16 times John Cena failed to win the WWE Championship

John Cena is a 15 time World Champion, but Ric Flair’s record of 16 has eluded him.

#10 Cena vs. The Miz - WWE Championship, WrestleMania 27

This match led to the physical beginning of the Cena-Rock rivalry.

It was only the second time that WrestleMania came to a close with the bad guy walking out of the main event with the WWE Title. Triple H did it first, a whole 11 years earlier at WrestleMania 2000.

The Miz only won as a means to continue setting up the impending “Once in a Lifetime” match between Cena and The Rock a year later at WrestleMania 28, as he looked like a chump during the contest and only won thanks to numerous instances of interference from the Brahma Bull.

Nevertheless, it was yet another unsuccessful shot for John Cena to win his 8th World Title.

Put that into perspective: only 5 and a half years ago, John Cena had won less than half of his World Titles. It took him 5 years to win titles 1 through 7, and then 8 through 15 happened in the next 3 years (he won number 8 in May 2011 and number 15 in June 2014). And that was with a lot of time off.

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