WWE rumors 2016: Will John Cena's injury heal before Wrestlemania?

by Alexander Lopez, |
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John Cena may get his strength back in time to finally have his much-awaited pay-per-view Wrestlemania match with The Undertaker.

The last time the two colossal grapplers met in a live setting was on July 27, 2003, for WWE Vengeace '02, wherein The Undertaker defeated John Cena courtesy of a pinfall.

Cena has been sidelined with an intermittent shoulder injury, which has become a problem in his training sessions. According to a recent Instagram post from WWE, the Cenation Leader is currently undergoing physical therapy sessions. On Jan. 7, the 38-year-old professional wrestler went under the knife to get things working again on his right shoulder.

"He had a complete tear of a small portion of the rear rotator cuff tendon, the infraspinatus — toward the top-back of his shoulder — which I repaired," Dr. Jeffrey Dugas, who specializes in orthopaedic surgery with a sub-specialty in sports medicine, told WWE. "There was a large piece of loose tissue in his shoulder that needed to be removed."

The procedure was done at the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Alabama.

Cena, as established in the social media post, was working on his shoulder's range of motion.

Another rumor mentioned in Wrestling Inc. is that if push comes to shove for the WWE management, an Undertaker vs. Braun Strowman fight will be dealt on the table as a course of action. The Hillbilly-Jim-with-more-muscle Strowman has also been attached to headline the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. According to Bryan Alvarez of Wrestling Observer on YouTube, the WWE management could put The Wyatt Family stable member into a three-way tag team match that could have Kane, Luke Harper, Eric Rowan, Big Show, and Taker.

WrestleMania 32 will take place on April 3 at the AT&T Stadium in Texas. This will be the 32nd annual outing of Wrestlemania.