10 Wrestling Matches Never Meant To Be This Good

10. John Cena Vs JBL (WWE Judgment Day 2005) 

John Cena and John Bradshaw Layfield might have kicked off a rotten modern trend by keeping their match lowkey at WrestleMania 21.

The pair assembled a massively disappointing WWE Championship match at 2005's 'Show Of Shows', putting forth something less than television standard on a night designed to elevate Cena as one of the company's two brand new top stars.

They were saving their A+ performances for the B-Show.

With expectations subsequently diminished thanks to the first stinker (and the general malaise around the I Quit stipulation after too many turkeys), the pair shocked the world with a bloodthirsty war that rounded out Cena's CV at the top of the card. After months of failed attempts, Layfield found chemistry with a babyface rather than constantly taking countless chickensh*t shortcuts. That this came before WWE had given Cena's inhuman recuperative powers only made the match more impactful.

P*ssing blood and ready to bludgeon Bradshaw with a car part, Cena forced the former Champion to quit in sheer horror rather than through the pain of a hold. It was just one more ingenious element for a contest everybody had already written off.