It’s the Christmas gift so nice, John Cena wanted to give it twice. Returning to Raw for the first time since his Yuletide victory over Elias, WWE’s resident free agent found himself face-to-face once again with Raw’s resident balladeer, but Elias flipped the script at the last possible second.
Elias was a bit saltier than usual when Cena arrived — Chris Jericho had put him on The List of Jericho moments earlier, so he had a few choice words for the Legends in attendance, as well as a ringside Jimmy Fallon — and things seemed, at first, to be going very much as they did the first time around. Once again, Cena took Elias to task for his trash talk and once again, the legendary champion and ascendant Superstar threw hands.
This time, however, Elias got the last word, low-blowing Cena as the 16-time World Champion set up for the Attitude Adjustment, smashing a guitar over his back and dropping him with Drift Away. The takeaway? Cena may walk with Elias yet, to say nothing of the other Superstars in the Men’s Royal Rumble Match.