John Cena took to WWE NXT on November 10, 2026, to officially invite Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno into the John Cena Classic, a tag team showcase set for December 14. According to WrestleTalk, the invitation positions Dar and Moreno to face whichever team emerges victorious from the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, WWE’s long-running annual tag team tournament.
The matchup ties together two of WWE’s signature team-based competitions. The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, named in honor of the legendary Dusty Rhodes, has historically been used to spotlight and elevate tag teams across WWE’s Raw and SmackDown rosters. By having the Classic’s eventual Winners booked directly into the John Cena Classic, WWE is creating an immediate crossover between its NXT and main roster tag divisions, with Dar and Moreno serving as the first confirmed entrants on the NXT side.
Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno’s addition to the card gives the December 14 event a concrete through-line: whichever Raw or SmackDown duo claims the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will walk directly into a showcase match named after Cena himself, adding extra stakes to that tournament’s outcome in the weeks ahead.
The announcement comes amid a broader stretch of Cena-related headlines across WWE and independent wrestling media. Fightful reported that the tag team Hyperactive discussed how Cena, during a Lodestone camp session, told them they reminded him of D-Generation X, reportedly giving them the idea to appear as DX in a Multiverse Rumble. Bayley has run several Lodestone camps aimed at independent women’s wrestlers, and Cena was among those who attended one of the sessions alongside other performers.
Separately, Ringside News detailed Cody Rhodes’ reaction to comments Cena made regarding their WrestleMania 41 match. Rhodes, speaking on ESPN Radio, recalled being moved to tears by one of Cena’s compliments, only for Cena to later say their WrestleMania 41 match “stunk up the joint.” Rhodes said he could not help but laugh at how quickly his mentor brought him back down to earth after the high praise.
Taken together, the reports underscore Cena’s continued presence across multiple corners of WWE programming as his in-ring career winds toward its scheduled conclusion, from mentoring independent talent at Lodestone to personally selecting opponents for his namesake tournament. The December 14 John Cena Classic match involving Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno will depend on the result of the ongoing Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, with the winning team confirmed as their opponents once that tournament concludes.
