Major Update: John Cena Will NOT Appear Live On WWE RAW Next Week Despite Being Advertised

First, WWE advertised John Cena for appearances on a slew of holiday tour dates including multiple TV tapings for WWE RAW and Smackdown Live. Then, Cena himself claimed in an interivew that he would not be returning to television at all during the tour.
However, earlier this week Vince McMahon himself took time on the Christmas Eve special edition of WWE RAW to announce that John Cena would be returning next week for BOTH the New Year’s Eve edition of RAW and the New Year’s Day editi