--- title: Daily Show's Jon Stewart Gets Body Slammed by WWE Wrestler description: "Stewart asked for it" canonical: https://time.com/4009538/jon-stewart-wwe/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-25T12:22:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:24:46.113Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Daily Show's Jon Stewart Gets Body Slammed by WWE Wrestler og:description: "Stewart asked for it" og:url: https://time.com/4009538/jon-stewart-wwe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea0675dd4d10e48f/698860b8cd1bba5ed16fcdf5/gettyimages-485055138.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: WWE SummerSlam 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daily Show's Jon Stewart Gets Body Slammed by WWE Wrestler twitter:description: "Stewart asked for it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea0675dd4d10e48f/698860b8cd1bba5ed16fcdf5/gettyimages-485055138.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jon Stewart Get Body Slammed by WWE Wrestler  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Aug 25, 2015 12:22 PM UTC  Jon Stewart gets into the action at WWE SummerSlam 2015 Barclays Center of Brooklyn in New York City on Aug. 23, 2015. Jon Stewart gets into the action at WWE SummerSlam 2015 Barclays Center of Brooklyn in New York City on Aug. 23, 2015.JP Yim—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Aug 25, 2015 12:22 PM UTC Jon Stewart returned to the ring Monday evening to mend fences with WWE wrestler John Cena, one day after the retired _Daily Show_ host swung a chair into Cena’s gut. Cena claimed to “understand” why Stewart launched a sneak attack, and asked for Stewart’s understanding in return, before treating the comedian to his signature body slam, the Attitude Adjustment. > [](https://twitter.com/WWE/status/635997451736891392) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4009538/jon-stewart-wwe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4009538/jon-stewart-wwe/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart Get Body Slammed by WWE Wrestler","datePublished":"2015-08-25T12:22:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:24:46.113Z","description":"\"Stewart asked for it\"","url":"https://time.com/4009538/jon-stewart-wwe/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea0675dd4d10e48f/698860b8cd1bba5ed16fcdf5/gettyimages-485055138.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea0675dd4d10e48f/698860b8cd1bba5ed16fcdf5/gettyimages-485055138.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"WWE SummerSlam 2015","caption":"WWE SummerSlam 2015","creditText":"JP Yim—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4009538/jon-stewart-wwe/","name":"Watch Jon Stewart Get Body Slammed by WWE Wrestler"}}]}] ```