10 Awesome Ways Wrestlers Got Back At Critics
7. John Cena's 2015
'The Champ' wouldn't be "here" for much longer after Hollywood pulled him into a part-timers life in 2016, but he donated months of his final full-time schedule to getting as many midcarders over as he could as part of an experimental elevation of the United States Championship.
John Cena's secondary strap WrestleMania 31 victory was greeted with a groan - did he really need to topple the undefeated 'Bulgarian Brute' for the belt on the 'Grandest Stage' after so many years on the upper tier? Probably not, but as it turned out, the midcard needed him.
As Seth Rollins bravely marched forward as a genuinely fresh prospect atop WWE, Cena dropped down a level for the good of the game. Matches against Neville, Cesaro, Sami Zayn for the now-suddenly-prestigious prize and others were absolutely f*cking exceptional - at long last, 'Big Match John' had learned how to win without his opponents looking like complete losers, and it was pro wrestling perfection.
Better still, and he was doing it mostly on Raw. The show was so routinely saved by Cena that his impending exit suddenly didn't seem such a hot prospect after all. Diminished returns have regrettably erased an exceptional series.