He misplaced it back to Del Rio at Hell in a Cell on October 2 in a triple threat Hell in a Cell match also involving Punk. After a hiatus, Cena returned on the December 28 episode of Raw, defeating Del Rio by disqualification in a rematch for the title. At Hell in a Cell on October 25, Cena misplaced the title to the returning Alberto Del Rio in an open problem. 1 contender and beat Del Rio at Night of Champions on September 18 for his tenth WWE Championship. 1 contender for the Rock’s WWE Championship. Powell, Jason. “2/12 Powell’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 stay assessment: John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship”. However, Cena would lose the championship two weeks later in an Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber on February 12 to Bray Wyatt. After Elimination Chamber, Bray Wyatt accepted Cena’s problem for a WrestleMania XXX match. Champion match at Elimination Chamber on May 31, which Owens gained. At Elimination Chamber on February 23, their interference triggered Cena’s elimination within the Elimination Chamber match.
At WrestleMania on April 6, Cena defeated Wyatt regardless of interference from Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. At Extreme Rules on May 4, Wyatt defeated Cena in a steel cage match after repeated interference from the remainder of the Wyatt Members of the family and a demonic youngster. At Payback on June 1, Cena defeated Wyatt in a effectively acquired Last Man Standing match to finish their feud; Cena buried Wyatt beneath multiple equipment instances to win the match. On the January 19 episode of Raw, Cena received a handicap match against Rollins, Big Show and Kane to retain his title shot on the Royal Rumble and win again the jobs of Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan. His crew consisted of Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback. Cena then feuded with Dolph Ziggler over an alleged relationship with AJ Lee and at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 16, he misplaced to Ziggler in a ladder match for Ziggler’s World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract, after AJ turned on Cena.
Cena misplaced to Styles in a rematch. A rematch occurred at the Royal Rumble for the now unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship on January 26, the place Cena misplaced after being distracted by The Wyatt Family. Cena then confronted Rollins in a “Winner Takes All” match at SummerSlam on August 23, for each the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and the United States Championship, which Cena misplaced after visitor host Jon Stewart, showing to facet with Cena, attacked him with a steel chair, ending Cena’s reign at 147 days. At SummerSlam on August 18, Cena misplaced the WWE Championship to Daniel Bryan, with Triple H because the special visitor referee ending his reign at 133 days. March eleven at Fastlane for the WWE Championship. The concept for the cash in the Bank match was introduced in March 2005 by Chris Jericho. On the March 9 episode of Raw, Cena attacked Rusev, refusing to release the STF submission hold, causing Lana to grant Cena the match.