Bengaluru, September 23: John Cena was brought to Monday Night Raw after a hiatus of nearly one year. The reason behind this move was to set up a rivalry against the newer franchise player on the brand, Roman Reigns. The matchup between this two has now been confirmed to take place at the No Mercy PPV.
Another reason for bringing the 16-time world champion to Raw is to save the tv ratings for Raw to some extent. In case you don't know, WWE has to deal with a lot of rating problems following the Summerslam PPV. The hype around the second biggest event of the year starts to fade away, gradually.
In addition, the NFL season starts to pick up which is the ratings of the flagship show takes a dip. This has been the tradition for the past few years. Vince McMahon is surely aware of the fact and wanted to arrange some repercussions.