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John Cena recently claimed that he would be back with WWE sooner rather than later. The 16-time World Champion and certified Hall of Famer hasn't wrestled since WrestleMania 36 where he was erased by The Fiend.
No one really knew if we'd ever see Cena again, as that looked like a definitive end for him. However, he did some promotional work for the WrestleMania ads this year, showing that he wasn't gone for good.
So when John Cena returns to WWE, who should he be facing? There are a lot of WWE Superstars who'd love to get a match out of Cena, both old rivals and fresh match-ups. If we're doing one last run for him, which lucky superstars will have his last few matches?
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Today we'll be counting down five superstars John Cena needs to face when he returns.
#5 John Cena should get one last match against Randy Orton
While the opportunity is there for John Cena to face Edge one more time, Randy Orton has just a bit more left in the tank. If WWE truly considers Orton to be his greatest enemy, by way of a video they posted on Twitter yesterday, we should get one final showdown between these two.
The last time Cena faced Orton was in 2017, just before the former lost the WWE Championship to Bray Wyatt. John Cena found himself in a rough way as The Viper and Wyatt were still a unit, and the latter attempted to cost him the match. Wyatt's former ally, the late Luke Harper made the save, allowing Cena to pick up one final singles win over Orton.
With Orton still dropping superstars with RKOs left and right, another match against Cena is worth doing. Not a multi-man match, not a tag team match, but a good old singles, mono-a-mono match up.
It's been four years, folks. I know the joke about this feud, but after four years, wouldn't it be nice to get this done one last time before these two call it a career?
#4 Karrion Kross brings John Cena through doomsday
On the other hand, we could have a rising WWE Superstar lay waste to John Cena. Introducing NXT Champion Karrion Kross, The Bringer of Doomsday and one of the most destructive forces in the company. Kross has run roughshod throughout the Black and Gold brand, laying out Keith Lee, Finn Balor, Adam Cole, Damian Priest and more.
He's left nothing but carnage in his wake, and Kross, alongside his partner in crime Scarlett, are always looking to add another name to the list. If Cena's coming back for another run, let's put somebody over that hasn't had the chance to meet him yet.
Better yet, let's give Karrion Kross a chance to obliterate John Cena in a Brock Lesnar-esque kind of way. Cena's nearly finished in the world of pro wrestling. No matter where the time is told, in the end everybody pays the toll.
#3 John Cena meets the new face of Monday Night RAW Drew McIntyre
Would you believe John Cena has never faced Drew McIntyre one-on-one? It's true. The true face of Monday Night RAW has yet to take on the 16-time World Champion in a singles match-up. Though they've technically been a part of nine matches together, a handful of them were tag team matches or Royal Rumble matches.
The only outlier was a Fatal-Four-Way also featuring Finn Balor and Baron Corbin, where Balor came out on top. There are only two WWE Superstars on today's roster that are as dominant as The Scottish Psychopath, so if we're going to have Cena back for a run, let's throw him at McIntyre.
Drew McIntyre even stated last week that there was "no bigger match" than himself and John Cena.
#2 John Cena needs to give Bobby Lashley his rematch
At Great American Bash 2007, John Cena put his WWE Championship on the line against Bobby Lashley. Back then, Lashley was a different beast.
In his first few years with WWE, he had captured the United States and the ECW Championship. He'd picked up major victories against the likes of Umaga, Booker T, and Randy Orton on his way to a WWE Championship match with the Cenation leader.
However, this was prime Super Cena time, and though Lashley put on a good fight, he was no match for John Cena. It's a far cry from the Bobby Lashley we know now 14 years later. The All Mighty WWE Champion is one of the most dominant superstars in the company, and is on the run of his life at the moment. If Cena comes back this year, why not put him up against Lashley and give him his win back?
#1 John Cena has to face The Tribal Chief
We saw this match at No Mercy 2017, but it just didn't have the big match feel it needed to. Part of the reason was that fans still weren't on board with Roman Reigns at this point. They weren't cheering him, and the only reason they booed him was that they didn't really care about him. With The Tribal Chief, it's a totally different story.
Roman Reigns is on the greatest run of his career right now. The Head of the Table is arguably the best character, not just in WWE, but in professional wrestling. He's beaten a handful of fan favorites and belittled everyone that's crossed his path, finally giving fans a real reason to hate him, and they do hate him. He destroyed Kevin Owens, removed Daniel Bryan from Smackdown, and ran through the likes of Edge and Cesaro in his Universal Title run.
Looks like Reigns needs another mega star to take him down. It looks like he needs to face John Cena.
The 16-time World Champion had a major edge on Reigns the last time they met in that he could talk circles around him on the mic. Though Reigns beat him, nobody really remembers the outcome of the match. They do remember, though, Cena telling him that he hasn't retired yet because Reigns wasn't ready to take over.
This Roman Reigns would have a bone to pick with John Cena, and it would lead to a much better confrontation than we saw four years ago.
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