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People often talk about the Mount Rushmore of pro-wrestling and discuss who is worthy enough to bag a spot in this elite group. A legendary career consisting of 16 World title reigns, a few WrestleMania main events has made it easy for fans to include John Cena in that coveted list.
John Cena made his WWE main roster debut in 2002, and quickly became one of the most popular acts on SmackDown. He won his first world title at WrestleMania 21 by defeating JBL, and went on to have one of the greatest careers in WWE over the next several years. John Cena has faced them all, and has scored victories over some of the biggest Superstars of all time.
There have been a select few though, who can claim that they have never been beaten by John Cena. We will focus on those 3 Superstars on this list. We will also take a look at 3 Superstars John Cena is undefeated against.
Note: The list will only focus on singles competition. Thanks to ProFightDB for the data used in this article
#6 John Cena has never beaten Shinsuke Nakamura (0-1)
John Cena was on the verge of becoming a part-time star by the time Shinsuke Nakamura had started making waves on WWE SmackDown. For many, this was nothing short of a dream match, pitting one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers against one of the biggest names in the history of pro-wrestling.
The first time these two met in the ring was as partners, when they defeated Rusev and King Corbin in a tag team match. Around a month later, Nakamura defeated John Cena in a singles match on SmackDown, to a loud ovation from the fans.
In 2018, Nakamura won the Royal Rumble match that John Cena was a part of. His big singles win over Cena, followed by a victory in the free-for-all, signaled that he was in for a mega push on the blue brand.
Nakamura met AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34, but failed to win the belt and turned heel following the match. He didn't win the belt despite numerous attempts, and was soon back in the mid-card.
#5 John Cena is undefeated against Bobby Lashley (1-0)
Back in 2005-06, Bobby Lashley was a huge name on WWE SmackDown, and fans were in absolute awe of his babyface character. Lashley competed in the Money In The Bank Ladder match at WrestleMania 22, but didn't win the briefcase. Later that year, Lashley teamed up with Batista and John Cena against the villainous trio of King Booker, Finlay, and William Regal. It would be almost a year before he got a WWE title shot against Cena.
At Night of Champions 2007, John Cena defeated Lashley, Mick Foley, King Booker, and Randy Orton to retain his belt. At The Great American Bash 2007, Cena faced Lashley in a WWE title match. The WWE Universe was behind Lashley on this night, but John Cena retained his belt again.
Lashley would leave WWE soon after, and this is all we got in terms of a rivalry between him and John Cena. Upon Lashley's return more than a decade later, he teamed up with John Cena on a few occasions, but the duo never faced off against each other in a singles bout.
#4 John Cena has never beaten Billy Gunn (0-1)
Back in 2003, John Cena was donning the gimmick of a rapper and was slowly climbing up the ranks on WWE SmackDown. He bagged a WWE title shot against Brock Lesnar at Backlash 2003, but didn't win the belt.
Soon after, Cena faced WWE veteran Billy Gunn on an episode of SmackDown, but lost that match, too. The duo never locked horns in a singles match ever again, and thus Gunn is undefeated against John Cena to this day.
John Cena and Billy Gunn met again on SmackDown a year later, in an 8-Man Elimination match for the US title. In the end, Booker T won the belt, with both Cena and Gunn being eliminated.
John Cena got several opportunities as he made his way to SmackDown's main event scene, while Gunn was soon released by WWE. Cena finally got an opportunity at JBL's WWE title at WrestleMania 21 in Hollywood, where he won his first world title. The rest, as they say, is history.
#3 John Cena is undefeated against Alex Riley (3-0)
In 2010, The Miz won the Money In The Bank briefcase and successfully cashed it in on Randy Orton on an episode of RAW to win his first and only WWE title. It was clear as day that John Cena would get a shot against The Miz sooner rather than later. The Miz's sidekick, Alex Riley, met Cena in a few matches around this time, and in late 2010, Cena defeated Riley by submission.
They faced off again on WWE RAW in February 2011, with John Cena picking up another victory.
At WrestleMania 27, John Cena would lose to The Miz, after interference from The Rock. He continued his rivalry with The Miz and had another showdown with Riley in May. Cena registered his third straight win against Riley in this match.
The duo never had a singles match again and the record remained at 3-0 in John Cena's favor. Soon after, Alex Riley turned babyface, following which he teamed up with Cena a handful of times against some of WWE's top villains.
#2 John Cena has never beaten Roman Reigns (0-3)
Following SummerSlam 2017, Roman Reigns and John Cena crossed paths on WWE TV, and fans couldn't be more excited as they did not think that they would witness this dream match anywhere other than at WrestleMania. WWE No Mercy was on the horizon and it was clear that we were going to see these two megastars lock horns at the PPV. The road to No Mercy saw both John Cena and Reigns taking shots at each other on live TV.
At the event, Reigns and Cena finally collided in a match for the ages. In the end, The Big Dog defeated John Cena and bagged a huge victory. Cena would become a part-time star following the PPV. He lost two more matches to Reigns at an MSG house show and a WWE live event, thus making it 3-0 in Reigns' favor. The first match took place around three months after Reigns' big win over Cena.
The second match took place on the road to WrestleMania 34, with Reigns winning, in what was WWE's attempt to present him as a strong contender against Brock Lesnar at The Show of Shows.
#1 John Cena is undefeated against Mark Henry (5-0)
Mark Henry was one of the most intimidating characters in all of professional wrestling. Unfortunately, his luck ran out every single time he faced John Cena in singles competition. The first time they wrestled in a singles match was on RAW, in 2008 where Cena picked up a win over Henry via submission.
It would be four long years before Cena would beat Henry again in a singles capacity. Soon after WrestleMania 29, John Cena defeated Henry again on RAW, this time via countout.
Weeks later, Henry delivered one of the greatest promos of all time, in which he fooled the WWE Universe and John Cena into believing that he was retiring. Unfortunately, this didn't result in a WWE title run, and Cena defeated him at Money in the Bank to retain his belt.
The next night on WWE RAW, John Cena and Henry met again in a dark match, with the champ retaining his title. Their rivalry finally came to an end, and they never wrestled a singles match again.
