John Cena endorses LA Knight after WWE Payback victory

LA Knight has John Cena’s seal of approval.

At Payback on Saturday night, Cena served as the special guest referee for Knight vs. The Miz. Knight picked up the win after hitting Miz with Blunt Force Trauma. Knight and Cena then went face-to-face on the stage. It initially started out as tense but ended with Cena endorsing Knight. He shook Knight’s hand and raised Knight’s arm in the air. Cena then headed backstage, telling Knight that this was his moment.

There was a point during Knight vs. Miz when Cena twice had to pull Knight away when he was attacking Miz in the corner. Cena called the match fairly, doing the same thing when Miz tried to cheat.

This marks back-to-back PPV victories for Knight. Last month, he won the Slim Jim-sponsored SummerSlam battle royal.

After making his WWE return on SmackDown, Cena was at Payback as the host of the event. He stated that his job as host was to make the night special, so he would be the special guest ref for Miz vs. Knight.

Cena will be sticking around WWE for the next two months. He’s set to appear on every episode of SmackDown from September 15 through October 27.

Cena is teaming with Seth Rollins against Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) at WWE’s Superstar Spectacle live event in India on Friday, September 8.