5 Things John Cena does better in 2018 than in 2002 and 5 things he does worse

#4 Worse in 2018: Big-match opponents

John Cena is rarely in PPV main events

It’s only natural that WWE put John Cena in PPV matches with the best of the best – from Chris Jericho and The Undertaker to Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle – as he worked his way up the card during his first 18 months with the company.

Nowadays, while Cena is obviously a big attraction himself, he is no longer seen as a priority when it comes to big matches and he is often used to promote younger talent, such as when he faced Bray Wyatt and Rusev at back-to-back WrestleManias and when he took on Baron Corbin at SummerSlam in 2017.

He recently faced The Undertaker in a three-minute match at WrestleMania, of course, but the story was less about Cena and more about ‘Taker, and you could argue that it was his first major ‘Mania match since he fought The Rock in 2013.