WrestleMania title shot: Defeated the Rock at WrestleMania XXIX Well, someone had to end part-timer Rocks title reign, and you knew John Cena had to get redemption for his WrestleMania XXVIII loss, so this felt pretty ordained from the moment Rock announced he would wrestle for the WWE Championship at the 2013 Royal Rumble. So when Cena entered the Rumble at #19, it was pretty obvious he was going the distance. Cena versus Rock I was a pretty awesome match. Seeing the Rock in his first one-on-one match in ages was epic, and he and Cena delivered. The rematch lacked the intrigue and suspense the first one did the idea that WWE would put its biggest title on a part-time wrestler for months on end was just ludicrous (oh wait), so it was fairly transparent that Cena would win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emmWBe22_8w Still, the match itself was pretty decent, WrestleMania XXIX set a company record for highest-grossing live event and Cena would hold the title for four months before dropping it cleanly to Daniel Bryan in a spectacular match. Overall, not too bad for Cenas second Rumble win.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
