Ranking Every Brock Lesnar SummerSlam Match - From Worst To Best
2. Brock Lesnar Vs. John Cena (2014)
12 months later, though, the phrase “compelling in-ring
contest” is not one that you’d be using to describe Lesnar’s latest SummerSlam
match-up. And that’s because Lesnar’s 2014 meeting with John Cena was anything
but a contest—it was a comprehensively one-sided mauling.
With Lesnar riding high after ending the Undertaker’s Streak at WrestleMania XXX, the WWE Championship seemed to be next on his list of accolades to conquer. Of course, in order to do that, he’d have to go through possibly the most-protected star in WWE history, the 15-time World Champion, John Cena.
And so that’s exactly what Lesnar did. And with the greatest of ease, too.
The SummerSlam 2014 WWE Championship bout turned out to be perhaps the most one-sided title match in all of WWE history, as Lesnar absolutely obliterated Cena, manhandling him like a child’s play toy and doling out an incredible 16 suplexes to his unfortunate opponent.
This kind of performance would have been noteworthy no matter who Lesnar had been victimising. But for that unlucky soul to be John Cena, the top guy in the company and their unofficial Superman, made this one nothing short of astounding.
That kind of shock value is impossible to understate. And while this one may have lacked some of the technical prowess of Lesnar’s previous SummerSlam matches, the sheer impact of this landslide victory makes it one of the most amazing in all of his career.