10 Legendary Wrestling Records That Should Never Be Broken
6. John Cena's Insane Win Percentage
Of all the WWE wrestlers with more than 200 matches to their name, John Cena has the overall highest win percentage. The 15-time world champion has won 78% of his 1243 WWE matches since debuting in 2002: a figure that includes all televised, house show, and dark match appearances.
It’s a staggering number, but it’d likely sit closer to 90% if count-outs, disqualifications, and screwjob finishes were taken out of the equation. As a comparison, Shawn Michaels won 67% of his 580 WWE matches, Brock Lesnar is at 68%, and The Rock just 58%. Thus, there’s a clear argument to be made that John Cena is the most dominant wrestler in WWE history.
You need only look at the widescale divisiveness that has marred much of Cena’s run to understand why such dominance is typically a bad idea. Presenting wrestlers as invincible worked in Hogan’s era, but Super Cena was one of WWE’s most detested wrestlers for close to 10 years. Such percentages work for monster characters, absolutely, but when you consider Lesnar’s record along with Andre The Giant’s (66%), Cena’s is inexcusable.
Cena is a walking example of why booking wrestlers with such an absurdly high win percentage is often counterproductive. WWE are best leaving this one in the past, and letting it stand as a monolith to bad booking practices.