Rating The Champ: John Cena – SmarKDown's Blog

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE & World Heavyweight Champion, John Cena.

2002

Vs. Chris Jericho (Vengeance) **

2003

Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Championship (Backlash) **3/4
W/ FBI vs. Chris Benoit, Rhyno & Spanky (Judgment Day) *1/2
Vs. The Undertaker (Vengeance) ***1/2
Vs. Kurt Angle (No Mercy) ****1/4
W/ Team Angle vs. Team Lesnar (Survivor Series) ***

2004

Vs. Kurt Angle vs. Big Show (No Way Out) ***
Vs. Big Show – WWE United States Championship (WrestleMania XX) **
Vs. René Duprée – WWE United States Championship (Judgment Day) **3/4
Elimination: Vs. Booker vs. RVD vs. Duprée – WWE United States Championship (The Great American Bash) **
Vs. Booker T (SummerSlam) 3/4*
Vs. Booker T – WWE United States Championship (No Mercy) **
W/ Team Eddie vs. Team Angle (Survivor Series) **
Street Fight: Vs. Jesús – WWE United States Championship (Armageddon) **1/2

2005

Vs. Kurt Angle (No Way Out) ****
Vs. JBL – WWE Championship (WrestleMania 21) **
I Quit: Vs. JBL – WWE Championship (Judgment Day) ****1/4
Vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian – WWE Championship (Vengeance) ****
Vs. Chris Jericho – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
Vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels – WWE Championship (Taboo Tuesday) ***
Vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/4

2006

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***
Vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (WrestleMania 22) ***3/4
Vs. Triple H vs. Edge – WWE Championship (Backlash) ****1/2
Hardcore: Vs. Rob Van Dam – WWE Championship (ECW One Night Stand) ****
Extreme Lumberjack: Vs. Sabu (Vengeance) ***
Vs. Edge – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/2
TLC: Vs. Edge – WWE Championship (Unforgiven) ****1/2
Vs. King Booker vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***
W/ Team Cena vs. Team Show (Survivor Series) **1/2
W/ Batista vs. King Booker & Finlay (Armageddon) **

2007

Vs. Umaga – WWE Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***
Last Man Standing: Vs. Umaga – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ****
W/ Shawn Michaels vs. Batista & The Undertaker (No Way Out) ***1/2
Vs. Shawn Michaels – WWE Championship (WrestleMania 23) ****
Vs. HBK vs. Edge vs. Orton – WWE Championship (Backlash) ****1/4
Vs. The Great Khali – WWE Championship (Judgment Day) *1/2
Falls Count Anywhere: Vs. The Great Khali – WWE Championship (One Night Stand) ***
Vs. Orton vs. Lashley vs. Booker vs. Foley – WWE Championship (Vengeance: Night of Champions) ***1/2
Vs. Bobby Lashley – WWE Championship (The Great American Bash) ****
Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ****1/4
Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Unforgiven) *

2008

Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (No Way Out) **
Vs. Randy Orton vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (WrestleMania XXIV) ***1/4
Elimination: Vs. Orton vs. Triple H vs. JBL – WWE Championship (Backlash) ***
Vs. JBL (Judgment Day) *3/4
First Blood: Vs. JBL (One Night Stand) **1/2
Vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/2
NY Parking Lot Brawl: Vs. JBL (The Great American Bash) *1/2
Vs. Batista (SummerSlam) ****
Vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ***
Vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon) ***1/4

2009

Vs. JBL – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) **
Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (No Way Out) ****1/4
Vs. Edge vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXV) ***1/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ****1/2
Vs. Big Show (Judgment Day) *1/2
Submission: Vs. Big Show (Extreme Rules) **
Vs. The Miz (The Bash) 1/2*
Vs. Randy Orton vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) **
I Quit: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Breaking Point) ***1/2
HIAC: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Iron Man: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Bragging Rights) ****
Vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ***3/4
Tables: Vs. Sheamus – WWE Championship (TLC) ***

2010

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/4
Vs. Batista – WWE Championship (WrestleMania XXVI) ****
Last Man Standing: Vs. Batista – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/4
I Quit: Vs. Batista – WWE Championship (Over the Limit) ***1/2
Vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus – WWE Championship (Fatal 4 Way) ***
Steel Cage: Vs. Sheamus – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) ***1/4
W/ Team Cena vs. Team Nexus (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Six Pack Challenge – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
Vs. Wade Barrett (Hell in a Cell) ***1/2
W/ David Otunga vs. Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre – WWE Tag Team Championship (Bragging Rights) *
Chairs: Vs. Wade Barrett (TLC) ***1/2

2011

RAW’s Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. The Miz – WWE Championship (WrestleMania XXVII) *1/4
Steel Cage: Vs. The Miz vs. John Morrison – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) ****
I Quit: Vs. The Miz – WWE Championship (Over the Limit) ***
Vs. R-Truth – WWE Championship (Capitol Punishment) ***
Vs. CM Punk – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) *****
Vs. CM Punk – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***3/4
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/2
HIAC: Vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk – WWE Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
Last Man Standing: Vs. Alberto Del Rio – WWE Championship (Vengeance) ****
W/ The Rock vs. The Miz & R-Truth (Survivor Series) **1/2

2012

Vs. Kane (Royal Rumble) **
Ambulance: Vs. Kane (Elimination Chamber) **1/2
Vs. The Rock (WrestleMania XXVIII) ****1/2
Extreme Rules: Vs. Brock Lesnar (Extreme Rules) ****3/4
Vs. John Laurinaitis (Over the Limit) DUD
Steel Cage: Vs. Big Show (No Way Out) **1/2
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***1/2
Vs. CM Punk vs. Big Show – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Vs. CM Punk – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ****3/4
Vs. CM Punk vs. Ryback – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ***
MITB Ladder: Vs. Dolph Ziggler (TLC) ****

2013

W/ Ryback & Sheamus vs. The Shield (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
Vs. The Rock – WWE Championship (WrestleMania 29) ***
Last Man Standing: Vs. Ryback – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) ***1/2
3 Stages of Hell: Vs. Ryback – WWE Championship (Payback) ***1/2
Vs. Mark Henry – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) ***1/4
Vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) *****
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Chamionship (Survivor Series) **3/4
TLC: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) ***

2014

Vs. Randy Orton – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) **1/2
Elimination Chamber Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. Bray Wyatt (WrestleMania XXX) ***1/2
Steel Cage: Vs. Bray Wyatt (Extreme Rules) *1/2
Last Man Standing: Vs. Bray Wyatt (Payback) ****
Ladder Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
Vs. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns vs. Kane – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Battleground) ***1/4
Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ****1/4
Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***3/4
HIAC: Vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4
W/ Team Cena vs. Team Authority (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Tables: Vs. John Cena (TLC) ***1/4

2015

Vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ****3/4
Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championship (Fastlane) ***1/4
Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championship (WrestleMania 31) ***1/2
Russian Chain: Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championship (Extreme Rules) **
I Quit: Vs. Rusev – WWE United States Championshp (Payback) ***
Vs. Kevin Owens (Elimination Chamber) ****3/4
Vs. Kevin Owens (Money in the Bank) ****1/2
Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE United States Championship (Battleground) ****1/4
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World & US Championships (SummerSlam) ****1/4
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ****
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) **

2016

Vs. AJ Styles (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
W/ Enzo & Cass vs. The Club (Battleground) ***1/4
Vs. AJ Styles (SummerSlam) *****
Vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE World Championship (No Mercy) ****