WWE Crown Jewel 2025: 8 Nightmares That Could Come True
4. John Cena & AJ Styles Can’t Match Hype
Some fans are going into this one expecting a throwback to classics at SummerSlam 2016 and Royal Rumble 2017, but times have changed. These are not the same performers they were almost a decade ago, and that could make it tough for Cena and Styles to put on a 30 minute clinic full of greatest hits without a few hiccups. Fingers crossed they knock it out of the park, but it’s OK to be worried that they won’t.
Besides, Cena's recent match history is a bit spotty. Some of his retirement tour matches have been sketchy, let's be honest about that straight away. WrestleMania 41's headliner vs. Cody Rhodes was poor, his relative squash at the hands of Brock Lesnar come Wrestlepalooza felt like a rehash of SummerSlam 2014, and then he's done some stuff with R-Truth that ultimately fell short of greatness too.
It isn’t like this has been some year long tour de force for the legend. Here's hoping this final match with AJ is closer to the quality of Cena vs. Logan Paul at Clash In Paris than some of his other bouts. Man, that statement alone might ruffle some feathers amongst those who still can't stand Logan.
Word of warning: Maybe don't watch Cena vs. Styles from yesteryear before Crown Jewel 2025. It'd be a minor miracle if they're able to pull off many of the slick exchanges they did between 2016-2017. Both guys might look at comments like that and think, 'Challenge accepted'. Good, because this writer doesn't want the match to be bad.
He's merely fretting that it won't be as great as hoped.