@@HeyMomonia there was a guy his name is chris benoit he was the greatest United states champion and he was ten times better wrestler than cena go look him up kiddo
Cena’s US Title run was incredible. He acted like the title actually MEANT something with his “this is a symbol of excellence” promos for his open challenges. It gave some great exposure to plenty of talent, and Cena was consistently in the best match on the card during this run.
John Cena showed that he can win matches and elevate talent at the same time. What an absolute talent Cena is, people who say he only buries people are half wrong, as proven by this run
back then when Cena was on tv I would always be like mad and would say I can't wait for him to retire. now I actually miss him on tv and I have since stopped watching WWE ( mainly because of management) i still watch NJPW and AEW but we just hasn't been the same without him
3:34 I remember watching this match when I was a kid, after that, I became a fan of Sami Zayn and I'm still a huge fan of him 'till this day, same goes for Kevin Owens (seriously, his rivalry with Cena was amazing) The US Championship Open Challenge of Cena was his redemption arc after his Super Cena run
9:14 rollins really should've beaten cena clean if they were serious about Seth being a main eventer, looking at where he is now its pretty self explanatory.
It's definitely up there. Barring the ending of it due to injury and only losing clean like once or twice, his year plus long reign in 2006-2007 as WWE champion solidified him as a top guy.
@@ShiningJudgment666 he was already a top guy by 2006. I think his 3rd run as WWE Champion that you're referring to is where people started really getting tired of him & started turning on him.
@@SjC420 They were starting to turn on him late into his first reign so by reign number 3, it wasn't anything new. Yes, you could argue his third reign was way too long and Shawn Michaels probably should've gotten a title reign, but by then, he was a much better performer and carried the Great Khali of all people to watchable matches and was over-all consistent. I'm also pretty sure he was supposed to lose the title at No Mercy 2007 to Orton had he not been injured.
This run actually made u wait for cena's matches. We were surprised every week. It was in 2015 that finally the wwe network came to India and we could watch wrestling live. And the run made it that more entertaining. Say what u want, Cena is a good wrestler. Not the best technician, but hey, there are many great technicians who are terrible performers. Cenas attitude during this was like a true wrestler, putting people over and giving everyone the chance to shine. Gud stuff.
It was good because ever week open challenges every week raw and smack down , I wish that other do the same thing as cena , I want McIntyre to do that, John made the middcard division good and the US championship looking better than heavyweight.
John Cena vs Dean Ambrose John Cena vs stardust John Cena vs bad news barrett John Cena vs Kane John Cena vs Sami zayn John Cena vs Neville John Cena vs Zack Ryder John Cena vs Cesaro John Cena vs Cesaro Rematch John Cena vs Rusev John Cena vs Seth Rollins John Cena vs Seth Rollins Rematch John Cena vs Xavier woods John Cena vs Big E John Cena vs Dolph Ziggler
0:07 Lol. When Sting made his debut at Survivor Series 2014 2:50 and when Nexus debuted in 2010 ha In all seriousness fire content dude. Keep up the grind
I don't know if John Cena was ever a great wrestler but one thing for sure, every title that he held during his reigns, he pretty made them even more interesting than ever was..
even though seth won the us title, it doesn't really change the fact that john cena had a great run with the us title, it's a shame he didn't got both titles. would've been dope, seth having two titles, wasn't really having it tbh. i love seth, but at that time where just always uses promos of him being a great champion kinda bores me out. but hey, it's the orders from the boss himself
John Cena's United States title run made me feel like the United States title was a bigger deal than the WWE title I loved the run even though at times I wanted to see somebody else with the title and then when it actually happened I just wanted John with the title again
King Otis because they treated seth like a mid career who sucks holding the title. He got killed every match only for him to get bailed out by the authority or someone interrupting the match
John Cena’s US title open challenges were one of the best weekly things going in WWE. All of the matches were entertaining and I liked it a lot. I don’t think there will ever be another US Champion like Cena. Great video
Cena easily made the US title more valuable than the WWE title for that period of time. It still sucks that he was screwed out of not only the WWE title, but lost his US title at Summer Slam though. I either would’ve had John Cena win the match and then either drop the WWE title back to Rollins because he cheated or have Rollins beat Cena clean in the first place, both of which would’ve been better than what we got
SuperkickStudios lol I started watching weekly around November-December 2011 around when punk won the title. And I actually hated cena even if I was a kid because Zack Ryder was probably my favourite and in kayfabe if you remember cena was a total dick to cena so I never forgave that for a while haha
It was amazing. He’s easily the last great US champ. He made the title feel Legitimate, like a very big deal. Kinda like what Miz did with the IC title
Cena really brought out some new moves in his Open Challenges, especially that Springboard Stunner and the fact that he utilized the Hurricanrana despite his build
That's because at that time cena went to mid card and they were building roman as the new face of the company so cena expanded his move set coz he knows if he gets injured roman will be there just like austin rock also had a limited move set vince doesn't expand their move set coz he want the face of the company to appear on every show and not get injured in trying to do something out of the box.
Watching this video, it made me think of the promo that Cena & Roman did in 2017 on Raw. Cena says “I was honored to defend the United States Title, at this point in my career. And use it not as a demotion, but as a beacon of opportunity for younger superstars”
I personally thought it was awesome. Crab had awesome matches from the likes of Sami Zayn, Neville, Ambrose, Ryder, Stardust, and a whole bunch of others. Cena may not have the most complex move set, but I can assure you, when a good match is needed I’m sure that Cena will always deliver. And that’s why I’m a fan of his for life.
It’s no doubt Cena had a great reign with that title. It is also undisputed that he was the last great champion. He took something that wasn’t important to us, and turned it into the complete opposite. Even his fifth reign, which lasted a month mattered more than recent reigns. I am still campaigning for him to win the I.C. Title at least once. I believe he will do the title justice, much like he did with the U.S. Title.
John Cena put on 4 to 5 star classics EVERY SINGLE WEEK for MONTHS with that belt. That’s actually insane. What’s even more insane is that he would pin young talent on a weekly basis, and instead of burying them, made them look like main eventers. THAT is how you use your starpower for good in wrestling.
It's tough to say ,and that's coming from a guy who vividly remembers buying his merchandise as a kid. But he for damn sure , is the greatest US Champion of all time
@@El_09-19 well he is not the greatest in ring performer like HBK hart styles etc. but he is definitely the most well known wrestler around the world along with the deadman.
In my opinion this is the only time the wwe United States championship felt prestigious it felt relevant and important with the John cena and rusev fued and then with the u.s open challenge it elevated the title but also made rusev look strong and showed John cena’s in ring work along with elevating the rest of the talent on the main roster and the next up and coming stars of nxt evaluating them as well
If Cena could just return and do the same with the Universal champion because serious that championship is delivering storytelling matches not wrestling matches
To me the most important thing about this specific title run was the "the champ is here" tshirt it gave us. At the time I was at a new school and being a big introvert i had a hard time finding friends. One day a boy in my class wore this tshirt, I say that I really like this tshirt and we talked for a while. This is now 5 years ago and he´s my best friend now. And this would´t have happened if this tshirt didn´t gave me a topic to start a conversation. So thank you Cena
It made random Raw matches at a PPV level. He used it as a beacon of opportunities for other new dudes. And I'm gunna even say that he was one of the greatest US champs. 2015 wasn't too bad after all.
Totally agree, this is the type of stuff most of us hate about WWE is they hype us on a match and have it end in a weird ass way. Kinda like when Ellsworth won the MITB hahahaha
