10 Wrestlers John Cena Couldn't Get Over

For years, WWE did every possible trick to get fans behind Roman Reigns. So many wrestlers were sacrificed as Vince McMahon bulldozed ahead with his plans to make Roman look strong at all costs, and one such person who Vinny Mac turned to was John Cena.

Now, you could be forgiven for thinking that this was a match-up that would be saved for WrestleMania. Yet WWE instead went ahead and gave away this battle of the behemoths at 2017's No Way Out.

With the split opinion on Cena having by this point switched to a respectful cheer from the masses, the fading WWE poster child was tasked with passing the torch to the upcoming WWE poster child. Cena would lose the match before then doing the age-old wrestling tradition of raising his opponent’s hand as a seal of approval and a mark of respect. So, if Super Cena says that Roman is the next ‘guy’, surely that means the fans will start to see the Big Dog as the next ‘guy’? ‘Fraid not.

Even now, WWE often struggles to get the majority of audiences to cheer for Reigns – and some of the company’s recent booking of Roman has begun to have crowds turn on the former Shield member after his return from battling leukaemia.