Following his electrocution at the hands of Ryback at Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, when can we expect to John Cena back on television again?

Sans a post-show dark match, the current champion didn’t appear at all on Monday’s Raw, still selling his injuries from the event.

Instead, Ryback came out at the start of the show, complained about the strange no-contest finish to the match and issued a challenge for an Ambulance match at the Payback event next month.

He later took out Cena’s old friend Zack Ryder and sent him off in a nearby ambulance for emphasis.

Well, it appears Cena will be answering the challenge sooner rather than later. In today’s F4Wonline Daily Update, Dave Meltzer reveals:

“John Cena is expected back on Raw next week. He was off TV last night selling injuries, but he worked before the live crowd in the dark match main event.”

Oh, come on. You didn’t really expect Cena to miss any real time in an attempt to get over the seriousness of his injuries, did you?

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WWE Extreme Rules took center stage on Sunday, May 19, with multiple titles on the line and danger at a premium. At the center of the pandemonium was the WWE Championship match between John Cenaand Ryback.

As for how extreme this match was, Cena and Ryback were both stretchered out of the building.

UPDATE: Monday, May 20, 7:30 a.m. ET

Despite one the most brutal looking finishes in recent history, John Cena refused to be taken to the hospital following the no contest finish in his WWE Championship defense against Ryback at Extreme Rules Sunday night, according to WWE.com. Read more…

John Cena challenged CM Punk to a WWE Championship No. 1 Contender’s Match

LAFAYETTE, La. — We’ll say this much for CM Punk: He does not go down without a fight. Like the proverbial bad penny, The Straight Edge Superstar just keeps coming back when the WWE Universe thinks he’s gone for good. This week, his machinations have ostensibly inserted him back into the WWE Title picture he was removed from just 24 hours earlier when The Rock retained his championship at Elimination Chamber. Punk’s latest scheme, however, was not targeted at The People’s Champion but instead at his old foil John Cena.

Cena, who declared his intention to challenge for the WWE Title at WrestleMania 29 several weeks prior, had barely begun to address the Cajundome crowd when Punk cut the Cenation leader off and attempted to provoke the proverbial bear, recalling Cena’s defeat at Rock’s hands at WrestleMania XXVIII and his numerous losses to Punk himself.

“The Rock beat me fair and square last night … and he beat you fair and square last year at WrestleMania,” Punk said. “But when we’re talking about wins and losses, you have never beat me. You have something that doesn’t belong to you.”

But Cena would not be quite so easily goaded. However, he did concede two points: He had never beaten Punk and he had never beaten The Rock. Cena had just the solution in mind to silence The Straight Edge Superstar as well as his critics, though.

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WrestleMania XXX to take place at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on April 06th, 2014

NEW ORLEANS, LA — It’s official: WrestleMania XXX will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday, April 6, 2014, as confirmed by New Orleans, top WWE officials and a host of WWE Superstars in an all-star press conference live-streamed on WWE.com, the WWE App, WWE’s Facebook page, and YouTube.com/WWE.

“We are happy to announce that New Orleans will host WWE’s premiere event, WrestleMania XXX, right here in the dome on April 6, 2014,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at the conference, which took place at the Superdome itself. “This is just an unbelievable experience for us. WWE and New Orleans are going to be a perfect match. We are a perfect city for sports-entertainment. I don’t think anybody does it better than us.”

Joining Mayor Landrieu at the Superdome for the historic announcement were WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, WWE COO Triple H, Executive Vice President of Creative Stephanie McMahon and a cavalcade of Superstars, including WWE Champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio, John Cena, Big Show, Mark Henry, The Great Khali, Brodus Clay and WWE Divas Layla, Cameron and Naomi.

“WrestleMania is a celebration; it’s what we do,” Mr. McMahon said. “People from all over the world come to New Orleans and they’re going to celebrate the grandeur, the spectacular nature of WrestleMania … that’s what WrestleMania is, and there’s no town in the world that personifies celebration more than New Orleans.”

Also taking part in the press conference were Rita Benson Leblanc, New Orleans Saints owner and vice chairman; Stephen Perry, president and CEO of New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau; Jay Cicero, CEO of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation; and Alan Freeman, general manager of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and New Orleans Arena.

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#1.Dolph Ziggler is our first entrant.#2. Chris Jericho comes on second.# Cody Rhodes is our third entrant. Out comes Kofi Kingston as #4. Santino Marella comes on fifth. Santino Marella has been eliminated. Drew McIntyre is our sixth entrant. Titus O’Neil comes is our seventh entrant. Drew McIntyre has been eliminated by Chris Jericho. Out comes Goldust as #8. David Otunga comes on nine. Heath Slater is our next entrant. Out comes Sheamus as #11. Titus O’Neil has been eliminated. David Otunga has been eliminated by Sheamus. Lord Tensai comes on twelve.

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