16 times John Cena failed to win the WWE Championship

#3 Cena vs. Lesnar vs. Rollins - WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Royal Rumble 2015

The winner of this match would go on to WrestleMania

Cena’s third-to-last chance was at the very beginning of 2015, a match that saw him get his rematch at the same time against both Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins. Rollins cost Cena the WWE Title at Night of Champions in his rematch with Brock Lesnar, and then Cena defeated Rollins to get another rematch at TLC.

The Authority, after being eliminated by Dolph Ziggler and Sting at Survivor Series, was reinstated by Cena after Rollins threatened to paralyse Edge. That earned Seth a spot in Cena’s match, which is what created the triple threat stipulation.

In one of the best triple threat matches since WrestleMania XX, Lesnar successfully defended his title against both challengers, again blocking Cena from tying Flair’s legendary record.