10 John Cena Matches You Should Watch Again

2. Vs CM Punk - WWE Raw 2013

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Every great superstar has that one career opponent that brings out the best in them. A magic chemistry that elevates both, no matter what story they are telling or what period they're at in their career.

Despite the deep roster of diverse talent that has stood across from John Cena over the least 15 years, there's a big argument that he and CM Punk are each other's perfect partners.

Strange bedfellows on paper, the two were repeatedly sheer magic on-screen, with every promo better than the last as both men became even more confident in their character as the years rolled on.

In-ring, the two somehow always delivered on the white hot builds, with this 2013 classic outdoing even their era-defining Money in the Bank 2011 war.

Considered one of the greatest matches in Raw history, they bettered their own lofty standards in front of an electric Dallas crowd with the Wrestlemania WWE Title Match vs The Rock hanging in the balance.

Matching Punk move-for-move as he always did, Cena busted out his exciting-but-dangerous hurricanrana to set up the match-winning Attitude Adjustment, and once again show why he's been the WWE's most reliable all-rounder all these years.

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