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John Cena returns to WWE at The Royal Rumble!
During a match with Mr. Kennedy on the October 1, 2007 episode of Raw, Cena suffered a legitimate torn pectoral muscle while executing a hip toss. Though he finished the match and took part in the scripted attack by Randy Orton after the match, surgery the following day found that his pectoralis major muscle was torn completely from the bone, estimated at the time to require seven months to a year of rehabilitation. As a result, he was stripped of the title in an announcement by Vince McMahon on the next night's episode of ECW, ending what was the longest WWE Championship reign in over 19 years.
Cena made an unannounced return to action on January 27, as the final participant of the Royal Rumble, winning the match and the traditional WrestleMania title shot, by last eliminating Triple H. He looked better than ever before and the prototype had returned to WWE.