Predicting how John Cena will lose at Elimination Chamber 2018

A defeated John Cena said this past week on Raw that he has to win the seven-man Elimination Chamber match or, for the first time in a decade and a half, he won’t have a road to WrestleMania.

In all likelihood, “Big Match John” will have a road to WrestleMania no matter what the outcome, but his chances of winning the Chamber match are slim-to-none and the only way he’ll have a featured match at this year’s ‘Mania is if he finally faces The Undertaker.

With that in mind, and with yet another pinfall loss almost certainly heading his way, let’s take a look at five ways that the 16-time World champion could be eliminated from Sunday’s match.

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#5 Pinned by Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins lasted 65 minutes in Monday's gauntlet match

There was once a time when it looked like John Cena could never lose, and now he finds himself in a position where he loses so often that any more torch-passing defeats would significantly start to damage his character.

In the last 18 months, he has lost clean against AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Shinsuke Nakamura, Roman Reigns and, most recently, Seth Rollins.

If Rollins is to build on his incredible 65-minute performance in the gauntlet match on Raw, then WWE could do a lot worse than have him pick up another clean pinfall victory over Cena.

#4 Finn Balor hits a Coup de Grace from the top of a pod

Finn Balor is bound to produce a high-flying move in the match

Regular readers may have seen that we have also attempted to predict how Braun Strowman will be eliminated from the Chamber match, and it’s from that article where we unashamedly got the idea for this possible elimination of John Cena.

One reader commented that we could see Finn Balor execute his Coup de Grace finisher from the top of one of the Chamber pods, and you know what? We think it might just happen!

In all honesty, we could see him hitting the move on any of the other six men in the match to gain a pinfall elimination, but it wouldn’t be such a bad loss for Cena if he were to be eliminated after a sky-high Coup de Grace.

#3 Pinned by Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns defeated John Cena at No Mercy 2017

Let’s face it, WWE has been building towards Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns for what feels like forever and “The Big Dog” will almost certainly walk out of the Elimination Chamber match as the #1 contender for the Universal title.

Of the seven men involved in the match, we reckon only Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman and John Cena have a realistic chance of facing off with Reigns at the end (sorry Finn Balor fans).

If it comes down to Cena and Reigns, or even if they cross paths earlier in the match, then we will surely see a repeat of No Mercy 2017 with the Shield member coming out on top with a clean pinfall.

#2 Pinned by Braun Strowman

John Cena defeated Braun Strowman via DQ in September 2017

John Cena has not been pinned by Braun Strowman in any of the three matches that the two men have been involved in over the last six months (a singles match on Raw, the Survivor Series elimination match and a Triple Threat on Raw).

But, given the recent rate of Cena’s losses and the rate of Strowman’s victories, it’s surely only a matter of time before “The Monster Among Men” picks up a statement pinfall win against the five-time WrestleMania main-eventer.

We wouldn't be at all surprised to see Strowman clean house when he enters the Chamber match, with Cena being one of many men he eliminates on Sunday.

#1 Undertaker distraction

Will The Undertaker return for one more match?

For those who had a look at our speculative article about seven possible shocks that could occur at Elimination Chamber, it’ll come as no surprise that we select a potential appearance from The Undertaker at #1 in this list.

“The Phenom” has never fought John Cena on the grand WrestleMania stage, despite reportedly asking Vince McMahon for the match in 2017, and if it doesn’t happen in 2018, then it probably won’t happen at all.

With just six weeks to go until WrestleMania 34, ‘Taker is bound to show up sooner or later, and we think he might provide a distraction (even if that means there’s a ‘GONG’ and he doesn’t appear) to cost Cena in Sunday’s Chamber match.

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