5 reasons why John Cena should tie Ric Flair’s 16 world championships

#2 John Cena has done more for Wrestling, inside Wrestling

John Cena was pivotal to the rise of Daniel Bryan

Look at the list of wrestlers John Cena has helped build: Edge, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Bray Wyatt, Rusev, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens and now AJ Styles. He even recently lost clean to Dean Ambrose. He elevated the United States Championship out of relative obscurity.

Of those listed, take a look at CM Punk. Punk’s rise towards his own monumental run at the top of the company started with John Cena. Punk’s Money In The Bank victory in 2011, before he “left” the WWE, was over John Cena.

Then take a look at Daniel Bryan. John Cena was allowed to hand pick his SummerSlam 2013 opponent, and Daniel Bryan scored the clean victory over Cena in that match. Daniel Bryan is now retired, and John Cena is yet to get his win back. When Bryan’s injury forced him to relinquish the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and thus not get destroyed by Brock Lesnar at that 2014’s SummerSlam, it was Cena who took his place. For both.