WWE: John Cena on “The Wait Is Over, The Speculation Ends” For His 11/2 WWE RAW Show Appearance, Elio LeFleur Makes In-Ring Return From Injury at 10/27 WWE NXT Tapings, Hidetora Hanada Reportedly Signs With WWE, Johnny Gargano on Planking Storyline In WWE

Oct 28, 2026

John Cena Comments on “The Wait Is Over, The Speculation Ends” For His Nov. 2nd WWE RAW Show Appearance

The November 2nd WWE RAW show in Brookyln, New York is currently scheduled to be featuring John Cena making his first appearance on the RAW brand since his in-ring wrestling career retirement.

Cena recently reflected on Twitter about his upcoming appearance for WWE and teased he will be making an announcement regarding his upcoming John Cena Classic event.

“Make sure not to miss #WWERaw next week. SPECIAL START TIME OF 6PM EST! The wait is over, the speculation ends 11/2.
Let’s build this “Never Seen” CLASSIC!
OUR time is NOW!”

Make sure not to miss #WWERaw next week. SPECIAL START TIME OF 6PM EST! The wait is over, the speculation ends 11/2. Let’s build this “Never Seen” CLASSIC! OUR time is NOW!
— John Cena (@JohnCena) October 27, 2026

Elio LeFleur Makes In-Ring Return From Injury at Oct. 27th WWE NXT Tapings

As noted before, WWE NXT talent Elio LeFleur has been out of action for WWE’s NXT brand since this past March due to a shoulder injury and surgery.

WWE held several dark matches prior to the start of Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Among the matches was LeFleur making his in-ring return from injury.

Elio LeFleur has returned from injury ahead of #WWENXT https://t.co/uqQizBblNV
— False Finish (@FalseFinishHQ) October 27, 2026

Following his match, LeFleur revealed on Twitter that he hag been medically cleared from his injury.

Cleared. https://t.co/YtmC8wmKMM
— Elio LeFleur 🌸 (@ElioLeFleurWWE) October 28, 2026

Hidetora Hanada Reportedly Signs With WWE

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Japanese sumo wrestler and collegiate football player Hidetora Hanada recently signed an official contract with WWE.

Johnson reported that Hanada had participated in a tryout for WWE prior to his signing.

Hanada had revealed on Instagram in May of 2025 that he had visited WWE’s headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

Hanada had played football for Colorado State and had won the Junior World Sumo Championships in 2018 and 2019.

Johnny Gargano Comments on His Planking Storyline In WWE

Johnny Gargano recently recently released a new vlog on his official YouTibe channel. One of the topics discussed included Gargano’s thoughts about his six month long planking storyline in WWE this year and how his son Quill impacted his character’s story.

This storyline revolved around a depressed and unmotivated Gargano being seen backstage during WWE SmackDown shows just laying down in a planking pose on various objects that ended after a motivational speech by then Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk this past August.

“Quill watches the show. He watches SmackDown, and he loves video games. And in his head, when you win or you get a championship like those (motioning to belts displayed on his wall), you get the treasure. It’s a treasure to him.
And I don’t know how many times over the past year, we would fly out on Thursday, and before I would leave, Quill would ask me, like, ‘Dad, are you gonna win? You gonna get the treasure?’ And I would tell him, ‘I try, man. I’m really, really going to try.’
And then I would have a match on SmackDown, and I’d lose, and I’d come back through the curtain, and Candice would have the phone in her hand. She’d be on FaceTime, and she’d show me Quill just crying, bawling his eyes out, saying, ‘Daddy lost. Daddy’s not going to get the treasure. There’s no treasure.’
And, like, that broke me. So in my head, it was easier to just not try than to get up and fail and let people down. And I’m not saying that’s right. I’m not saying that’s the way to go about things, but that’s what I did.“

Gargano also gave his thoughts about how his against Punk for the WWE title in Cleveland “changed everything” for him.

“I got a chance at the WWE Championship, a title I have dreamed my whole life of. And I took a leap of faith, and I stood up. And that reaction to me changed everything because it showed me that it didn’t matter. It showed me that people still believed in me.”

Gargano also gave his thoughts about why his character is loyal to Sami Zayn.