10 Best World Champions Of The WWE Ruthless Aggression Era
1. John Cena
Along with being the person synonymous with the legendary two words that would define an era, John Cena's time holding the WWE Championship during the Ruthless Aggression period in WWE laid the foundations for his eventually unrivalled time sitting at the very top.
Things got off to a fiery and passionately supported start, with the plucky underdog seeing off JBL at 'Mania 21 to win his first World title. A quick spinner makeover later, The Champ was well and truly here. And he'd go on to hold the garish belt for 279-days as he overcame the likes of Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Shawn Michaels on the red show.
A second spell with the strap, after a brief Rated "R" detour, would see Cena famously collide with The King of Kings at 'Mania 22 during a time when fans were beginning to grow tired of this Face Running the Place.
But countless other iconic moments in time were brought into existence by Super Cena from here on out, with his defiant last stand in an ECW ring against Rob Van Dam, hellacious war with Edge at Unforgiven, Last Man Standing clash with Umaga at the 2007 Royal Rumble, and many more top displays opposite HBK, Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton all guaranteeing that he would be forever remembered as the greatest World champ to put it all on the line throughout the era he helped get underway in his bright red trunks.