10 Most Ridiculous WWE WrestleMania Entrances

8. John Cena: WrestleMania 22

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Not the only location-specific John Cena entrance—his genuinely unique and exciting Fast & The Furious Ford Mustang bit one year later was over-the-top, obviously, but much too inspired to take the piss out of here—this was certainly the most ridiculous.

At least in Detroit, you readily accepted the idea of Cena using the adrenaline of a night drive at illegal speeds to hype himself up. Here, it’s not clear at all what the intention was. Obviously, John Dillinger is tied to Chicago, the host city, but was Triple H meant to be intimidated by a gang of old-timey gangsters wearing stupid, gurning expressions as they encroached around the ring? Was novelty swing jazz sh*t really the best sound to galvanise a rabid crowd out for the ostensible babyface Champion’s blood?

As Cena’s theme proper blared across the sound system, the camera panned back to the entrance and away, mercifully, from extra acting so bad you actually paid attention to the extras. And there was Cena, wearing a gangster coat that hid within it a gun.

Why he needed it, we’ve no idea; Triple H had already shot on him to death during the build by claiming Cena “happened to not be a very good wrestler”.

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