8 WWE Monsters Who Had Their Push Killed By John Cena

John Cena has been making his presence felt in WWE for over 15 years. Once the company's poster boy, the 'Leader of The Cenation' has since transitioned into the role of reliable veteran who can be slotted into any place on the card for added value.

Despite boasting a career worthy of the Hall Of Fame, it's impossible to look back at his full-time days without referencing his annoyingly long list of repetitive victories — and the talent that was ultimately buried as he went over them.

"Cena wins LOL" wasn't just a meme, it was a philosophy — a philosophy that WWE lived by throughout the superstar's lengthy career. From his equally-tenured peers to fresh young upstarts, the creative team bafflingly booked Cena to bury more people than an undertaker (no, not that one). However, no species of WWE superstar was more at risk of getting his shovel than the monsters.

Over the years, we have seen many tall, intimidating and destructive superstars take on the best that WWE had to offer. It didn't matter if these giants were facing fire-breathing demons or inhumanly tough machines, these guys feared nothing... well, almost nothing.

You can bet that when any one of them was informed that they'd be feuding with John Cena, they were quaking in their boots - not because they feared him, but because they were scared of what losing to him would do to their career...

When the Great Khali debuted in WWE, he dominated The Undertaker on SmackDown, and even obtained a decisive victory over the legend. While 'Taker would later best Khali in a Last Man Standing match, he still made the monster look strong in defeat. Thus, the 'Punjabi Nightmare' recovered from his first loss and went on to dominate ECW, before doing the same on Raw.

Much like 'The Phenom', legends like Shawn Michaels and Kane allowed the monster to secure victories over them in order to make him even more of a convincing threat. However, all this momentum nosedived when Khali crossed paths with John Cena.

While a loss here was inevitable (WWE's Superman had to defeat the evil monster), it was the booking that let Khali down, as the pair's first ever clash ended with 'Big Match John' obtaining a submission victory - after spending the whole match on the wrong end of a beatdown.

Though Cena himself sold Khali's dominance incredibly well and, for the most part, the match progressed as it should have, the bafflingly quick victory felt like a cheap attempt to force a rematch while the fact that it was a submission victory of all things severely impacted Khali's credibility.

It would have been far more effective for everyone involved if Khali had walked away from their first encounter standing tall, regardless of whether he got the win or not (much like he did with 'Taker). Having him tap didn't make any sense because, when all was said and done, he essentially quit after suffering little-to-no damage.

Needless to say, he wasn't quite as convincing a threat to Cena's title in the rematch (which he also lost).