10 Best WWE Storylines Of The Last 5 Years
6. John Cena's U.S. Title Open Challenge
When Daniel Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 31 and John Cena won the United States Championship the same night, it was clear that WWE intended to use two of its biggest stars to elevate its secondary titles to heights they hadn't seen in years. Unfortunately for fans everywhere, whatever plans were in store for Daniel Bryan were cut short by his injury and subsequent retirement.
John Cena more than lived up to his half of that plan, though, through the U.S. Title Open Challenge. Almost every week, Cena would walk into the ring and announce that anyone that wanted a shot at his title just had to come out and ask for it. The result was not only weeks of incredible matches that helped previously underutilized talent get a chance to shine, but this storyline would also help introduce NXT stars like Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens to WWE fans everywhere.
The very best wrestling storylines make you tune in every week to see what will happen next and that was most certainly the case with the U.S. Title Open Challenge. This is one angle WWE can feel free to turn to repeat whenever they want.