{"id":276619,"date":"2025-11-22T03:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T03:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/276619\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T03:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T03:58:14","slug":"wwe-star-pulled-from-john-cena-last-time-is-now-tournament-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/276619\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Star Pulled From John Cena Last Time Is Now Tournament Due To Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/john-cena-the-last-time-is-now-tournament-logo-poster.jpg\" alt=\"WWE Star Pulled From John Cena Last Time Is Now Tournament Due To Injury\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    WWE<\/p>\n<p>A WWE star has been pulled from John Cena\u2019s Last Time is Now tournament due to injury, with the company announcing the news on social media.<\/p>\n<p>With the final first round matches in the Last Time is Now tournament set to take place on tonight\u2019s episode of SmackDown, WWE has issued a \u201cBreaking News\u201d update that Sheamus will be unable to continue in the tournament due to suffering a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media, WWE stated that Sheamus could not be \u201cmedically cleared\u201d to compete, with further details on his status set to be provided on SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>WWE wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">BREAKING NEWS: Due to a shoulder injury, @WWESheamus is not medically cleared to continue competition in The Last Time is Now Tournament. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Additional information will be provided tonight on #SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet known how severe Sheamus\u2019 injury is at this time, nor who <a href=\"https:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/?s=wwe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE<\/a> will replace him with, but we will provide further updates when they become available.<\/p>\n<p>Sheamus defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in the first round to advance to the quarter-finals of the Last Time is Now Tournament, he would then compete in John Cena\u2019s final match on Raw the following week at Madison Square Garden \u2013 teaming with Cena and Rey Mysterio against The Judgment Day.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s SmackDown sees one of Sheamus\u2019 opponents on Monday: Finn Balor compete against Penta, while Carmelo Hayes take on Bronson Reed in the other Last Time is Now Tournament first round match.<\/p>\n<p>We at WrestleTalk wish Sheamus a full and speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Due to a shoulder injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWESheamus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WWESheamus<\/a> is not medically cleared to continue competition in The Last Time is Now Tournament. <\/p>\n<p>Additional information will be provided tonight on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SmackDown<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KoxPgewoO3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KoxPgewoO3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1991967168339280010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingmasterclass.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-436300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wrestling-masterclass-9-stars-webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"128\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make sure you stay up to date with all the biggest wrestling and WrestleTalk news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@wrestletalk.official\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Threads by clicking this link<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/author\/jamie-toolan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763783894_814_a162bb73e5e661a85e10fdfa58ddf47b07f766c9550fe9cc318ad4b23fcbe14e\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5 hours ago by Jamie Toolan<\/p>\n<p class=\"share\">Share this article with friends<\/p>\n<p>                                                     <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WWE A WWE star has been pulled from John Cena\u2019s Last Time is Now tournament due to 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