20 WWE Champions Who Never Got Their Rematch

11. John Cena

Title Lost: WWE Championship Lost Title To: Daniel Bryan It€™s doubtful anyone is crying a river for 7,000-time world champ John Cena getting a rematch after losing the WWE Championship to Daniel Bryan last year at SummerSlam in a hard-fought classic of a match. Bryan attained a lifelong dream, main-eventing a major PPV and winning the gold, only for Randy Orton to cash in his MITB briefcase and turn Bryan€™s celebration into a five-minute title reign. In reality, Cena was not getting a title rematch anytime soon, as he was heading for an operating table to have surgery on his elbow. He€™d return two months later to beat Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship, so don€™t pity the poor guy. It worked out pretty well for Bryan too, at least for a little while.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.