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John Cena is perhaps the biggest superstar WWE has witnessed till date. One of the prime reasons for that is he has always stood for what is right and has fought against anything and everything that is wrong. This has given him a larger than life image amongst his fans worldwide and thus he commands their respect.
Cena is going to complete eighteen years in the WWE and throughout his tenure, he has faced several hindrances which he has fought and conquered like a hero. Through his actions, he has encouraged the people in believing to 'never give up'. Here are five such big obstacles in his career that he confronted and walked out as a true legend.
5. John Cena vs the Wyatts
It all started in the 2014 Royal Rumble PPV when Bray Wyatt along with Eric Rowan and Luke Harper cost Cena a title shot against Randy Orton. The Wyatt's continued to interfere in Cena's match and also caused Cena's elimination at the elimination chamber PPV. This caused the rivalry to intensify and thus Cena faced Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 30. Though there were several distractions and interferences from the Wyatts both before and during the match, John Cena emerged victorious in the match.
The Wyatts continued to attack Cena and faced him in a steel cage match at the Extreme Rules PPV. The group's motto was to capture John Cena's fan-base and prove that John Cena isn't a real hero. This caused Cena and Wyatt to face-off at the Payback PPV one final time where Cena and Bray Wyatt competed in a last man standing match. Cena conquered the trio and thus won the match and ended the rivalry.
4. John Cena vs The Legacy
John Cena and the Legacy gave the WWE audience a rivalry of a lifetime. It began in 2009, at Night of Champions PPV where Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase cost Cena the WWE Championship owing to their outside interference. The leader of the Legacy was Randy Orton, who beat Cena at SummerSlam in 2009. He used several underhand tactics to retain his title. This fueled the fire and made Cena even angrier. This led to an 'I Quit' match between the duo at Breaking Point where the world witnessed a brutal encounter between John Cena and Randy Orton. The other members of the Legacy tried to interfere in the match, but Cena used handcuffs to put a submission over Orton and thus won the title.
However, at the Hell in a Cell PPV, Cena again lost the title to Randy. The other two members of the Legacy kept assaulting John Cena. Both Cena and Orton met in a final encounter at the Bragging Rights PPV in a 60 minute Iron Man match, where Cena showed superiority over Orton and won the match with 6-5 points. This was perhaps the most vicious Iron Man match in WWE history, which ultimately ended the rivalry between Cena and the Legacy.
3. John Cena vs The Authority
At Night of Champions 2014, Seth Rollins attacked Cena and cost him the WWE title against Brock Lesnar. Thereafter, on the 27th November episode of RAW the 'Authority' headed by both Stephanie McMahon and Triple H asked Cena to join the alliance. Cena rejected the offer. This resulted in a 5 on 5 traditional tag team elimination match of the survivor series between team Cena and Authority. Though Cena was eliminated (as Big Show turned on Cena), his team won the match.
As per the stipulations, the Authority was stripped of power and only Cena could bring them back. At the TLC PPV, Cena won against Seth Rollins to keep his number one contender spot intact for the WWE Championship. However, on December 29th, 2014 episode of RAW, Cena was forced to bring back the Authority as his friend Edge was taken hostage by Rollins and Big Show. This caused Seth to compete against Cena and Lesnar at Royal Rumble for the Championship and the Authority fired Ryback, Eric Rowan, and Dolph Ziggler. On 19th January's RAW, Cena won a handicap match against Rollins, Big Show and Kane and was successful in rehiring the three fired wrestlers and also his spot at Royal Rumble.
At Royal Rumble, Cena though could not win, but it ended the rivalry between them.
2. John Cena vs John Laurinaitis
Cena and Laurinaitis had a strong rivalry when the later was the general manager of RAW. Laurinaitis in an episode of RAW attacked John Cena with the help of Lord Tensai and declared himself as Cena's opponent at the Over the Limit PPV. They faced each other with the condition that if Cena wins Laurinaitis would be fired. However, due to interference from the Big Show, Laurinaitis won the match.
At No Way Out, Cena and Big Show faced off against each other inside a steel cage match, wherein if Cena lost, he would be fired and if Big Show lost, Laurinaitis would be fired. Cena prevailed over Big Show and thus Vince McMahon fired Laurinaitis. The next night on RAW Cena again competed and defeated Laurinaitis in a 3 on 1 handicap match against Big Show and David Otunga. Show and Otunga left the match and thus Cena went on to defeat Laurinaitis and ended his tenure.
1. John Cena vs The Nexus
On 7th of June in 2010, the Nexus made an outstanding impression in the WWE by taking out a number of superstars including Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, Chris Jericho, Edge, Jerry Lawler and various others. The Nexus was like a pack of wolves, hunting and preying upon everyone in their radius. They even destroyed the WWE ring and massacred an entire arena before unleashing themselves upon every possible WWE Superstar in the locker room.
At one point it seemed that they were unstoppable. It was then, Cena rose and stood up to the occasion. At first, Cena was scheduled to face the 7 members in a 7 vs 1 handicap match. Cena took out Darren Young and thus faced the remaining six members in a losing effort. The rivalry and the feud continued between them when in SummerSlam Cena paired up with fellow WWE members against the Nexus and won the match.
At Hell in a Cell, Cena lost to Wade Barrett and was stipulated to join the Nexus. The story-line continued till Survivor Series were Barrett lost to Randy Orton and Cena was fired (Kayfabe). However, Cena returned each week and attacked all the members of Nexus. John Cena then returned and faced Barrett at TLC where Cena defeated Barrett and thus ended their rivalry.
