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Friday Night SmackDown on 22nd September started and ended with John Cena. It picked up where the last SmackDown episode ended with the Hollywood star feuding with The Bloodline. A similar moment came circling back tonight after the WWE legend was left alone in the ring to get beaten up by Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. However, that wasn’t always the plan.

As per the storyline, both AJ Styles and John Cena were to be present inside the ring as tag team partners to challenge Sikoa and Jimmy Uso for their future match at Fastlane. However, in a segment canon to the story, Jimmy Uso was found beating up ‘The Phenomenal One’ backstage. This resulted in Styles getting carried out of the venue on a stretcher. But Cena wasn’t to be left alone tonight at all, as LA Knight was supposed to step in to help him.

Why couldn’t John Cena’s partner make it tonight?

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WWE’s original plans called for LA Knight to come to John Cena‘s rescue Styles was written off. In fact, he was supposed to stay for a dark match after the main event as a bonus match for the visitors. However, the plans had to change last minute and the WWE legend had to endure all the ‘smacks’ on his own without much help.

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported how Knight was originally going to be in Arizona tonight. At first, his appearance at the main event got canceled, leaving only the dark match. However, Sapp reveals that he won’t be appearing for the bonus match either.

He tweeted, “Originally, LA Knight was listed as being involved in tonight’s contract signing. Knight was listed as a surprise to help John Cena. He was also internally listed as teaming with Cena in a dark match following the show. We’re told this was not a Vince McMahon change, it was medical related.”

 

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For those of you who are concerned about Vince McMahon‘s involvement can relax, as reports suggest that the last-moment changes happened because of medical reasons.

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