# Dar, Moreno and Kelani Jordan Join John Cena Classic Label: CONFIRMED Promotion: WWE By WrestlingNews.com Staff Published Nov. 10, 2026, 9:50 PM ET URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/dar-moreno-and-kelani-jordan-invited-to-john-cena-classic/ > John Cena invited NXT's Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno and Kelani Jordan to the John Cena Classic in taped backstage videos on NXT on Tuesday, Nov. 10. By our count five names are now known for the Dec. 14 show near Orlando. ## The quick version - Cena invited Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners, and NXT Women's Champion Kelani Jordan on the Nov. 10 NXT. - Cody Rhodes and Zilla Fatu were named earlier. That makes five names, by our count. WWE has not posted a full list or any matches. - The invitations aired as taped videos. WWE posted both clips on X, as embedded by Wrestling Inc. John Cena invited three NXT wrestlers to the John Cena Classic during WWE NXT on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno got theirs together in a backstage video. Kelani Jordan, the NXT Women's Champion, got hers in another. Fightful, Wrestling Inc and Cageside Seats all reported it, and Wrestling Inc embedded WWE's own posts of the clips. ## What was shown In the first video, Cena told Dar and Moreno he knew about their careers and their team, per Wrestling Inc and ProWrestling.net. Fightful says Cena noted that Dar has been with WWE for a decade and said he is passing that knowledge to Moreno. Cena gave each man a briefcase with the invitation inside and what appear to be coins, per Cageside Seats. The pair won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on Nov. 4. See [our NXT results story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/nxt-results-nov-4-waller-retains-over-punk/). In the second video, Cena invited Jordan while she was in a makeup chair and handed her a briefcase, per Wrestling Inc. WWE's post called her "The Standout." Later in the ring, Jordan said she would rest after two straight title defenses and would see fans on Dec. 14 at the Classic, per Cageside Seats. Kendal Grey then interrupted, and NXT General Manager Robert Stone booked Jordan against Grey for the NXT Women's Championship on next Tuesday's show, per Fightful and Wrestling Inc. ## Who is in - Cody Rhodes, named on Raw on Nov. 2. - Zilla Fatu, named on NXT on Nov. 4. See [our Fatu story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/zilla-fatu-second-john-cena-classic-entrant/). - Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno, named Nov. 10. - Kelani Jordan, named Nov. 10. Wrestling Inc calls her the first woman added. Fightful's list of four, written before Jordan's video, matches ours. The Classic is Monday, Dec. 14, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando. Cena has said each match pits a main roster star against an NXT wrestler. See [our story on the format](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/cena-says-john-cena-classic-is-exhibition-matches-not-a-bracket/). WWE has not said how many matches there will be or who faces whom. ## On the same show After the invitations aired, The Vanity Project attacked Dar and Moreno backstage, per Wrestling Inc and Cageside Seats. In the storyline, Stone then said the pair had not been cleared to wrestle, and Hank Walker and Tank Ledger came out as the challengers for the NXT Tag Team Championship, per Wrestling Inc, Cageside Seats and ProWrestling.net. The result was not in our sources when we wrote this. It does not change the invitations. Cageside Seats reports that WWE filmed more of Cena's invitations while he was in Orlando last week. Kam Hendrix, who asked Cena for a spot last week, lost to EK Prosper on this show, per Fightful. WWE has not said whether he will be invited. ## What to watch Cena is listed for SmackDown on Friday, Nov. 13, and Raw on Monday, Nov. 16, per the POST Wrestling report we cited earlier. More names may come then. WWE has not said so. **How we know.** Source: Fightful, Wrestling Inc, Cageside Seats and ProWrestling.net, which all describe the same videos. WWE's own X posts were read only as embedded in Wrestling Inc's live coverage. We did not watch NXT live and did not contact WWE. The count of five is ours, built from WWE's earlier announcements and these reports. Nothing in this story is a rumor. ## Sources - Fightful (Andrew Thompson), "Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno Set For WWE John Cena Classic", Nov. 10, 2026, 8:36 pm, time zone not shown (Cena's words to Dar and Moreno, the list of four names). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/noam-dar-romeo-moreno-set-for-wwe-john-cena-classic/ - Wrestling Inc (Olivia Quinlan and Ross W Berman IV), "WWE NXT Results: John Cena Adds Dusty Classic Winners To JCC", updated Nov. 10, 2026, 8:55 PM EST on the page we read, with later entries (Jordan's invitation, "first female competitor", the Vanity Project attack, Walker and Ledger). https://www.wrestlinginc.com/2311789/wwe-nxt-november-10-2026-results/ - Cageside Seats (Geno Mrosko), "Two more NXT invitees revealed for The John Cena Classic", Nov. 11, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC (the coins and briefcases, more invitations filmed). https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/486004/two-more-nxt-invitees-revealed-for-the-john-cena-classic-wwe-noam-dar-romeo-moreno - Cageside Seats (Claire Elizabeth), "WWE NXT results, live discussion (Nov. 10, 2026): Dar & Moreno get their shot", updated Nov. 11, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC (Jordan's promo, Grey, Stone). https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/485955/wwe-nxt-results-live-discussion-nov-10-2026-dar-moreno-get-their-shot - Fightful (Luis Pulido), "WWE NXT Results (11/10/2026): NXT Tag Title Match, Wren Sinclair, Kam Hendrix, More", Nov. 10, 2026, 7:52 pm, with later updates (Grey's rematch, Hendrix's loss). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wwe-nxt-results-11-10-2026-nxt-tag-title-match-wren-sinclair-kam-hendrix-more/ - ProWrestling.net (Jason Powell), "NXT TV results (11/10): Powell's review of Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes vs. Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno for the NXT Tag Team Titles, Wren Sinclair vs. Izzi Dame", Nov. 10, 2026 (Cena's video, the Vanity Project reaction, Walker and Ledger). https://prowrestling.net/site/2026/11/10/nxt-tv-results-11-10-powells-review-of-brad-baylor-and-ricky-smokes-vs-noam-dar-and-romeo-moreno-for-the-nxt-tag-team-titles-wren-sinclair-vs-izzi-dame/ - WWE (@WWE) on X, two posts about the Dar and Moreno invitation and Jordan's invitation, dated Nov. 11, 2026 on the embeds. No link: we saw them only as embedded in Wrestling Inc's coverage, which did not give us the post addresses, and we did not open X. - WrestlingNews.com, "Cena Says Classic Will Be Exhibitions, Not a Bracket", Nov. 9, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/cena-says-john-cena-classic-is-exhibition-matches-not-a-bracket/ - WrestlingNews.com, "Zilla Fatu Is the Second John Cena Classic Entrant, Cena Says on NXT", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/zilla-fatu-second-john-cena-classic-entrant/ - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read four outlets' coverage of the show and compared their accounts. We did not watch NXT live or contact WWE. How we credit sources: [Editorial standards](https://wrestlingnews.com/editorial-standards/).