced for the WWE live event taking place in Manila on September 9th, and the former WWE Champ is currently being advertised to face Big Show.
In related news, despite the WWE brand split officially taking place on last week’s Raw and Smackdown episodes, talents from Raw and Smackdown continue to work live events for opposite brands. Additionally, while numerous NXT talents were drafted to the WWE main roster, names such as Finn Balor and Carmella worked NXT live events this weekend.
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It appears as if the Raw and Smackdown rosters will actually be brand-specific at live events beginning with WWE Raw in Kansas City, MO on September 5th. While this event is a televised edition of Raw, no Smackdown talents are being advertised to appear. The only exception is that John Cena will be appearing at the WWE Manila event as mentioned, and the Beijing event taking place on September 10th. Both overseas shows are Raw brand live events.