John Cena's 10 Greatest WWE Moments
6. The Feud With AJ Styles - Royal Rumble 2017
While Cena has given a lot of up and coming stars big wins over him in the past decade, he usually ends the feud by standing tall and getting his win back. With AJ Styles, however, Cena met his match. Funny, WWE were always so reluctant to put new talent over their golden boy, yet Mr TNA undoubtedly won their feud.
Three times they went one-on-one on pay-per-view, with Styles coming out on top in two riveting encounters, before a classic at the 2017 Royal Rumble, where Cena needed four Attitude Adjustments to put The Phenomenal One away and pick up his record-equalling 16th world championship.
This feud began in 2016, a couple of years since Cena had last been involved in the world title picture, and after his US Open Challenge had brought the fans back around to him. Here, with a world-class opponent, Cena reminded everybody that he is more than capable of putting on a five-star match. He might have beaten Styles for the belt in the end, but it was made damn clear that he had to work for it.