John Cena made his return to WWE at WrestleMania 32, taking part in a segment to help The Rock fight off The Wyatt Family after Rock took part in an impromptu six-second match against Erick Rowan. The match came about after Rock announced that the crowd at AT&T Stadium had broken WWE's all-time WrestleMania attendance record.

Cena has been out of action ever since undergoing shoulder surgery back on January 7th and it was initially thought that he would miss Sunday night's event.