5 John Cena ideas that WWE used

#2 The SummerSlam 2010 finish was John Cena's idea

Wade Barrett led The Nexus against John Cena's team

Team WWE (led by John Cena) defeating The Nexus at SummerSlam 2010 has gone down as one of the most talked-about match outcomes in WWE history.

WWE’s decision-makers originally planned for The Nexus (led by Wade Barrett) to pick up a statement-making victory. They faced a team of WWE all-stars (John Cena, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Edge, John Morrison and R-Truth) in the main event of SummerSlam, but the finish was switched on the day of the show.

It has been speculated over the last decade that it was John Cena’s idea to “bury” The Nexus. However, the man himself seemingly denied that rumor at a Q&A in 2017. The five-time WrestleMania main-eventer clarified that, while he is allowed to pick certain moments that go into WWE’s stories, he does not pick how the story is told.

Chris Jericho and Edge reflected on the controversial match during a 2013 episode of Talk Is Jericho. The two Superstars, who came up with lots of ideas for the seven-on-seven encounter, had already been eliminated by the time that John Cena was left in a two-on-one situation with Justin Gabriel and Wade Barrett at the end of the match.

Jericho said John Cena’s idea to kick out of a DDT on the floor before defeating his two opponents was “the dumbest thing”, but that is exactly what ended up happening.

John Cena later told Jericho and Edge that he was wrong and he should have taken their advice.