John Cena shows up at Seth Rollins’ wrestling school

John Cena appeared at WWE star Seth Rollins’ wrestling academy today. Cena has not been seen since making a huge announcement at Backlash 2026.

Cena stopped by the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy today to spend time with students. Black and Brave is owned by RAW star Seth Rollins and Marek Brave.

The academy’s official Instagram account shared that Cena spent five hours working with students today and was incredibly generous with his time. Black and Brave also shared several photographs of Cena at the academy, and you can check them out in the post below.

“We were honored to welcome the incomparable @johncena to the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy today! John spent 5 hours teaching, coaching, and answering questions and then spent an additional hour giving 1-on-1 time to many of our graduates. We cannot thank him enough for his incredible generosity.”

Seth Rollins defeated Montez Ford in a singles match this past Monday night on RAW. The Visionary is married to Becky Lynch in real life, and she will be defending the Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Sol Ruca this Sunday at Clash in Italy.

The Cenation Leader retired from in-ring competition following his loss to Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event in December 2025. The legend served as the host of WrestleMania 42 and announced the John Cena Classic Tournament earlier this month at Backlash.

John Cena opens up about upcoming WWE tournament

WWE icon John Cena recently discussed the upcoming tournament named after him.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, the 49-year-old discussed the tournament and disclosed that it was his idea. The former WWE Champion noted that it took him several months to approach Triple H and Nick Khan about the idea.

“The John Cena Classic took four or five months for me to get a proper situation where I could talk to Triple H and Nick Khan. And they digested the information. We’ve been working out the details for about two months now. And we’re we’re going forward. We’re going to give it a shot,” he said.

Gunther has also recently retired Goldberg and AJ Styles. The Ring General will be challenging Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship this weekend at Clash in Italy.