WWE Royal Rumble 2017: 3 Reasons John Cena Defeats AJ Styles
John Cena should walk out with World title No. 16 at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
The WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view will be all about the battle royal match for a spot in a title bout at WrestleMania 33. However, there is a steady card before it, with a handful of title being on the line. One of them is the WWE Championship as AJ Styles defends against John Cena. After pretty much demanding that he would get a World title match against the winner of Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler at the end of December, Cena got his wish and will face Styles at the Royal Rumble.
The story going into Styles vs. Cena is about the latter going for his 16th World title, which would tie Ric Flair’s recognized record. It has been mentioned since Cena held a championship in 2014, before going down to Brock Lesnar. In fact, it became a storyline at Royal Rumble 2015, SummerSlam 2015, and No Mercy 2016, all of which saw the Face That Runs the Place lose. Will the Royal Rumble be the time and place for this to finally happen, though?
Cena and Styles have gone to battle in a wrestling ring before. The first time came at Money in the Bank 2016. Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows assisted their Club ally in winning the match to put him up, 1-0. The second part came at SummerSlam, which saw no outside interference. However, the current WWE Champion got a clean pin.
Will it be three straight times for Styles winning? Here’s why he shouldn’t walk out victoriously, instead handing the belt to Cena.