Did WWE Spoil John Cena Failing to Win the Royal Rumble?

We saw Jey Uso win the 2025 Men’s Royal Rumble tonight—a move that nobody was expecting. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that either John Cena, CM Punk, or even Roman Reigns would win. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins were eliminated by CM Punk, and then Punk was taken out by Logan Paul in a shocking move. This left the remaining favourites in the match: John Cena, Logan Paul, and Jey Uso. While John Cena was a big favourite heading into the match, should we have seen his loss coming?

When we got to the final two, Uso and Cena, I asked myself a question:

“If John Cena wins the Royal Rumble, what will he do at Elimination Chamber?”

It’s already been confirmed that Cena will wrestle for the final time in Toronto at Elimination Chamber next month. If he won the Rumble, he would have no reason to compete in the Elimination Chamber match. He’d already be the #1 contender, so there’d be no point in being in a match for the title with five other guys. The same goes for a Championship contention match. I guess we could have seen history repeat itself, with Cena doing what he did in 2008—challenging for the World Championship at the show before WrestleMania in a singles match. I don’t think that’s very realistic, though, and I wasn’t a fan when they did it back then.

If Cena had won the Rumble, the only option would have been to wrestle in a singles or tag match. But with WWE now paring down their PLEs, and with two Elimination Chamber matches already confirmed (as well as World Title matches that are likely to happen), there wouldn’t be room for a John Cena match. Well, there wouldn’t have been, if Cena had won the Rumble—but he didn’t.

So, should we have seen this coming? Did WWE spoil John Cena’s loss by confirming he’ll wrestle at Elimination Chamber? Share your thoughts here or on social media. I’d love to see the reaction to “Main Event” Jey Uso winning the Royal Rumble.

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