11 Popular WWE Stars John Cena Has Tried To 'Steal' Heat From
3. Daniel Bryan
It could be argued that John Cena put Daniel Bryan over as strongly as possible during their WWE Championship feud in 2013, with Bryan winning the title clean as a sheet in an epic battle. But one could also argue that Bryan was insanely over with the fans and Cena was hurt, so putting over Bryan was a no-brainer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GFYjNgL9EU Either way, having Cena choose Bryan as his SummerSlam opponent reeked of the multi-time world champ consenting to give a title shot to the underappreciated underdog, finally giving Bryan the opportunity he so richly deserved. If you want to put Bryan over as deserving, why not have him run a gauntlet to earn it. Oh, he did? After Cena picked him though? Why? It felt like having Cena give Bryan the title shot was a way of making him look good to all the fans who cheer for Bryan, maybe earning Cena some respect.
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.
