2. John Cena vs. RVD (One Night Stand, 2006)
http://youtu.be/02WUftADD28 This was the granddaddy of John Cena audience mutinies. A veritable army of ECW mutants crammed into the Hammerstein Ballroom to see their longtime cult hero Rob Van Dam challenge John Cena for the WWE championship. But this wasn't just about titles, it was about vindication. It was about long-denied Rob Van Dam finally being given an opportunity to prove he could succeed at the highest level. It was about Paul Heyman's creative vision enduring in exile and proving every bit as brilliant as Vince McMahon's. Above all else, it was confirmation that they, despite being derided by the mainstream for years as outcasts, obsessives and ghouls, had been right to stay loyal to ECW. Cena walked to the ring, quietly defiant, his head bowed and his championship raised high. When he threw his t-shirt into the audience, they threw it back multiple times. One guy even blew his nose on it. It was gross, and their message was clear: John Cena, the very embodiment of the homogenized corporate abomination that was sports entertainment, was at their mercy. John Cena, without the Vince McMahon marketing machine behind him, was going to prove once and for all that he wasnt half the performer that Rob Van Dam was. The fans booed every move Cena made and chanted every horrible thing they could think of. Ironically, Rob Van Dam picked up the win after interference from Edge - arguably the biggest heel in wrestling at the time and probably a bigger WWE stalwart than John Cena.