WWE: Roman Reigns Advertised For Three WWE RAW Dates This June, Bayley Teases Potential Match with Tatum Paxley for The John Cena Classic, Backstage Update on WWE’s Current Plans for The John Cena Classic Format

May 11, 2026

Roman Reigns Advertised For Three WWE RAW Dates This June

As noted before, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns was no longer advertised to be making appearances at upcoming WWE RAW shows this June. Reigns being pulled from RAW shows was believed to be due to WWE officials not having plans for him to travel to Saudi Arabia for this June’s Night of Champions 2026 event and a clerical error causing him to be mistakenly advertised for those shows.

WWE provided an update earlier today officially advertising Reigns for three WWE RAW shows this June.

Reigns’ currently advertised WWE schedule:

May 11 – WWE Raw in Knoxville, Tennessee
May 18 – WWE Raw in Greensboro, North Carolina
May 25 – WWE Raw in Columbus, Ohio
May 31 – Clash in Italy in Turin, Italy
June 1 – WWE Raw in Turin, Italy
June 15 – WWE Raw in Baltimore, Maryland
June 29 – WWE Raw in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Get ready to throw the ☝️s up for your Tribal Chief!

Tickets to see World Heavyweight Champion @WWERomanReigns on sale now: https://t.co/DewXMi9HpH pic.twitter.com/uc2P1U3I4n
— WWE (@WWE) May 11, 2026

Bayley Teases Potential Match with Tatum Paxley for The John Cena Classic

As noted before, this past Saturday’s WWE Backlash 2026 event in Tampa, Florida featured John Cena unveiling a new event called The John Cena Classic and a new fan voted championship called the Cena Classic Championship. This new event was stated to feature WWE main roster talent competing in matches against NXT brand talent.

In response to a recent fan tweet, Bayley teased on Twitter about having a potential match against current NXT Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley for the upcoming The John Cena Classic.

@TatumPaxley think you’re ready?
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) May 10, 2026

Backstage Update on WWE’s Current Plans for The John Cena Classic Format

As noted before, this past Saturday’s WWE Backlash 2026 event in Tampa, Florida featured John Cena’s hyped up “history making news” announcement being the unveiling of a new event called The John Cena Classic and a new fan voted championship called the Cena Classic Championship.

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported in Sunday’s Daily Update that his sources stated that WWE officials plans for the John Cena Classic is currently a “work in progress.”

Meltzer reported that WWE officials wanted to make the announcement at Backlash but have not made any decisions on the actual format for the John Cena Classic. Meltzer also reported it is currently not known if this will be an actual tournament or just a series of individual matches or even how the champions will be exactly setup.