Top 5 of John Cena's greatest rivalries

John Cena has been the face of WWE since the past decade. He is a 16-time World Champion, and a guaranteed future Hall of Famer.

When you think about WWE, you always think about John Cena. He's been working for the WWE for more than 15 years now.

As the moment he has switched to part-time wrestling. Some people hate him and some people love him. However, no one can dispute the fact that John Cena is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He has put on some incredible rivalries throughout his career.

He's had many rivals in his classic career, but these were the best of them all.

#5 AJ Styles

Enter — AJ Styles and John Cena are one of the Greatest Of All Time

John Cena and AJ Styles were destined to battle when The Phenomenal One debuted at Royal Rumble 2016.

John Cena and AJ Styles have competed one-on-one at three WWE Pay-Per-View events. Their first encounter was at Money in the Bank 2016; their second encounter was at SummerSlam 2016, and their third and final encounter was at the Royal Rumble 2017 for the WWE Championship.

AJ Styles was known as the face of TNA (now IMPACT) and John Cena was the superman of WWE.

Styles vs Cena was one of the most anticipated dream matches for the fans. No one ever thought that this rivalry was even possible. There's no doubt that their matches are always amazing.

Both wrestlers have collectively won more than 35 championships in their respective careers. AJ Styles was a heel at that time, and John Cena was the babyface.

The audience used to get thrilled with the chants: 'Let's go Cena! AJ Styles!'. This rivalry won the 'Match of the Year' award from various websites and analysts. It will be remembered for a long time

#4 Kurt Angle

The rookie John Cena attempts to defeat the Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle

This was John Cena's very first rivalry in the WWE. The rivalry between John Cena and Kurt Angle wasn't altogether long-lasting, and there will be many of you who need to do some YouTube research, but it was among the very first story lines that the future legend would work in the WWE.

Everyone knows Cena's debut – sprinting to the ring, answering a challenge by Vince McMahon, shouting out the name of ruthless aggression, and eventually losing a great, close match to one of the best in-ring technicians in the history of professional and Olympic wrestling. Not many people have had a better first night in any company.

Their feud stretched out over Cena's entire time on SmackDown, as Angle played up a fake injury and became the hated heel general manager of the blue brand. John Cena may be at the top of the wrestling industry, but Kurt Angle was a key player in the quest to get him there.

Once he was drafted to Monday Night Raw, the rivalry resumed as Eric Bischoff threw everything he had at John Cena.

It was a submission match with the submission specialist that resulted in Cena developing his patented STFU hold that has won him half a dozen world titles in his time atop the mountain.

#3 CM Punk

Enter c — John Cena warns CM Punk about cashing his Money in the Bank contract

John Cena and CM Punk have had some of the best matches of their individual careers against one another.

They have the ability to bring out the best in each other, and have proven as much with their matches at Money in the Bank 2011, SummerSlam 2011, and Night of Champions 2012.

In a rivalry between two very different characters and persons, the one common denominator between them is their passion to have a great match with one another every time they square off.

That passion to be the best is the one thing that every truly great and historic rivalry needs. John Cena versus CM Punk is a defining rivalry for not only John Cena or CM Punk, but for an entire generation.

Regardless of one’s opinion of what is or is not the greatest rivalry in the history of professional wrestling, and regardless of whether or not Cena - Punk lives up to the quality of the others mentioned above, the feud between Cena and Punk is the one that will forever define today’s WWE and stand the test of time.

#2 Triple H

Enter ca — John Cena and Triple H battled each other at the Greatest Royal Rumble PPV

The cerebral assassin, Triple H is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the WWE, he's also a 14 time World Champion. He has been a bitter rival of John Cena.

The two had many other matches together, including another WrestleMania moment involving Randy Orton, but it was their very first feud that signaled the changing of the guard.

It was the same changing of the guard that Hunter did for Batista the year prior, and would do again for Randy Orton. For a long time Triple H was the measuring stick by which all future stars held themselves accountable.

Triple H was the man, and to go through him meant you were destined for greatness. And then he helped John Cena become the man – a man who is now the measuring stick for a new generation of talent.

Talent like Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan. But if it weren't for the guy everyone thinks of as self absorbed putting him over, John Cena could have been another great main event guy that just fell short of best of all time status.

Triple H and John Cena had their latest match till date at the Greatest Royal Rumble pay per view back in April 2018.

#1 Randy Orton

This is John Cena's longest rivalry till date, against The Viper. Both have brought the best out of each other throughout the rivalry. John Cena hasn't faced any wrestler in his career more times than Randy Orton.

This feud is going to be remembered for generations. Seven solo matches, that is still quite a lot of matches for one rivalry to have.

It should also be noted that with the exceptions of the Royal Rumble matches, the WWE title was on the line for each match.

For the triviality of it, the first time that they were involved in the same match on PPV is the 2004 Royal Rumble.

Orton entered that match at number two, but is gone by the time Cena entered at number 28. So it is notable just for that statistical fact, as it wouldn’t be until 2007 that the two would be in the same match on PPV together again.

And that would begin a war that still rages. John Cena's greatest rivalry of all time.