10 Worst Babyface Backlashes Of All Time

Ahhh, John Cena. Now there's no way an article like this can realistically avoid mentioning the most divisive star in wrestling history. 

It's been said that there's no top babyface who's ever split the audience like Cena: for a decade, he's been booed vociferously up and down the country by a good half the crowd at any given venue.

However, 'the John Cena Conversation' has been at the forefront of wrestling debate for ten bloody years. Do we really need to hash out the history again?

Fine, let's skate over the bullet points.  Five Moves Of Doom? Hi, let me introduce you to pretty much every other major WWF/E star to ever lace up their boots, including CM Punk, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Daniel Bryan. 

He can't wrestle? Well, of course he can. He's ugly as f*ck out there, can't throw a convincing punch, and when he tries mixing it up with a dropkick, a hurricanrana or (God forbid) the springboard stunner, he looks like an angry child threw an action figure into the air. 

Agility is not a synonym for Cena. However, he's been part of countless good-to-great matches over the years. In 2016, no one's going to be taken seriously saying Cena can't wrestle. 

His doofus kiddie-friendly hero character is stale and irritating? It absolutely can be - and for one of the most talented talkers in WWE history, he regularly stinks the mic out. 

He's a storytelling dead end? Well, he used to be - but this trope was being subverted last year with his run with the US title.

He buries up-and-coming talent? Yeah, it's rare that any new stars come out of a program with Cena without looking like seven pints of cr*p in a one pint glass... but again, 2015 saw a shift in that perception as, for the first time, Cena had competitive matches with midcard performers for the US title.

In 2016, very few people really want to see John Cena win the top title again. However, he still draws like a jacked Picasso, and has 'WWE' written right through him like a big, dumb stick of rock. 

Moreover, his secondary WWE character - the 'real life' Make-A-Wish hero and Hardest Working Man In Wrestling (TM) - is actually over with almost everyone in the world. 

Roman Reigns should look at the size of Cena's house and his prestige car collection, and unclench just a little bit.