10 Times John Cena Silenced His Critics
7. Vs. Bobby Lashley (Great American Bash 2007)
At the time, neither Cena nor Lashley were known for putting on great matches, and for smark fans this one was something of a manufactured feud, fought between two vanilla wrestlers WWE were hell-bent on pushing to the main event. They had a point: Lashley became the number one contender after winning a Beat the Clock challenge, fresh from a long and forgettable reign as ECW Champion.
To the surprise of many, the match itself was far better than the feud that preceded it deserved. Lashley famously had a hard time getting over with the audience - not even being made the antagonist of Vince McMahon could do the trick - but the closest he came was when he took super Cena to the limit, put away only by an FU from the top turnbuckle.