16 times John Cena failed to win the WWE Championship

#4 Cena vs. Lesnar - WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Night of Champions 2014

Cena had to look for a way to win after being destroyed by Lesnar a month earlier at SummerSlam

After being absolutely destroyed by the Beast Incarnate at SummerSlam the month before, Cena received his mandatory rematch at Night of Champions. He fared much better, this time, correcting a lot of the mistakes he made against the Beast, and at one point it appeared that he had a chance at taking the victory.

In a bad stroke of luck for Cena, however, Seth Rollins attempted to cash in his Money in the Bank contract. He cost Cena the match but was unable to actually get his title shot off the ground, and he ran away before wasting his title shot in what would have been a very difficult situation. Alas, it was another failed attempt for Cena to win title number 16.