6. John Cena vs. Kurt Angle (Survivor Series 2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrbo9atYBmg As you may or may not recall, John Cena's first WWE Championship run tanked HARD. He'd been a beloved babyface hero on the SmackDown midcard, but when he switched to Raw to feud with Chris Jericho and Christian, everything fell apart. Fans were still fully sold on the Y2J version of Chris Jericho in 2005, and Christian was arguably at the height of his powers, a legitimate cult favorite primed to explode at the main event level. Both of them were also workhorses, but Cena beat them both easily. Fans sensed that the favorites they had organically developed were being shunted aside for a new "chosen one", and one who was still pretty green. Fans began chanting "You can't wrestle" at the champ, and WWE's solution was to put Cena over their most credible technician, Kurt Angle. It wasn't a smart move. It was one thing to suggest that Cena was more skilled than Christian and Jericho. They were good but Angle was Angle, the guy who faced Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania like 5 hours before major surgery and won an ACTUAL OLYMPIC MEDAL for being literally the best wrestler on Earth, and he's got to pretend that he can't figure out how to counter John Cena's developmental hip-tosses. Kurt tried everything to coax boos from the fans; he even brought on Khosrow Daivari as his manager, but even this fell flat. The fans desire to see Angle defeat Cena would climax at New Years Revolution 2005, when Angle, in full super heel mode, declared that he loved France, wasnt a fan of the black people, and that he wished to travel back in time to put Jesus in the ankle lock. He received raucous applause.