10 Best WWE Arm Wrestling Matches
8. John Cena Vs. Mark Henry
One of the few occasions on which John Cena was an actual underdog and not, for example, pretending to sell for The Miz like a father halfheartedly letting his child win something in abject fear of an imminent meltdown, this was all right.
Not 64 million bastard viewers all right, but effective.
So Cena entered this match with a recently-repaired shoulder. Mark Henry was great here, proper intimidating in his body language. "Don't mean mug me, boy!" he bellowed.
Cena followed his advice. He didn't mean mug Henry but instead performed an unintentionally hilarious impression of the Ultimate Warrior as he sought to pin down Henry's arm. Looking very much like his doppelgänger Jim 'Ernest' Varney - i.e., a gurning prat - Cena at various points looked like he was giving birth, or channeling the fear of his missus giving birth. He also started to head-bang as he made his comeback, and it was quintessentially John, all of this. He oversold so wildly that it rendered the whole thing a farce, and then didn't sell A F*cking Thing after Randy Orton's interference brought the match to a halt.
Seconds after challenging an expert in his field in a physically draining contest, Cena chased Orton off, struck Mark Henry with the AA, and then beat his chest wildly.