5 Superstars that should’ve challenged AJ Styles for the WWE Title at the 2018 Royal Rumble  

#4 John Cena

Cena vs Styles at the 2018 Royal Rumble would've benefitted WWE going forward

Over his storied career “The Leader of the Cenation” was constantly criticised by many wrestling fans for consistently being in the main event and ‘hogging’ the spotlight at the expense of many rising stars.

However, 2017 was the year the WWE creative team decided to listen to those grievances and gave Cena a secondary role in the company going forward. And even though Cena is a part-timer, the company outrageously wasted every single appearance by the 16-time World Champion in 2017.

Cena’s match with Baron Corbin was filler and his presence in the Survivor Series main event felt like a cameo. Therefore, a megastar like Cena was astonishingly underused in 2017.

While a majority of the WWE Universe expected WWE to give Cena main event feuds, his meaningless interactions with the likes of Elias is hardly enough to get a majority of the WWE Universe excited as “big match John” heads into the 2018 Royal Rumble match.

Although having a megastar such as Cena adds depth to an under-promoted Royal Rumble match, and while his chances of successfully winning his third 30-man battle royal are high, Cena is desperately needed elsewhere on the PPV’s card. Ever since AJ Styles and John Cena crossed paths in 2016, wrestling fans have been eager to watch another one on one in an epic dream match, and fans got to witness that match three times in the last twoyears.

Cena and Styles crafted a modern-day classic that had given Smackdown Live, the PPV’s they clashed at and the WWE Title, much-needed prestige, and it's only fair that these combatants should’ve concluded their ongoing rivalry at the 2018 Royal Rumble. In the three matches they clash clashed, both Cena and Styles picked up one clean win as their Money in the Bank match ended due to shenanigans of The Club.

Cena vs Styles at Summerslam 2016 was fantastic, their 2017 Royal Rumble clash for the WWE Title was a classic, and hence it's a wonder why WWE did not book the final match between these two legends.