5 superstars who came close to dethroning John Cena as the face of the WWE

Daniel BryanFirst it was Hulk Hogan in the Golden Era. Later, Steve Austin reigned in the Attitude Era and then came John Cena. The Cenation leader took over the throne from the Texas Rattle Snake and his name has been synonymous with WWE for more than a decade now.Although the fans are split when it comes to him, he continues to reign as the franchise player for WWE. Cena is hands down the most popular wrestler in WWE’s disposal at the moment and unlike Hogan and Austin, Cena managed to stay on top for a pretty long time. He saw some tough competition throughout those years and we are going to take a look at those superstars who came close to displacing Cena from the throne.

#5 Roman Reigns

The inclusion of Roman Reigns in the list might be debatable. He hasn’t achieved much in his career to dethrone Cena, but Reigns did have the backing of Vince McMahon at one point. If McMahon chose Reigns to be the successor of Cena, then he deserves to be in this list. Reigns was supposed to reach the top at WrestleMania 31 by beating Brock Lesnar but then again, the Internet fan community came into play and the plans were changed.

The push that WWE had in store for Reigns was delayed indefinitely. Despite this, Reigns is still the favorite to be the next face of WWE and it would only be a matter of time before he replaces Cena.