Break Ric Flair’s World Title Record
He’s got to break the record, right?
When John Cena captured his 16th world title back in 2017, he tied The Nature Boy for most in WWE history. Winning the gold once more feels like an unspoken requisite for a John Cena retirement tour, the final accolade in an illustrious career. Fans want it, Cena deserves it, and he has his eyes on it
“I would love that opportunity [to capture a 17th world title]… I know from a straight competitive standpoint, I gotta work my way up from the bottom,” Cena said at the 2024 Money In The Bank Press Conference.
While there’s a sense of inevitability to Cena accomplishing the feat, it’s the “how”—the journey to get there—that will keep people invested. If you’re going to put the strap on Super Cena, it has to be in a way that’s representative of him: doing it with his back against the wall, the odds stacked against him, fighting (and ultimately prevailing) with honor.
To really raise the stakes (and intrigue), have him win the belt toward the end of the tour, with time running out. Even better, maybe WWE mirrors what they did with Cody Rhodes last year: have friends (Ric Flair, even?) and foes interfere to help and harm, with Cena ultimately emerging victorious.
