10 Biggest WWE Missed Opportunities To Turn John Cena Heel

2. One Night Stand 2006

Cena has never face a crowd as hostile as this, not even Money in the Bank 2011. When Cena walked into the Hammerstein Ballroom in 2006 to defend the WWE title vs Rob Van Dam, there was blood and fury in the air. There was no better single PPV crowd more receptive to a Cena heel turn than this one. What if Cena had not just retained, but cheated to retain?

Go for it. Incite the riot. See what happens.

As fate would have it, RVD squandered his title win anyway by being arrested for drugs possession shortly after, so while fans are looking back and wondering what if, just try and picture the scene if Cena had turned heel and cheated the hometown hero out of his shot. It wouldn't have been pretty but it would have attracted mass public attention.

Only one thing would have incited as much hatred...