5 Lurid WWE Hotel Room Angles

3. John Cena: C*ckblocker

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Often forgotten, amongst the retrospective praise lavished upon what many still consider John Cena's best ever feud, is that the man intensified it by laying waste to Edge in his hotel room, announcing "the champ is here!" as he body-slammed him onto a couch. He wasn't WWE champion at the time, but don't let that get in the way of a catchphrase.

Edge and Lita had decided to celebrate their pre-Saturday Night's Main Event beatdown of John Cena, in July 2006, by heading to their hotel room early. They were presumably so excited at the prospect of mamosas that they failed to register the camera crew stationed about a foot away from them.

There was at least some decent comedy in play before John Cena played wrestler in his bedroom. Edge, appalled that his room wasn't ready, admonished the desk attendant for having a haircut "like someone put a bowl around your head and cut around it!", before telling his Pee Wee Herman-looking colleague to "hit the Playhouse, junior."

Cena's own headline comedy act was dire. Barging into the room, he threw Edge over the dinner table before piling his face into platefuls of food. "You wanna be the champ, you gotta eat the carbs! Don't forget your proteins!" He ate some of his own. "The steak's actually pretty good," he surmised, momentarily adopting that famous comedic trope of the restaurant critic.

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