5 Reasons why John Cena is working house shows but not appearing on WWE TV

#2 John Cena can work his ring rust away before his appearance at the 2019 Royal Rumble PPV

Wrestling at house shows is a highly effective way of working through the ring rust

For those who don't really follow the WWE's house show matches, this may come as somewhat of a surprise, but the non-televised house show matchups are actually extremely essential to the performers.

In fact, performers who've been out of action for a long time and have just returned to the wrestling ring, usually wrestle more matches on the house shows rather than on RAW or SmackDown. This is because working the house show matches helps them fight away their ring rust, and get their timing and rhythm back again!

Considering that, the WWE's first "Big 4" PPV of 2019, the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, is presently scheduled to take place at the Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on January 27th -- Cena will likely be involved in the PPV in some capacity, and the WWE having him wrestle at a few house-shows before the 'Rumble is smart booking..