5 positives from John Cena's WWE run in 2017

#1 Tieing Ric Flair's Championship record

The 16-time Champ is here.

It might be difficult for us to predict how John Cena will be viewed in the future. For many, he represents a toothless period of professional wrestling that has seen a sharp decline in fan interest and a rise in confusing, nonsensical storyline booking. For others, however, he deserves his place upon the Mount Rushmore of the WWE alongside greats like Hogan and Austin.

While the story behind the numbers can certainly be interpreted differently by contrasting groups of people, there's no denying that it takes somebody very special to sit atop the list of most championships won in a single career.

When it comes to Pro Wrestling, both John Cena and Ric Flair stand out as the two most successful champions the sport has ever seen. After months of trying, the leader of the Cenation finally achieved his dream of equaling Flair's record of 16 World Championships when he defeated AJ Styles at the Royal Rumble earlier this year for the WWE Title.

Love him or hate him, this is an accomplishment that nobody will be able to take away from Cena, and only a fool would bet against him picking up championship number 17 at some point in the not too distant future.

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