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#4 John Cena's babyface run

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John Cena
John Cena

John Cena has had a Hall of Fame career in WWE and was the face of the company for over a decade, a run that saw him win numerous titles, and become a 16-time World Champion. Cena, throughout his run as the main guy of the company, was a babyface and was loved and adored by fans, especially kids.

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But, there was a point when WWE and Vince McMahon considered turning Cena heel, which is something that is unfathomable. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealed that WWE had created new ring gear and plans were laid out for Cena to turn heel, only for the WWE Chairman to change his mind at the last minute:

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"There was even a time, I think most people know this, that Vince had decreed that John was going to turn heel and it had all been agreed to. John had agreed to it. John got his heel gear made and then Vince goes, Vince started thinking about it and he goes, 'It's f****** stupid, he's our #1 merchandise seller. He's the face of our company doing all this make-a-wish stuff. And at the point, it was like, he's never going to turn heel and he never did and I think it would have been completely stupid for him to do it."

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