Every Wrestler Who Defeated John Cena For The WWE Title (And How They Did It)
5. Randy Orton
Based on the amount of matches between the two over the past fifteen years, it shouldn't come as a shock that Randy Orton has twice taken the WWE's top prize from John Cena.
However, despite lengthy wars between the two in 2007 and 2008, it took 'The Viper' until 2009 to score a title-winning victory over 'The Champ'.
Fought inside Hell In A Cell as a co-main event of the eponymous October Pay-Per-View, the match was the third of four consecutive singles encounters that year, and climaxed when Orton scored with his devastating punt kick.
The two would reconnect for all the marbles in late 2013, when WWE finally elected to re-unify their two World Titles years after the original Brand Extension had lost all meaning.
Taking his World Title into a 'Champion of Champions' TLC battle against Orton's WWE Title, Cena was dragged off the ladder by 'The Apex Predator' straight through a table, allowing Randy time to scale it himself and become the first ever Undisputed WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
With titles again divided in the wake of the the 2016 Brand Extension, a title match between the two has been mooted again should Cena ever regain the gold recently lost to Bray Wyatt.