16 times John Cena failed to win the WWE Championship

#5 Cena vs. Randy Orton - WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Royal Rumble 2014

Cena failed to defeat Orton 2 months in a row

Cena got one more chance at Randy Orton, in what was billed to be their final match against each other, for the newly unified title. They did engage in a non-title match a couple of weeks later, but outside of multi-man matches, have otherwise kept their word on that “final match” promise for almost 3 years.

Randy Orton held onto the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, losing it when Daniel Bryan defeated him and Batista at WrestleMania 30. Sadly, Bryan had to relinquish the title after only 2 months, and Cena would win his 15th (and thus far final) World Title at the June 2014 Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.