Why Bully Ray doesn’t think WWE’s John Cena is on the verge of breaking Ric Flair’s record

With John Cena set to officially retire from in-ring action in 2025, many people have wondered if WWE will pull the trigger on Cena surpassing Ric Flair’s record 16 world championships. Cena won his 16th title at the 2017 Royal Rumble, and he has one last year to reach the elusive number 17. But on “Busted Open Radio,” WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray claimed that Cena is not on the verge of breaking Flair’s record, whether he wins the Undisputed or WWE World Heavyweight Championships in 2025, due to the fact that some of Flair’s reigns are not recognized. by WWE.

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“To me, John Cena is a WWE Champion, period, that’s it,” Bully said. “You can’t beat Ric Flair’s record. Ric Flair was a WWF champion, he was an NWA champion, a WCW champion … Ric Flair has held different championships around the world that to me hold more water than John Cena’s only WWE. Championships … To me, John Cena is already the most decorated World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. I don’t look at it the way Flair is in his own place.”

To put his point into perspective, Bully turned to the tag team division and compared The New Day and The Dudley Boyz, with one team having more success in WWE while the other had success in other promotions. “You could say The New Day is the most decorated tag team in WWE history, but The New Day can’t even be mentioned in the same breath as The Dudleys because The Dudleys did it all over the planet.”

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