20 Incredible John Cena Matches To Binge-Watch Before He Retires
13. John Cena vs Bray Wyatt - WrestleMania 36
Taking place during the global pandemic, WrestleMania 36 is only really memorable for its two cinematic matches. With AJ Styles and The Undertaker softening the WWE Universe to a concept that seemed like it was going to be a car crash on paper, John Cena and Bray Wyatt more than matched their excellence on Night Two of the event.
A psychedelic trip that has more in common with a David Lynch movie than with any standard WWE fare, this was the perfect antidote to Cena and Wyatt's WrestleMania 30 match. While that match ended with a victorious Cena and did almighty damage to Bray's reputation as a top-tier talent, this surrealist horror movie played out as a wrestling match represented everything great about 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt.
With John Cena stripped of the adulation of a crowd, Bray forced Cena to revisit his glorious past through the lens of failure. Playing on the idea that John was always ordained for greatness, Wyatt laid bare the feelings of everyone who hated Cena's schtick. The 'match' is best known for Cena's nWo portrayal and a swearing Vince McMahon puppet, but its real quality lies in Wyatt's unique storytelling, with John Cena as the perfect antagonist.