At Backlash, Cena put the WWE Championship on the line against Randy Orton in Orton's hometown of St. Louis. During the latter stages of the match while the referee was incapacitated Orton, was preparing to punt Cena in the head.

R-Truth came to Saturday Night’s Main Event determined to bring back the old, babyface John Cena. Despite being played for a fool in the match’s final moments, Truth still believes there’s some good left in wrestling’s “Last Real Champion.

During WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, R-Truth came out to fight John Cena... as John Cena. Theme song, red shirt and all. Cena is R-Truth's childhood hero, and the thought process here was that Truth would beat Cena fair and square and show him the power of being a face?