5 WWE matches featuring John Cena that deserve more praise

Cena vs. Umaga from WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Cena vs. Umaga from WWE Royal Rumble 2007

#2 John Cena vs. JBL (WWE Judgement Day 2005)

When someone talks about the John Cena and JBL's feud, the lackluster match at WWE WrestleMania 21 comes to mind. Though that bout saw Cena becoming the WWE Champion for the first time in his career, it was a very poor match where the two only traded punches and locks for the mere ten minutes that were allotted to them. The bout was such a huge disappointment that many had given up on Cena and JBL's feud and the fans didn't really care about their other matches.

However, just over a month later, at WWE Judgement Day 2005, the two wrestled in a brutal 'I Quit' match that is highly underrated among fans and certainly deserves re-evaluation. After getting hardly any time to have a good match at WrestleMania, both stars went for 22 minutes at Judgement Day and produced a bloodbath that saw both Cena and JBL dripping in blood for a long time in their clash.

The final few stages of the match included both of them taking the action towards the entrance area, where they continued to brutalize each other with a variety of creative moves. Cena retained his WWE Championship after JBL uttered 'I Quit' just after the former brought out a massive weapon to attack him. Much to the happiness of the crowd, Cena still went on to use the weapon even though the match ended.

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