5. Brock Lesnar (C) vs Seth Rollins vs John Cena – Royal Rumble 2015
What do you get when you pit the most dominant WWE superstar of all time against the most successful and prolific WWE superstar of the modern era and one of the best wrestlers on the planet and the undisputed future of WWE?
You get an instant Match of the Year.
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A dream match on paper, Lesnar vs Rollins vs Cena would make a very strong case for being the best WWE Championship match in Royal Rumble history.
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, still riding the incredible momentum from ending The Undertaker’s revered undefeated WrestleMania winning streak, went up against John Cena, determined to win his 16th World Title to tie Ric Flair and to gain retribution for a humiliatingly one-sided loss to Lesnar at SummerSlam.
But there was one more element to this already explosive mix; Mr. Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins.
Seth Rollins had already established himself as one of the best wrestlers on the planet par none, and was the current Mr. Money in the Bank, which theoretically gave him two title shots that night had he wanted to cash in his contract.
While fate would eventually smile on the ever-dominant Lesnar, the match was nothing short of spectacular. Among the incredible pieces of action in this match were an astounding 3 AA’s in a row from John Cena, a flying elbow through a table that incapacitated Lesnar for a good five minutes, and more suplexes than the law should allow.
When all was said and done, Seth Rollins ate an F5, Brock Lesnar retained and Rollins wisely chose to save his Money in the Bank for another night.