10 Most Hated WWE Champions
2. John Cena
In 2005, WWE were spoilt for choice on how to close WrestleMania thanks to the overwhelming popularity of their two title challengers. John Cena and Dave Batista were literally inseparable at the Royal Rumble, flubbing their lines to such a degree that Vince McMahon blew both quads in hilarious rage.
'The Champ's migration to Monday Night Raw later that year signified his position as the company's real golden boy, but the shine was decidedly dulled by a gradually infuriated audience.
Seeing through the transparency of his limited arsenal right as WWE began smoothening the edges of the rapper gimmick that got him over the first place, the crowds turned on Cena with such ferocity that it became a movement acting on its own steam entirely. 'The Champ' was booed mercilessly fighting d*ckhead heel Triple H at WrestleMania 22 only 12 months after a heroic anointment.
It reached a point that commentators could no longer dress the noise up as a 'mixed reaction' until it organically became one again years later. Even then, it took Cena assembling some of the best matches in the history of the organisation just to even slightly curry begrudging favour.