12 Fears That Could Ruin WrestleMania 31

9. Rusev Beats John Cena

For the past several months, WWE has taken the mystifying tactic of portraying John Cena as past his prime. Presumably, this serves a two-fold purpose - firstly, Roman Reigns can be portrayed as WWE's hot new superstar leading into WrestleMania, and secondly, Cena can score a big victory at the show of shows and save his reputation as an elite competitor. His feud with Rusev has taken the characterization one step further, though - after a crushing loss to the U.S. Champion at Fast Lane, Rusev and Lana have called Cena an "old man" and have doubted his ability to compete at a high level. Common logic would dictate that at WrestleMania, Cena gets his win back and redeems himself... but what if he doesn't? What if Cena suffers another loss to Rusev - maybe even one by submission - and thus, the new perception of WWE's most prolific champion is validated? Fans love to hate Cena, but a loss at WrestleMania would be an uncomfortable gut-punch - not one on the level of The Undertaker's loss last year, but still unpleasant.