This is Gripz (X2)
John Cena has been the face of the company for ten years now, since winning his first WWE title in 2005. He is currently ‘THE MAN’ of the WWE, just like previous names before him such as Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan..ect. He is a 15 time former WWE World Heavy Weight Champion; Money in the Bank ladder match winner; 2 time Royal Rumble winner and a tree time superstar of the year winner (2009, 2010, 2012), in naming a few of his impressive accolades. He has been one of the most dominant superstars of the past decade as well as atleast in the top 15 greatest superstars of all time list. John Cena has lived up to the hype of being the superman of the WWE, HOWEVER, even superman has a weakness in kyprtonite. Therefore, even John Cena isn’t invincable. In the recent feud between John Cena and Kevin Owens, it reminded me that John Cena has had his rare cases of being defeated cleanly.
John Cena is the face of the WWE, therefore beating him cleanly is a big deal, as it means the WWE trusts and gives the privalllage of another superstar beating their most valued supestar. In some cases, this may been known as the passing of the tourch .e.g. Warrior defeating Hogan; HBK defeating Hart..ect. It is usually a special rare moment.
This list is about superstars who have rised to the occassion and have beaten John Cena cleanly in a match, there have been many times Cena has lost uncleanly but this is because of cheating or interference by superstars, which devalues the significance of the moment. This list is about superstars who have went head to head with WWE’s current most valued superstar and has came out victourious, without haveing the need to cheat.
The list is based on the following criteria:
- Only Single matches – An one on one match is the best match to prove who is better man without any other interfernce from other superstars.
- Shock Value– How surpriseing or obvious it was for John Cena to lose.
- How important was the match – Is a Title on a line? Career? Pride? Was it on one of the big four PPV’s or a match on Smackdown.
8. Broc Lesnar (defeated streak, lost to Cena before, WWE had big plans for Broc, Wrestlemania)
7. Triple H (lost to Cena before)
6. Batista (battle for the best in the company)
5. HBK (lost to Cena at Wrestlemania)
4. Daniel Bryan (B+ player)
3. Kevin Owens (NXT)
2. Sheamus (rookie, ECW)
1. The Rock (biggest match of his career, only 3 other superstars on list defeated him before)
