5 Royal Rumble winners who put their title opportunity at stake

#2 John Cena

CM Punk performed the Piledriver on John Cena in 2013.

After holding the WWE championship for 434 days, a modern-day record, CM Punk lost to The Rock at the 2013 edition of Royal Rumble. On the same night, John Cena won the 2013 Royal Rumble match to earn himself a championship match at Wrestlemania 29.

After losing his WWE title, Punk invoked his rematch clause at Elimination Chamber 2013. In the main event, The great one successfully defended his WWE championship against Punk.

Furious at this, Punk attacked Cena and declared himself as the number 1 contender. Thus, Cena defended his title opportunity on an episode of RAW. Unlike most of the other entries on this list, this match was an absolute barn burner. Both Punk and Cena brought out big moves. Punk even did a Piledriver on Cena. Cena won the match and remained the number 1 contender.