10 Predictions For John Cena’s WrestleMania 34 Opponent
7. Bill Goldberg
Goldberg may have been working his own angle during a post-WrestleMania speech in which he bid WWE fans a cautious farewell, closing a heartfelt promo by reminding the raucous crowd to 'never say never', but if the prosperous nature of his unlikely 2016 return is anything to go by, there's every chance he'll be back if the money and the opponent is right.
A WrestleMania 34 match with John Cena would appear to offer such commercial and creative gains. Icons of different eras, Cena won his first United States title on the night Big Bill unceremoniously bid WWE adieu in 2004, shortly before 'The Champ' began collecting top titles like Goldberg used to collect wins.
Simultaneously wonderful and intensely frustrating, WWE's masterful handling of the Goldberg character during his Lesnar-infused comeback tour only served as a reminder of how wasted the intense ex-NFLer was during his tenure with the organisation the first time around. Forced into long matches and stupid backstage vignettes, Goldberg's appeal was painstakingly drained out of him during are time where if you couldn't fit into WWE's stoic formula, you just couldn't fit at all.
Cena couldn't and shouldn't chase twenty minutes of chinlocks before eating a Spear and Jackhammer, but as the electrifying WrestleMania 33 Universal Title match proved, longer isn't always stronger.