John Cena's 7 Night Of Champions Matches From Worst To Best

7. 2009 Vs. Triple H and Randy Orton

For the WWE Championship at Night of Champions 2009, there was a tournament held to see who would face champion Randy Orton. John Cena and Triple H were in the finals of this tournament but were both attacked mid-match by Orton's Legacy buddies.

Instead of facing neither of them like he hoped, special guest host for the night Ted DiBiase told Orton that he'd face them both because neither of them lost. This match was touted as a rematch to the WrestleMania 24 triple threat main event.

The thing that stands out most about this match is the ending. Triple H had Orton in a sharpshooter while John Cena applied a crossface in tandem. When Randy started tapping out the ref became super confused and didn't call for the bell. Rhodes and Dibiase, Jr. then came out to interfere. Randy won after hitting his RKO against Cena, who was in the process of trying to AA Cody.

A big problem with this match is that there was no one guy for the Philly crowd to get behind. Both Cena and Hunter were getting mixed reactions, and the match itself was contested at a fairly slow pace. This resulted in several noticeably quiet moments. Not a terrible bout, but the worst of Cena's of Night of Champions back catalogue.