John Cena and Nikki Bella Not at Smackdown Live Tonight, News on Their WWE Futures, Watch Goldberg’s Speech on “Raw Talk” (Video)

April 4, 2017

John Cena & Nikki Bella Not at Smackdown Tonight

Following their engagement at WrestleMania 33, both John Cena and Nikki Bella are not being advertised for tonight’s WWE Smackdown Live in Orlando. As noted, Cena is expected to be taking another hiatus from WWE, and as of now, him and Nikki have been removed from all WWE live events through the summer. Cena is also not being advertised for this August’s WWE SummerSlam PPV in Brooklyn.

Nikki Bella is also expected to take some time off from the road as well, as she is still dealing with issues related to her neck surgery, and she subsequently noted in a pre-WrestleMania 33 interview that her in-ring career might be staring to wind down.

With regards to next week’s “Superstar Shakeup” on Raw and Smackdown, Dave Meltzer reported in a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Smackdown live events actually outdrew Raw in January and February after John Cena returned after Christmas. Before Cena’s return, Meltzer noted that “Raw was killing Smackdown in attendance.” So it will be interesting to see what moves are made during next week’s “Superstar Shakeup.”

Watch Goldberg’s Speech on “Raw Talk”

WWE has released the following video of Goldberg addressing the live crowd last night after Raw went off the air on “Raw Talk”. During the segment, Goldberg says goodbye to the WWE Universe…for now:

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.