Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reid of Fatal Influence are the latest to be invited to the John Cena Classic. John Cena personally invited them on Friday’s SmackDown in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shortly after the trio confronted him backstage.
Jayne, Henley, and Reid approached Cena to complain about his invitation to Charlotte Flair, the group’s rival on SmackDown, at the start of the show. Reid joked that after so many years of “You Can’t See Me,” that’s exactly what Cena did to them. Cena responded that it was just the kind of “Ruthless Aggression” the John Cena Classic needs and invited the three of them.
With the trio, the John Cena Classic is up to nine invited wrestlers, five of them women. On the women’s side, the Fatal Influence members are joined by Charlotte and NXT Women’s Champion Kelani Jordan, who received her invitation from Cena on Tuesday’s NXT. On the men’s side, Cody Rhodes, Zilla Fatu, Noam Dar, and Romeo Moreno have been confirmed.
Speaking to The Takedown on SI, Cena explained that a Club WWE fan vote will determine the women’s and men’s champions of the night, and even those who lose their match can win.
Jayne, the current Women’s United States Champion, is set to face Charlotte in a non-title match on the same SmackDown.
The John Cena Classic is set for Monday, December 14, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, starting at 6 p.m. ET.
Some might say a FATAL invite 😏 @JohnCena welcomes Fatal Influence into the John Cena Classic! https://t.co/l68dW3pmMu
— WWE (@WWE) November 14, 2026