Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 29 ga Janairu, 2017, Cena ya ci Styles a
Royal Rumble don lashe WWE Championship da kuma daidaita Ric Flair don mafi sanannun duniya take mulki a 16. Duk da haka, Cena zai rasa gasar zakarun Turai makonni biyu bayan haka a wasan da aka yi a Elimination Chamber zuwa Bray Wyatt. Bayan dare biyu a kan "SmackDown", Cena ya rasa wasan barazanar sau uku a kan Wyatt don gasar zakarun Turai a wasan da ke nuna Styles. Daga nan Cena ya fara rikici da The Miz, tare da Miz yana zargin Cena da munafunci saboda alkawurran fim dinsa, yayin da Cena ya zargi Miz da satar wasu 'yan dambe da halayensu. Matar Miz Maryse sai ta doke Cena kafin Cena da budurwarsa Nikki Bella suka tura Miz da Maryse suka ja da baya. Babban Manajan SmackDown Daniel Bryan sannan ya shirya wasan rukuni na rukuni tsakanin ma'auratan biyu don WrestleMania 33, wanda Cena da Bella suka ci nasara. Cena ya nemi auren Bella bayan wasan kuma ta yarda. Bayan WrestleMania, Cena ya sake yin hutu.