Their lives have gotten impossibly busy lately- John with AEW, Mike back on the road more regularly with WWE. It makes hanging out more difficult, but when they manage, things haven't changed. They're still the same chaotic, ridiculous duo they've always been. So when Mike starts bitching about Cena hosting Payback, and LA Knight, John listens patiently. Then he says something that sticks with him.
"It's like wrestling the invisible man, huh? He's only around for a day or two, and you never have the opportunity to get revenge on what he did to you. Kinda sucks, man."
"Exactly," he had said at the time, but his mind had been a million miles away, trapped for some reason in thinking about an invisible man.
So on Monday, after Cena had truly ruined everything but refereeing Mike's match against LA Knight, and taken all of the focus off of where it deserved to be- him- he decides on what exactly to do about it. People can't see Cena anyway, so what's the difference? He invites Cena onto the show- but the man isn't actually there, though it's amusing to see the reaction as he pretends he is.
He even allows himself to eat a punch, but turns it around into a skullcrushing finale to end the segment sending everyone- but mainly himself- home with something to talk about. Let Cena have India, Mike's done what he's always wanted to do- prove that even after almost twenty years, he could still hold the ring down by himself and have a crowd on the edge of their seats with little struggle.
He holds off on responding to messages until he gets back to his hotel room, out of his suit, showered, and into something more comfortable to sleep in, food by his side to tide him over until he gets home in the morning.
Morrison's When I said invisible man, I didn't realize you'd take it that seriously text message leaves him chortling into his chicken for a good few minutes.