10 Best WrestleMania Entrances Ever

8. John Cena - WrestleMania XXV

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At the 2000 MTV Music Awards, Eminem memorably performed his hit song "The Real Slim Shady" in front of 100 blond-haired, jeans-and-t-shirt-clad duplicates lined up on New York City's Sixth Avenue. 

Nine years later, John Cena - who rose to prominence using a rapper gimmick - took a page from Eminem's book for his greatest WrestleMania entrance.

Cena retired his "Basic Thuganomics" theme song in 2005, but it blared over the loudspeaker as 100 squared-jawed lookalikes in jorts and "HLR" t-shirts ran out from the back. As the music continued, they lined up on either side of the aisleway, their hands folded and their heads bowed.

The music stopped, and Cena's "The Time Is Now" theme began to play. As the faux Cenas all began waving their hands in front of their faces, the real deal came out from the back.

He then sprinted down to the ring between the lines of clones, sliding in for his World Heavyweight Championship bout with Edge and The Big Show. 

The entrance gave Cena the momentum he needed to score the win and the championship.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013