5 things John Cena should do before his WWE career ends
Very few Superstars can lay claim to having a better WWE résumé than John Cena. The 16-time world champion has achieved almost everything there is to achieve for the company and is unquestionably the biggest star of his generation.
“The Face That Runs The Place” has swapped the squared circle for the silver screen for much of 2017 and, now that he's working a part-time WWE schedule, he admitted in September that he doesn’t know how long he has left as a pro wrestler.
He said after losing to Roman Reigns at No Mercy: “I have 15 years of track experience here in the WWE. And not at a normal level. At an elite level. And I don’t know how [much] longer I can keep it up.”
With those words in mind, we take a look at five things that Cena should do before he calls time on his WWE career once and for all.
#1 Put his World Championship record on the line
John Cena defeated AJ Styles at the 2017 Royal Rumble to win the WWE World Championship for a 16th time (WWE title x13, Heavyweight title x3), equalling the long-standing record set by Ric Flair.
He quickly lost the title a little more than two weeks later to Bray Wyatt, and we’ve been left to wonder since February 2017 if and when he’ll challenge for the gold again, and whether he’ll ever break the record that Flair solely held for two decades.
The next time he challenges for the title, it’ll already be a high-stakes affair and the match will almost certainly close whatever pay-per-view it’s on, but to make the outcome a little less predictable, why not have Cena put his World Championship record on the line?
If he wins, he will regain the title and break Flair’s record. If he loses, he will forever be on 16 reigns and never be allowed to challenge for the championship again.