6 current WWE Superstars that John Cena hasn't beaten via pinfall

John Cena
John Cena

There remain a few WWE Superstars that John Cena is yet to gain a pinfall victory against. In his illustrious career, John Cena has achieved many things that other WWE Superstars can only dream of. From someone who could have been easily forgotten at first glance, John Cena built himself to be known as The Face That Runs The Place.

Even though The Doctor of Thugonomics doesn't actively wrestle at present, he is often considered the gold standard of modern-day wrestling by many WWE fans. The last time the WWE Universe saw John Cena in a WWE match was at WrestleMania 36 when he faced The Fiend in a Firefly Fun House Match. Many speculate that it was Cena's final match in WWE but one can never be sure.

If John Cena does plan his return to WWE, he can add beating these five WWE Superstars via pinfall in singles competition to that 17th WWE Championship reign that has eluded him. The stats for this feature have been made according to The Internet Wrestling Database.


#6 John Cena has a DQ victory against WWE Superstar Braun Strowman

John Cena vs Braun Strowman
John Cena vs Braun Strowman

On the WWE RAW episode of September 11th, 2017, John Cena faced Braun Strowman for the first and last time in a singles match. The match began with Cena getting in some offense against The Monster Among Men but the strides quickly changed and Strowman was seen dominating Cena for the majority of the match.

Towards the end of the match, when the Leader of the Cenation hit Strowman with the AA, Strowman rolled out of the ring and laid in wait for Cena to come after him. When Cena did, Strowman planted Cena with the steel stairs. Strowman continued the attack inside the ring and hit Cena with a Powerslam on the steel stairs, forcing the referee to call for the bell, awarding Cena a victory via DQ.

#5 John Cena beat WWE Superstar Fandango via submission

John Cena vs Fandango
John Cena vs Fandango

Current WWE Superstar Fandango and John Cena went head-to-head on an episode of WWE SmackDown in 2017. The match didn't last too long and saw a cameo by Nikki Bella, who dove in to stop Fandango's tag team partner, Tyler Breeze, from interfering in the match.

The match ended when Cena and Bella hit Fandango and Breeze with their respective finishers and locked them in the STF. Fandango quickly tapped out to John Cena's submission maneuver.

Since then, the two WWE Superstars have never crossed paths and Cena is yet to beat Fandango via pinfall in the WWE.

Fandango and Tyler Breeze joined forces in 2016 and called themselves Breezango. Currently, both Fandango and Tyler Breeze perform for the NXT brand where they won the NXT Tag Team Championships last year.

Their reign as Tag Team Champions lasted 56 days when they lost the titles to Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan. The NXT Tag Team Championship victory marked the first title win for both men in the WWE since their debut in the company.

#4 John Cena only has a DQ victory against WWE Superstar Jinder Mahal

John Cena vs Jinder Mahal
John Cena vs Jinder Mahal

Jinder Mahal and John Cena have been a part of the same match on many occasions, but the two WWE Superstars have only had one televised match in singles competition. The two former WWE Champions met in their only televised singles match on an episode of WWE SmackDown in 2017.

Their match took place at the time when Jinder Mahal was enjoying his WWE Championship reign. Cena was one count away from beating the Modern Day Maharaja when the then Money In The Bank holder, Baron Corbin, made his way to the ring with the briefcase to cut the match short.

Corbin's interference resulted in Cena winning the match. Corbin later realized that it was a good time to cash in his briefcase and win his maiden WWE Championship.

When he made his intentions clear to the referee and his WWE Championship match had begun, Cena distracted The Lone Wolf for Mahal to roll him up for a quick win to retain his WWE Championship.

#3 John Cena beat WWE Superstar Xavier Woods via DQ

John Cena vs Xavier Woods
John Cena vs Xavier Woods

John Cena and Xavier Woods have met in a one-on-one match only once when The New Day member answered Cena's United States Championship Open Challenge back in 2015. The two WWE Superstars put on a spectacular match that saw Woods show his wrestling skill set.

Towards the end of the match, John Cena had the former Tag Team Champion in the STF. It looked like Woods was about to tap out to the move but was saved by his fellow New Day members Kofi Kingston and Big E.

Together, the trio beat down the then United States Champion only for the Dudley Boys to run down and make the save. The Dudley Boyz and Cena cleared the ring of The New Day resulting in a six-man Tag Team Match between them.

The New Day beat the team of the Dudley Boyz and John Cena that night when Woods rolled up D-Von Dudley for the win. But the night didn't end till the Dudley Boyz and Cena drove Woods through a table while the remaining New Day members retreated to the back.

#2 John Cena hasn't beaten WWE Superstar Shinsuke Nakamura

John Cena vs Shinsuke Nakamura
John Cena vs Shinsuke Nakamura

John Cena has only had one match against Shinsuke Nakamura. The two WWE Superstars faced off against each other in a No. 1 Contender's Match. The winner of the match would challenge the then WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal, for the WWE Title at SummerSlam.

The match ended when Nakamura beat Cena clean, in the center of the ring after a Kinshasa.

#1 John Cena has never beaten Roman Reigns

John Cena vs Roman Reigns
John Cena vs Roman Reigns

John Cena and Roman Reigns have faced each other in a singles match on three separate occasions. All three times, the Emperor Of The Roman Empire has gotten the better of Cena.

In his unbeaten record against Cena, Roman Reigns had successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship on one occasion.

Roman Reigns is currently enjoying a run as one of the most dominant Universal Champions in WWE history. At WrestleMania 37, he stacked Edge over Daniel Bryan and beat both men in a Triple Threat match to retain the Universal Championship.


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