10 WWE Champions That Completely Buried Their Challengers
6. John Cena (Challenger: The Miz)
Taking far too much joy in burying The Miz, John Cena's latent insecurities with the 'A-Lister' matched a former rival's own hhhang-ups with another 'Ruthless Aggression' survivor, so keen as he's been over the years to put his contemporary in his place.
Ironically, The Miz has never managed to ascend to Cena's level anyway, though 'Big Match John's performances in their contests certainly set him back years at a time.
It's perhaps due to Miz' workrate outside of the ring as well as his willingness to constantly improve within it. Cena loves noting how few in the industry graft like he does, but the former reality star-turned-WWE Champion has walked his lofty talk too.
It's that that's assured his continued employment regardless of position on the card over the last decade, but his willingness to give everything to the company regrettably saw him decimated by 'The Champ' in a hideously elongated squash match in reverse at Over The Limit 2011.
Cena had already made light work out of taking the title a month prior, before putting a pin in his opponent's push with the most ridiculous of submission finishes. Miz only stopped short of putting a literal bullet in Cena's head in their 'I Quit' match, before 'The Champ' made one return and crushed him with the STF. Miz hasn't got near the title since, and has only returned to headline conversation since Cena's stepped away from it.