10 WWE US Title Matches You Should Try To Forget
2. John Cena Vs. Jesus - Armageddon 2004
In 2006, Vince and Shane McMahon defeated God in a tag team match that also included Shawn Michaels. Two years earlier, just prior to becoming the LOL CENA WINS juggernaut we all loved to hate, John Cena managed to defeat Jesus (Aaron Aguilera). Not only that, but he defeated Jesus in a Street Fight with the United States Championship on the line.
This was Jesus' only PPV appearance for WWE, and he was gone from the company soon after. Of course, it isn't the Son of Christ I'm talking about but the character played by Aaron Aguilera, who had arrived on WWE TV as the man who had taken Cena out in a night club the night Carlito defeated the man with a PhD in Thuganomics for the US Championship.
In many ways this was exactly what it should have been, but that doesn't in any way make it good or entertaining. For almost eight minutes Cena beat on Jesus, and also got revenge on Carlito after the bout. One-sided revenge squashes for the babyface can be immensely entertaining (see Tajiri vs. Steve Corino from ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000), but this didn't feel like redemption in the slightest.
Jesus was clearly a lamb to the slaughter, a sacrifice to continue Cena's rise to the stars. Did it make sense? Yes. Was it good, or even average? Lord no.