Ranking All 30 WWE SummerSlam Main Events

18. 2007 – Cena (C) Vs. Orton

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Remember when John Cena vs. Randy Orton was a fresh matchup? (Pepperidge Farm remembers.)

This was the first time the two had met in a one-on-one match for the WWE Championship. Eleven years later, WWE has repeated that matchup a couple dozen times, to the point that many fans will chant “boring” or some other derisive phrase no matter how good of a match they are putting on.

On this particular night, the two superstars had their usual solid match, with Orton very nearly pulling out the victory, but once again Cena would Rise Above Vipers and put Orton down for the three count. Shortly thereafter, Orton would continue the tradition Edge started and punt Cena’s father in the head on Raw.

Hmmm… Maybe John Cena Sr. should avoid showing up at WWE events?

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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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.