100 Greatest WWE Royal Rumble Moments Ever

49. John Cena Confronts The New Nexus (2011)

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WWE piggy-backed on Booker T's comeback moment as #21 in the 2011 Rumble by having John Cena enter next at #22. That was a back-to-back serving of awesomeness, no doubt. Matt Striker is still probably "marking out, bro" somewhere. Cena's main mission in the match was to destroy CM Punk's New Nexus.

He did exactly that by eliminating David Otunga (his former co-tag champ!), Michael McGillicutty, and Mason Ryan before turning his attention to ringleader Punk. The 2011 Rumble is remembered as an over-bloated 40-man affair, but Cena going to town on the second coming of Nexus remains one of the bout's brighter spots.

It was certainly better than him cutting Wade Barrett's original group down at SummerSlam 2010.

Super Cena ran riot and stopped Punk from using the numbers advantage to win out and go to WrestleMania XXVII. Hey, maybe Punk can get revenge during Cena's retirement tour in 2025? Stranger things have happened.

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