5 Big WrestleMania plans for John Cena that were canceled

#3 John Cena's planned match with Elias at WrestleMania 36 did not happen

Elias

John Cena had one of the most unique matches of his career at WrestleMania 36, against Bray Wyatt. The Firefly Fun House match featured a never-before-seen presentation, and the cinematic aspect of the bout gave WWE lots of room to experiment and do something unusual. Fans may not know that WWE had other plans for John Cena at The Grandest Stage of Them All in 2020.

Here's Elias spilling the beans on what were WWE's plans for him at the show:

"The year after was supposed to be myself against John Cena at WrestleMania in a three-year running story. Things obviously changed and that didn't end up happening."

At WrestleMania 34, right before his match with The Undertaker, John Cena attacked Elias.

The same story was repeated a year later at WrestleMania 35, where Cena put Elias down after insulting him with a rap performance. Instead of going ahead with the original plan, WWE pitted Cena and Wyatt at WrestleMania 36.

Cena battled Wyatt in a cinematic match and was taken down memory lane by the sinister star. In the end, Wyatt's mind games proved to be too much for John Cena, and he lost the match.