Following John Cena’s removal from the Tables, Ladders & Chairs match for the WWE Championship at this Sunday’s pay-per-view event, granting Zack Ryder an opportunity at the WWE United States Championship, as well as Cena being chokeslamed at the hands of a returning Kane at the 3-hour Slammy Awards edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, this Sunday’s WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs event currently marks the first time that former WWE Champion John Cena has not been booked on a WWE pay-per-view event.

In an update to the situation, a report from F4WOnline notes that there has been discussion during the week of making John Cena the special guest referee for the WWE United States Championship match at the pay-per-view between Dolph Ziggler and Zack Ryder and that a stipulation might be put in place for John Cena in the match, where Cena will be added to the WWE Championship match at the event, making it a fatal-four-way TLC match.

Nothing regarding Cena was taped at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings in Raleigh, North Carolina, so whether the WWE quietly announce it leading up to the pay-per-view or whether it will be an addition on the night remains to be seen.