10 WWE Feuds We Didn’t Know We Needed (Until We Got Them)

Oh great, another monster for John Cena to defeat. 2007 was peak-Cena, a time when the Doctor of Thuganomics had fully transitioned into the Face That Runs The Place, a relentless juggernaut that overcome all odds put in front of him. It was boring, the matches weren't great, and the prospect of another monster being fed to Cena wasn't exactly making anyone jump with excitement. What's worse is that WWE had actually done a half-decent job building up Umaga, an unpinned bulldozer with plenty of big wins under his belt already. All that work, just to lose to Cena?

Umaga did indeed lose to John Cena, by roll-up no less, but the intensity that Umaga brought to the table more than made up for the inevitability of it all. Umaga and Cena had mad chemistry, and the violence of the feud gave Cena an extra layer of credibility in the eyes of an increasingly cynical fanbase. The whole 'injured spleen' part of the feud was completely unnecessary, but the image of Cena choking Umaga out with a ring rope is one that lives long in the memory.

It wasn't Austin passing out in the Sharpshooter, but it was enough. Umaga wasn't damaged in losing the feud either, if anything gaining extra legitimacy in pushing Cena to previously unseen measures.