Every Wrestler Who Defeated John Cena For The WWE Title (And How They Did It)
8. Bray Wyatt
Scoring the penultimate pinfall in the 2017 Elimination Chamber over defending champion John Cena, Bray Wyatt made his long overdue ascent to the top of the WWE mountain in stirring fashion.
Polishing off 'The Champ' and the previous Smackdown Live top dog AJ Styles with his Sister Abigail finisher to close out the blockbuster main event, Wyatt booked his place in one of the top matches at WrestleMania and took home a title many had him earmarked for since he first debuted.
It was an overdue psychological victory over the John Cena character for Bray too, with several failed attempts to definitively defeat 'The Face That Runs The Place' alongside the Wyatt Family over the years wounding the aura of the gimmick so well portrayed by the former 'Husky Harris'.
Despite doing little else of note in the match before the surprising fall over Cena and the choice closing back-and-forth with Styles, Wyatt has never looked so believable in the upper echelon, and a future renewed rivalry with 'Big Match John' may be very differently received post-WrestleMania.