4 takeaways from John Cena's return on the Christmas edition of Raw

#1 Cena was the opening act

Cena is no longer a regular act.

Cena was the face of the WWE for over a decade. He will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time and is also sure of a WWE Hall of Fame induction when he retires from in-ring action.He has accomplished everything in the WWE and is slowly transitioning to Hollywood.

Cena's WWE schedule is no longer intense as he is now on a part-time arrangement. His match with Roman Reigns at No Mercy was viewed as the passing of the torch to "The Big Dog" who is now expected to carry the WWE to the next era.

Cena opened the show on Monday Night and spent a few minutes in the ring before being interrupted by Elias Samson. Considering how he was booked at the Survivor Series, one would have thought that his return was going to include a high-profile match or feud but rather we saw him engage Elias in a war of words before facing each other in a match that Elias certainly had no chance.

It is unclear what the WWE's intention was with Cena's return but clearly, there was nothing special planned. This coupled with the fact that he was not in the main event is reason enough to believe that Cena's time is indeed up.