John Cena is a 15 time World Champion, but Ric Flair’s record of 16 has eluded him.
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John Cena fell short in his most recent bid to become champion again
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It wasn’t until this match that John Cena admitted that he really did want to chase history. He wrestled this match with the intention of tying Flair’s record. Cena wanted to use this match to get one step closer to becoming the record-holding 17 time World Champion, but it was not to be.
AJ Styles defeated Dean Ambrose to win the title at Backlash. He defeated Cena the month before at SummerSlam. Cena got involved in Ambrose’s rematch on an episode of SmackDown Live, and it led to Styles having to defend the title against both men at the same time.
Cena was again unsuccessful in his quest for number 16 and has not been seen since he lost the match. Styles won by pinning Cena after attacking him with a pair of chair shots, so obviously it’s only a matter of time before he gets a proper one-on-one rematch. Maybe that will lead to lucky 16.
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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.
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