Did John Cena Go Off-Script During Raw Segment With Roman Reigns?

On Monday, John Cena and Roman Reigns officially signed the contract for their match at next month’s No Mercy pay-per-view, but before they were able to do so, Cena completely eviscerated Reigns on the microphone.

Cena, who has been WWE’s top man for well over a decade, pretty much called Reigns out on everything he’s been criticized for since his big singles push began almost three years ago.

Just in case you missed the verbal battle between the two, you can check it out below:

Cena and Reigns shoot from the hip in heated verbal exchange: Raw, Aug. 28, 2017

On Tuesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that Cena’s promo on Monday was exactly what WWE wanted, adding that the former 16-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion did not go off-script on Reigns.

“This whole thing was completely scripted by the writers. It’s not something where they let the guys go or let John go… This isn’t like when he was on Talking Smack and he was just out there being, what I call, the best John Cena is when he’s not scripted. This was a great John Cena promo, but this is exactly what they wanted.”