10 Wrestling Performances That Proved People Wrong
1. John Cena - Vs. CM Punk, Money In The Bank 2011
He'd main evented numerous WrestleManias. He'd won pretty much everything there is to win. Hell, he'd gone toe-to-toe with just about every top star of his day. But "John Cena couldn't wrestle", and so the chants and discourse began.
That noise and critique only intensified when Cena found himself going up against the self-proclaimed 'Voice of the Voiceless' as the two geared up to lock horns at Money in the Bank in Chicago back in 2011. But then something marvellous happened.
Catching pure lightning in a bottle, the WWE Champion and the hometown hero put on an absolute classic, with Cena playing the reluctant company man with aplomb and Punk firing up those inside the Allstate Arena at the flick of a knee to the chin.
Everything from the nail-biting drama, including Cena socking Johnny Ace mid-screwjob attempt, to the actual in-ring work on show here was pitched to perfection and there's a reason this holds the honour of being one of WWE's few legitimate 5-star matches.
It may not have been cool to say it, but Cena most definitely could wrestle and on that night in Chicago he made fools of many an ignorant diehard.