Six times John Cena stunned the WWE Universe

Six times John Cena stunned the WWE UniverseLove him or hate him few Superstars have more stunning returns to the WWE than John Cena.

by James Richardson

12-08-2023 19:59

in Lifestyle

John Cena stuns at Money in the Bank. Photos: WWE

John Cena is one of the most beloved entertainers in the world right now and every time he turns up it is a delight.

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Here we take a look at six times Cena returned to stun the WWE Universe.

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Six times John Cena stunned Much like his predecessor as the WWE's ultimate babyface, the Rock, Cena remains attached to the Sports Entertainment industry despite a successful segue into mainstream entertainment.

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What is undeniable though, is that Cena can make a crowd pop' like it is nobody's business. Here we look at his most exciting returns to the WWE.

John Cena entering the 2008 Royal Rumble. Photo: WWE ALSO READ: Most WWE wins in a career

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Nexus invasion prompts John Cena return This return wasn't really that much of a surprise since the kayfabe storyline clearly set Cena up to be a disruptor who would plague the Nexus invasion.

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Cena was fired' in December of 2010 but invaded Raw several times to stick it to the Nexus invasion. Including slapping around the biggest wrestling star ever to come out of South Africa, Justin Gabriel, slamming him into the hood of a car in the parking lot.

Survivor Series 2008 Cena suffered a legitimate injury during a major push towards the WWE's elite. He herniated disc in his neck and was unable to take part in the Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven in 2008.

After a making a full recovery from the injury, Cena made his full in-ring return at November 2018's Survivor Series, where he would beat Chris Jericho to claim his first World Heavyweight Championship.

Survivor Series 2004 Cena's return at the 2004 Survivor Series marked the end of his time as quite frankly a mid-card white rapper gimmick character and the beginning of his ascension to becoming a franchise player.

Until then Cena's character had provided distraction and more than a few jokes with rapping that was at best passable but when he returned from a kayfabe stabbing in a nightclub he cut an angry an imposing figure for the first time.

He cost Team Angle their match at Survivor Series when he chased Carlito around the arena but it was the effective birth of a new edgier character who would grow into what he would describe as a goody-two shoes Superman .

WrestleMania 32 After a number of memorable Wrestlemania battles with the Brahma Bull. Cena returned to aid the Rock in his battle against the Wyatt Family.

This return while it wouldn't result in a title win was one of the most exciting and unexpected returns in WWE history.

The WWE did a great job of keeping the return under wraps and the pop'at Madison Square Gardens reflected that genuine surprise and delight.

Royal Rumble 2008 Fittingly the biggest surprise return ever made by Cena was at the 2008 Royal Rumble. Cena shocked the WWE Universe by returning to enter at number 30 in the Rumble match, claiming the first of his two wins in the historic event.

The achievement was made that much more special by being at Madison Square Garden, sacred ground for hardcore WWE fans, and being completed by eliminating Triple H, the WWE's apex heel.

John Cena Money in the Bank 2023: John Cena raises the roof Nobody had a clue that John Cena would turn up at Money in the Bank.

The London crowd came unglued when they heard the trumpets.

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