WWE Backlash 2020: 20 Things You Probably Missed

20. WWE’s Inflated Opinion Of The Rock vs. John Cena

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Things started off questionably.

During the opening video package, WWE snuck John Cena vs. The Rock from WrestleMania XXVIII in amongst bonafide classics like The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan vs. André The Giant. The problem here isn't bell-to-bell quality ('Mania III's headliner was hardly a technical winner), but instead the suggestion that Rock vs. Cena is one of the best WWE memories ever.

That's revisionist garbage. Though it wasn't awful, it didn't live up to the hype.

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