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At Summerslam, the face that runs the place will go toe to toe with the Lone Wolf himself. The two WWE superstars will face off in a match that seems to have been put together hastily because of John Cena’s hectic part-time schedule.
The two have had a few run ins on SmackDown over the course of the year but a feud has never been established, until as of recent. The only common ground they share is that they’ve both been beaten clean by Shinsuke Nakamura in 2017. Besides that, it’s almost a mismatch, but sometimes the unlikeliest of combinations can create classics.
Here are 5 possible endings to John Cena vs. Baron Corbin
#5 Corbin squashes John Cena
After all the shenanigans that took place on SmackDownLive, there is now a newly added element of steel to this feud. Baron Corbin has now become only the third man in history to not successfully cash in the Money in the Bank briefcase. Such a devastating occurrence can send a man to the ends of the earth in despair.
SmackDown closed with an incensed Baron Corbin staring down at a jovial John Cena. All of a sudden, Corbin has a legit reason to hate and gun for John Cena. In order to restore equilibrium, Corbin must get his own back by humiliating the 16-time world champion back.
Corbin squashing Cena through uncontrollable rage would provide shock value and restore Corbin's character to the WWE Universe. And there's no better place than Summerslam for that to take place. It will also continue John Cena's SummerSlam losing streak that he's had since 2011.
#4 Baron Corbin wins clean
John Cena infamously once said that the future will have to go through him. For those who want to be key players in the future, a win over John Cena is a marquee statement to have on your CV. It’s not the be all and end all but it goes a long way in creating main eventers.
Look at how Kevin Owens, AJ Styles, and Dean Ambrose are doing nowadays, they’re key players who have had their stock enlarged when they beat John Cena clean.
A clean win over Cena reassures fans that Vince McMahon has faith in the superstar in question, Shinsuke Nakamura recently got that affirmation and now he’s even more over.
A win over John Cena puts Baron Corbin into an elite class of superstars, a class that only main eventers are allowed to attend.
#3 #CenaWinsLOL
Besides his two matches against The Rock, many fans have expected John Cena to win every bout he’s involved in. No matter how hard the WWE try, the 16-time world champion can never ever be portrayed as an underdog, he’s too much of a legend to be billed as one. So it’d come as no surprise if the 40-year old were to have his hand raised in Brooklyn.
The win doesn’t do much for Cena but at least it would put to bed his inexplicable losing streak at Summerslam.
On the other hand, many wouldn’t be happy with him losing cleanly, but the fact he got to wrestle with the greatest of all time should be some consolation for the WWE Universe. Besides, Corbin has won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and Money in the Bank in the space of 2 years, I'm sure he'll be fine.
#2 Baron Corbin wins with a duff decision
Heels cheat, they lie and they do despicable things, that’s their job. Baron Corbin is a man that doesn’t play by the rules, he does things on his own terms when he wants to. If Baron Corbin were to steal a win against the beloved John Cena through a dodgy decision, it would only further heighten his heel status.
Corbin could either win by giving Cena a low-blow when the referee’s not looking or pin Cena even though his foot was on the ropes.
Either way, a finish with controversy is the only way to save this makeshift feud.
#1 Corbin gets DQ’d on purpose
Corbin emphatically stated on SmackDownLive that he doesn’t need a match with John Cena at Summerslam. He specifically said that the 16-time world champion has nothing that he wants, meaning he can’t offer him anything.
The Lone Wolf is a man that feels he doesn’t need vindication from anyone, he doesn’t respect accomplishments or status, he just sees gold. As the former Mr. MITB, Corbin only has eyes for the WWE Championship, not John Cena. With that logic and taking into account the merciless man he is, it’d only make sense for the 32-year old to attack Cena during his entrance and send him packing from SmackDownLive.
The attack would be so brutal that it’d leave a lasting effect on the rest of the show as the WWE Universe remembers how a legend was destroyed by an NXT graduate.
