John Cena to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29

John Cena has made his choice. After the match, John Cena said that there are 29 Superstars who could say why they did not win the Royal Rumble Match, but he is the one man who can come out there and say that he won the Royal Rumble Match. Cena continued, saying that winning the Rumble was only the first step as he must now choose which championship he will challenge for at WrestleMania and come April 7, either The Rock or CM Punk would be the WWE Champion.

Cena admitted that when he challenged CM Punk in the past, he has either lost or was unable to get the job done. Cena then said that, even before The Rock returned, he was talking about The Rock and, for one year he “jousted” with The Rock on a physical and verbal level and he proved that he was on The Rock’s level. But on April 1 of last year at WrestleMania 28, he lost that match and The Rock won. Cena continues, saying that he has a “difficult choice”, weighing his options by saying that, if he challenges for the World Heavyweight Title, then it will not matter who the champion is because he will win, hands down. But if he opts to challenge for the WWE Title, then the odds will be against him.

John Cena then makes the official announcement that, on April 7 at WrestleMania XXIX, he will challenge for the WWE Championship, facing whoever the champion is at that time – either CM Punk or The Rock!