40 WTF John Cena Moments From His WWE Career

37. First Ever PPV Match - He Defeats Chris Jericho

Having debuted Cena against one of their best wrestlers, then having had their biggest legend verbally put him over, WWE continued their mega push of Cena at Vengeance 2002. He defeated Chris Jericho (who had been WWE Champion just a few months earlier) in just six minutes. It was a shock. This ultra-green kid, who looked like an over-energised teenager, had just toppled what was one of WWE's biggest stars in that period. In his very first pay per view match, Cena had knocked off a major name. The problem was, for all the talk of "ruthless aggression", Cena still came across like a total dork. A character change was needed...
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