John Cena Reportedly Facing Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam

Jinder Mahal is currently the WWE Champion over on Smackdown. That is a sentence that many wrestling fans still have difficulty believing that this is true, as his win over Randy Orton at Backlash for the title came as a major shock. Since winning the belt, Mahal has played up his anti-American act quite a bit, and it seems to be leading somewhere soon. The 50th champion in WWE history is set to retain his title over Randy Orton and other challengers in the future for now, but he may have one very difficult taks ahead of him indeed if reports are to be believed.
Sportskeeda is reporting that John Cena is scheduled to face Jinder Mahal for the title at SummerSlam this August. Cena has been absent from WWE programming ever since he proposed to Nikki Bella after his Wrestlemania match from earlier this year. We already have it confirmed that Cena is returning to Smackdown in July 4th, or Independence Day in America. This seems like the perfect chance to get the ball rolling on the big SummerSlam feud. John Cena similarly defeated Rusev at Wrestlemania 31 two years ago after the latter’s ‘evil foreigner’ rampage that the he went on for the better part of a year. It seems that the same may be in store for Jinder.
The choice to have Jinder Mahal win the title was an unexpected one, but it seems almost certain now that it will be done to help get Cena to beat Ric Flair’s claimed record of 16 world titles, with which Cena is currently tied at the moment. The All-American hero will return to confront Jinder Mahal, leading to a big match in Brooklyn for the belt where Cena will stand up for America, and break the record at the same time. For now though, “The Maharaja” will be facing Randy Orton until Cena is ready to return to the wrestling ring. Expect your WWE Championship match for SummerSlam to be set, and it will be Cena vs. Mahal.