4 WWE Superstars destined to defeat John Cena clean one day

The 2005-2014 version of John Cena was a near-unstoppable winning machine who only lost WWE matches on the rarest of occasions.

However, ever since his emphatic SummerSlam 2014 defeat to Brock Lesnar, “The Face That Runs The Place” has lost clean in singles matches to Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, Alberto Del Rio, AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Shinsuke Nakamura and Roman Reigns, while he was even pinned by Elias on Raw recently.

The 40-year-old has admitted that he doesn’t know how long he has left as a WWE in-ring performer, but we think there’s still plenty of time to pass a few more torches before he decides to call time on his career.

In this article, we take a look at four current WWE Superstars who are destined to defeat “Mr Hustle Loyalty and Respect” clean one day.

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#4 Finn Balor

Finn Balor lost against John Cena on Raw recently

We originally hoped to include five Superstars on this list but, as we highlighted above, John Cena has lost clean against so many people already that we can only think of four realistic Superstars who could possibly defeat him one-on-one.

One of them is Finn Balor, who lost to Cena in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match on Raw in January 2018.

That was the first time the two men had met inside a WWE ring but it surely won’t be the last, with the first-ever Universal champion bound to be a huge part of the company’s plans for the next 5-6 years and beyond.

A win over Cena would be the biggest milestone win of Balor’s WWE career to date. Let’s just hope that there’s a more important storyline attached to their match if and when they meet again.

#3 Cesaro

Cesaro and Sheamus have been teaming since September 2016

While he is currently one-half of the Raw Tag Team champions with Sheamus, one imagines that Cesaro will be given another run as a singles competitor in the not-too-distant future, possibly after WrestleMania 34.

If and when that happens, the inaugural winner of the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal is destined to be better positioned on the card than the last time he was a singles performer, and what better way to elevate him to the next level by having him feud with John Cena?

Real-life friends Cesaro and Cena have met on numerous occasions over the years, most memorably in 2015 when they fought over the United States title, but “The Swiss Cyborg” has never come out on top.

Given the number of people Cena has lost against in recent years, we can’t rule out Cesaro gaining a major statement victory against the 16-time World champion.

#2 Samoa Joe

WWE tried to book Samoa Joe vs. John Cena twice

Samoa Joe hasn’t had much luck recently. He missed WrestleMania 33 for storyline reasons, despite being fit and healthy to compete on the show, and there are serious doubts about whether he will feature at WrestleMania 34 due to a foot injury.

On top of the WrestleMania woes, WWE has tried to set up a rivalry between Joe and John Cena on two occasions – post-SummerSlam 2017 and pre-Royal Rumble 2018 – but injuries brought an end to both feuds before they even began.

It wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see Cena lose clean to “The Destroyer” when he is fully healed from his latest setback. The only doubt is whether WWE would be prepared to go ahead with the storyline yet another time.

#1 Braun Strowman

Braun Strowman faced John Cena in September 2017

Come on, who else but Braun Strowman was going to top this list?

“The Monster Among Men” destroys anyone and everyone in his path on a weekly basis on Monday Night Raw and, although he didn’t defeat him, he left John Cena laying in the middle of the ring to close the show recently.

The two have only ever met in a one-on-one match on one previous occasion – an episode of Raw in September 2017 – with Cena getting the win due to a disqualification.

It’s only a matter of time before they collide again, though, this time in a high-profile pay-per-view rivalry. When it happens, it’s bound to steal the show and result in a huge milestone victory for Strowman.