10 WWE Matches John Cena Absolutely MUST Have In 2025

8. Perfect Heel For A Sh**-Kicking

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Not every match during this John Cena “The Last Time Is Now” tour needs to be an epic back-and-forth affair. In fact, a high-profile squash or three would be tremendous fun. And there’s no more perfectly suited heel for the role than the eminently punchable Dominik Mysterio.

Dirty Dom could very easily trash-talk his way into a match with Cena, calling out his friendship with Dom’s “deadbeat dad,” Rey Mysterio and drawing comparisons to the Hall-of-Famer and accusing Cena of stealing the spotlight from the legends of tomorrow – like himself.

Whether Mysterio is still flanked by the Judgment Day as of the time of this match or going it alone, Dominik has become a pretty prolific rule-bender and should be able to take enough shortcuts to get a couple heart-in-throat near-falls to panic the audience for a minute.

But Cena will invariably rise above the mullet and pick up the win in what would be a match with nuclear heat.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.