10 Best Major John Cena Feuds

10. Vs. Kevin Owens

The John Cena Vs. Kevin Owens rivalry of 2015 proved divisive in the ring.

Many fans enjoyed the action-packed back and forth template, which was markedly different to the underdog Cena fare with which he alienated those same fans for years. Others, your writer included, felt their trilogy too often resembled a drawn-out 22 minute YouTube highlight video - a constant big move trade-off posing just one basic psychological question: who is the better man? The answer changed from one minute to the next. Cena. Owens. Cena with a new move. Owens with another new move he hadn't yet hit. It was popcorn stuff; an exciting enough sugar rush lacking in substance. Still, few could deny that it achieved its objective, even if Cena emerged as the storyline better man by winning the series 2-1. When Owens won the first match, as clean as Shawn Michaels' 2006 DX material at Money In The Bank, it positioned him as a major player. Cena barely looked at the lights back then. In the end, just the one victory was enough.

A wrestling rivalry, ideally, elevates at least one of the acts involved in it. Owens emerged from the programme as a rare, instant hit of an NXT graduate.