8 Unlikely WWE Superstars who have beaten John Cena in singles matches

John Cena is one of the greatest to have ever stepped foot inside the squared circle. Over his illustrious career, the 16-time world champion beaten some of the biggest names in the business.

However, over his long career, Cena also has lost to some Superstars who fans may have forgotten. Most of these came early on in Cena's career but there were also a couple of notable ones later on, like his loss against then-RAW General Manager John Laurinaitis in 2012. We take a look at 8 such unlikely names who have pinned John Cena in singles action.

#8 John Laurinaitis

Big Show helped John Laurinaitis beat John Cena

John Laurinaitis was the General Manager of RAW from late 2011 to 2012. During this time, his biggest feud was with John Cena. This led to John Cena facing John Laurinaitis in a singles match at Over The Limit 2012. Cena and Laurinaitis were the main event of the show and Laurinaitis surprisingly picked up the win.

The finish of the show saw the Big Show, who had been previously fired by Laurinaitis came out. Show ended up turning on Cena and hitting him with the WMD punch and helping Laurinaitis win the match.

#7 Rikishi

WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi is a 3-time Tag-Team Champion and is a former Intercontinental Champion. Apart from these accomplishments, Rikishi can also say that he has beaten John Cena in singles action, not once but twice.

John Cena faced Rikishi early on in his WWE career in 2002. RIkishi was a popular babyface on the SmackDown brand and the time. He wrestled a young Cena twice on SmackDown in November 2002. Rikishi beat Cena pretty comprehensively on both occasions.

After losing to Rikishi twice, Cena came back and beat the big man in their third singles match in January 2003.

#6 Billy Kidman

Up next on our list is Billy Kidman. Kidman was one of the stars of WCW’s cruiserweight division before signing with WWE in 2001 as part of the Invasion angle. Kidman was a multiple-time cruiserweight champion with both WCW and WWE and later went on to become a trainer with FCW. He currently works backstage in WWE as a producer.

Kidman has wins over a number of WWE legends during his WWE career including Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio. However, the biggest name he’s beaten was a young John Cena back in late 2002.

Cena won the first singles match between the two Superstars on the October 15th taping on SmackDown. Kidman won their match on the following week of SmackDown which caused Cena to viciously attack him post-match. This would lead to a mixed tag team match at the WWE Rebellion with Cena teaming up with Dawn Marie to face Billy Kidman and future WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson. In case you were wondering, Kidman and Wilson ended up winning that match.

#5 Lord Tensai

John Cena lost his first match against Lord Tensai

Matt Bloom made his return to WWE in April 2012 under the Lord Tensai gimmick. Tensai went on a dominant run after his return. A couple of weeks into his return, Tensai faced John Cena in an Extreme Rules match on RAW. Tensai only managed to win thanks to interference from David Otunga distracting Cena but the winning streak continued.

In the following weeks, Tensai also managed to beat CM Punk to continue his winning run. It came to a grinding halt on an episode of RAW in May when he was finally beaten by Cena himself.

#4 Rhyno

Rhyno made his WWE debut in 2001 during the Invasion Angle. In 2003, Rhyno faced John Cena for the first time on the April 22nd taping of SmackDown. The two men had their rematch on the the May 5th taping of SmackDown.

This time Rhyno picked up the win thank to a little help from Brian Kendrick. With this, Rhyno joined the elite club of WWE Superstars who hold a singles win over John Cena.

#3 Orlando Jordan

Orlando Jordan beat Cena to win the US title

The year was 2005 and John Cena was in the midst of a feud with JBL over the WWE Championship. Orlando Jordan was a part of JBL’s faction The Cabinet along with the Basham Brothers, Doug, and Danny.

On an episode of SmackDown, Cena who was US Champion at the time, put his title on the line against Jordan. In the closing segment of the match, Cena hit Jordan with his finisher and was on the verge of winning the match when The Bashams ran down the entrance ramp. As Cena drove them away, JBL appeared behind him and hid near the ring,

When Cena turned around and went to pull Jordan back from the ropes, JBL struck him with the WWE Championship belt. Jordan then crawled over and pinned Cena to win the United States Championship.

Jordan was a talented wrestler but when you think of Superstars who have beaten John Cena, he definitely isn’t the first name that pops to mind.

#2 Billy Gunn

We move on to WWE legend and current AEW star Billy Gunn. Gunn and John Cena faced off in singles action in July 2003. The match was neck and neck for most of it and The Undertaker proved to be the difference-maker. Taker was in the midst of his biker persona at the time and came out on his bike and circled the ring.

This proved to be enough of a distraction for Billy Gunn to roll-up and pin the future 16-time world champion.

#1 Kevin Federline

We move on to #1 on our list, and it's not even a wrestler. We end our list with Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline. He was on RAW to promote his album Playing With Fire and somehow got into a mini-feud with John Cena.

Cena and Federline ended up facing each other on an episode of RAW in 2007. Midway through the match, Umaga interefered and laid Cena out. This helped Kevin Federline pick up the win. Why WWE decided to let Federline pin Cena is something we weill probably never know.