5 WWE matches featuring John Cena that deserve more praise

#4 John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Edge (WWE RAW - July 3, 2006)

2006 was the YEAR OF CENA. He had banger of matches with almost everyone on the roster🔥🔥Elimination Chamber 2006vs Edge - Royal Rumble vs HHH - WrestleMania 22vs. Edge vs HHH - Backlash vs RVD - One Night Stand vs RVD - RAW vs Sabu - Vengeance vs. Edge - Unforgiven pic.twitter.com/NyuLjIjUZu

— 𝓜edo 🆂🆄🅶🆁é (@mio_m3do) August 19, 2020

When one thinks about great three-way matches featuring John Cena, Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins vs. John Cena from WWE Royal Rumble 2015, and Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. John Cena from Survivor Series 2009 come to mind. However, John Cena's triple threat clash against Edge and Rob Van Dam is one of those matches that not many fans may remember, as it took place on a random episode of WWE RAW in 2006. Running for hardly 10 minutes, this sprint featured the then WWE Champion Rob Van Dam defending his title in a No DQ stipulation.

A couple of months ago, RVD had cashed-in his MITB contract for a match against WWE Champion John Cena at ECW: One Night Stand PPV. With the help of Edge's interference, RVD captured the championship. The stage was set for all three stars to collide against each other.

July 3, 2006Raw-Edge claims he will beat RVD for the WWE title on ECW the next night-Cena interrupts and beats up Edge-RVD challenges Cena tonight, Edge says that isn't fair and RVD challenges him as well-RVD vs Edge (W) vs John Cena for the WWE Championship pic.twitter.com/0BegtTgqGm

— Dandy Orton (@TheShiniestDan) August 29, 2020

While it's still head-scratching why WWE would give away this match on RAW, it was nonetheless a terrific bout that saw RVD and Cena join hands in the initial stages of the match to take out Edge. However, The Ultimate Opportunist was the smartest among the three as he hit Cena with a chair just after the latter star had delivered an Attitude Adjustment to the champion. Edge would then secure a pinfall victory over RVD to become the new champion.

This match certainly deserves more praise as it included a lot of great sequences in such little time. All the Superstars in the bout got their spotlight, though it was Cena who stood out the most for being the glue that held the match together.