Why John Cena Has Never Had a Memorable Championship Win? 

When he beat JbL it was memorable because he actually had fan support and people were tired of JBL. It was fresh and new and exciting. It's a far cry from what a Cena title win is now.

When he won the US title from Big Show at Mania 20 and jumped into the crowd was the biggest win in terms of emotion that he ever had.

WM21 is his only memorable one. You gave to give him that one. You could say his TLC victory against Edge in 2006.

Cena's five month run as US Champ has meant more than any of his 15 WWE/World title runs. When you pass your top championship around like the only lighter in a crack house, it tends to lose it's value.

I don't know. His first WWE title win over Bradshaw nine years ago was easily his most memorable one. The other 14? Not at all.

Not much of a Cena fan, but his 1st win against JBL was memorable and it did elevate the RA Era.

To be fair I admit that Cena has no memorable title wins but he has a lot of memorable title defenses

shawn michaels in msg 2002 was memorable for me, as well as eddie's (rip) , rey mysterio's, chris benoit's (rip) and the rocks last win against cm punk

Vince Russo winning the WCW World Title was more memorable and emotional than any time John Cena has won a world title.

U can't compare the two. U can't knock cena for not having demons like Eddie. Calling his back story boring? What do u want.. All kinds of crime or something? I'm sure Eddie would of preferred if he didn't have his issues with drugs etc. And if cena didn't have passion for the business then he wouldn't have worked his ass off for over a decade like he has.

His first championship win you could say had some memorable moments especially revolutionizing the image of the title with the spinner title and the feud with JBL who at the time was the most despised at the time

For me, his more and only memorable one was his first one.

when everyone already expects him to win its not gonna be special when he wins it

We saw Eddie work his ass off for around a decade. Cena was GIVEN the title. Eddie EARNED it

For those wondering, West Newbury is 37.4 miles away from Boston.

Great analogies and perspective, Solomon nails it every time !!

the miz winning the title was one of the most passionate wins .. when he cash in money in the bank he was crying in the ring with alex riley telling him you've been working for this your whole life he really is the perfect story of someone fighting for what they really want from real world to losing tough enough to being a host to a jobber you don't have to like his character but respect as a person and entertainer

John Cena was always Vince's pet.

Eric Young winning the TNA world heavyweight title is more memorable than anything Cena has done in his entire career, for crying out loud! The news of Spike TV cancelling their contract with TNA is more memorable than Cena's entire career! Too soon?

Unforgiven 2006, Bragging Rights 2009.

guy hasnt even had a memorable moment period or he's done is make money for the company and turn the championship into a toy rim

Cena has no especially memorable title reigns because almost nothing about his run as top star has seemed organic at all. He's been given the title so many times and the WWE all but ignores that he's hated by half the audience so every title win is seen as overbearing rather than a meaningful triumph

Wow! I never thought of that! This guy has open my mind

West Newbury, MA is about 50 minutes from Boston, MA. Its so close, its pretty much Cena's hometown also.

Cena title reigns suck because he's booked to be more important than than belt, and he never has to fight and scratch for the belt. When ratings and business slows, you can without a doubt expect Cena to simply enter the title picture and win...every time. Him being more stale than chipped paint doesn't help either.

I'm not defending John Cena, but you mentioned Eddie winning the WWE Championship in his hometown when he actually won it in Daly City, CA and he was from El Paso, TX.

wm21,unforgiven 06, bragging rights 09, wm 29 were all so memorable for cena

John Cena's story is a Wannabe Marine Bodybuilding "Doctor of Thuganomics". Since when does that make any sense?

His win vs JBL was pretty memorable. And beating Edge for his Rated R title in Canada, in a TLC match. Other than that all I got is him getting outnumbered in I Quit matches vs Orton and Miz and still winning(and I don't even know if the title was on the line).

When Eddy was an amazing worker as a younger guy he hadn't figured out the gimmick yet. When he figured the gimmick out he was so beat to hell it took a lot to go out there and perform at the level of his standards and fans expectations.

Eddie Guerreo was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid. Man i wish he was alive he would probably make smackdown more interesting. one of the greatest performers in wwe history. Rip LatinoHeat 1967-2005

I remember his first title win like it was yesterday. The match is quite memorable, may be its a age group thing. But I've always felt connected to him, never felt a lack pf passion whenever he worked.

His win against hhh at wm22 stands out for me. As well as wm20- at the time it was a great moment. His feuds stand out to me more than individual title wins.. But isn't that what wrestling is supposed to be about? ..the feuds

The best way i have ever heard it described. Absolutely agree.

cena's first title rain, when he won it against jbl was awesome!!

Title these days are storyline-driven. Look at the IC title now. No one gives a crap who holds it these days. Benoit's title win was great as well. He deserves a mention.

To be fair, Eddie's win meant more in my eyes because you knew there would not be 14 of them. WWE would never do that with him, even if he had survived long enough. There are guys known for a big win, but only the company darlings ever get in a position of being multi-reign holders. But for the record, the only world title win of Cena's that stands out to me is when he beat Rey Mysterio. And that was more because CM Punk came out right after with the new music and his own belt.

I actually agree, I remember the most special moments of when people won their first World Championships. HBK winning the World Title in 2002 was special because of the triumph he had been through, Eddie in 2004, Randy Orton as Summerslam at 2004, Chris Benoit at WrestleMania XX, Kurt Angle at Unforgiven 2001, Batista's first two World Title reigns, Jeff Hardy's WWE and World Title wins, CM Punk winning at Money In The Bank 2011, Hulk Hogan even in 2002 winning the title was special, but nothing in my eyes could ever defeat Mick Foley's first WWE Championship win on Raw back in 1999. I feel that Cena's reigns haven't been too memorable except for his first and even that was overshadowed by Batista's win.

John Cena at Unforgiven 2006 winning the title from Edge in a TLC match in EDGE's home crowd!!!! That is very Memorable!!

his very first tittle win against JBL at WM 21 is memorable at least to me it is the match wasnt all that exciting but the win itself was n so was the celebration with him in the crowd n the fans going nuts i think thats pretty memorable

THats like ppl saying Cleveland is LeBron's home town. NO BITCHES.... Akron is. Akron is 40 miles away from Cleveland.

Cena needs to break Bruno Sammartino's record for longest title reign & that will make it memorable.

Its like 35 miles away from Boston, but people who live in Coatesville, PA claim there are from Philly which is even farther away, so I get why they say it

The moral of the story is this: A title is relevant through quality matches, great feuds and especially long reigns. Holding a belt for a week or a month before dropping it to the same guy you're going to defeat two months from now doesn't do it a favour.

Cena won his first title like a year into his career. Then maybe 2 years later he was the WWE champ. No struggle. No real climbing himself to the top. He was constantly given opportunities unlike a Benoit or Eddie who had to fight. His first US title win was kind of memorable but that's only because I was a huge fan of his back in those days when I was a kid.

His 1st & 3rd Title Reigns are memorable! But the other 14, I can do without.

The most memorable championship win for me was when he won the United States belt from Big Show or his first WWE title win against JBL. Only seems memorable for me when he beats someone I like less.

1st championship win at WM21 most memorable. Probably because I was there live seeing him win it.

Wow, I still have that episode of Smackdown recorded. The Halloween party, when Eazy E kissed Stephanie. John was real good in that segment with Stephanie.

The only memorable title run Cena has had for me was Edge vs Cena in 2006 I think it was. Dont know if that's just because that's when I was really into WWE or not.

I'm no fan of Cena but he's spoken before about how people in WWE didn't think he was good enough to be included with them, and they did brush him off as someone not worth the time. Cena's ability to talk and his size is what kept him around really. Yes he has been the company go to guy for a long time now. Still it's not like Cena was hanging out doing nothing until wwe placed the belt on him. He caught a lucky break due to his size and it was the body type Vince likes in his champions, and so he got an opportunity few get in wrestling due mostly to that and his ability to talk, but it wasn't from his debut date or anything. But yeah as for memorable title wins I am really drawing a blank. I can think of memorable feuds for Cena but not title wins.

I remember Cena's US title match against the Big Show was a pretty memorable moment. Nothing close to Eddie or anything. But if there was one win that really sticks out in my mind that would be it.

To me the biggest Cena win is the US Championship at Wrestlemania over the Big Show. Take it for what its worth. I live a few towns from where John was born and raised and he is hated here in central Massachusetts. At a small promotion Cena's Dad started shaking hands with some of us waiting in line and it was cold. He was a manager at the show, as well, and from the second he showed up outside when we were in line you heard "Cena sucks" from all the adults and a few kids yelling he doesnt. When he sas managing myself and others kept chanting" Cena sucks!"until his dad acknowledged the chant. He hit us with a great comeback I cant remember that shut us up. But his Dad is clearly a good guy. It made me respect Cena a little more. But I will never cheer for our "hometown guy" Cena because his character is so BAD and Boring. Damien Sandow is from Worcester which is the biggest city in Central Massachusetts and he is WAY more over here than Cena.

Actually, back in 2004 WrestleMania XX, I will remember John Cena winning the United States title from the Big Show.

from edge at unforgiven, TLC ?

Wonder what WWE would be like today if Cena was cut back then.

I think Cena's first tittle win at WM 21 was pretty memorable not on the same level as Eddie's win over lesnar but still pretty memorable JBL put him through as much hell as he could for months not to mention JBL had been wwe champ for like almost a year he was the heel champion that everyone wanted to lose n get his ass kicked but somehow kept finding ways to escape with the tittle it got to the point where it was like who the fuck is gonna beat this dam guy n then cena was the man who finally beat him n he was celebrating in the crowd n the people went nuts for him maybe that match n that whole WM 21 show just has a special place in my heart cuz it was a big part of my childhood it was one of the first wrestlemania's I watched n still is one of my all time favorite ppvs but I just think it was a great successful veteran heel vs the new up and coming baby face angle n it just worked it worked on every level n it was one hell of a rivalry

Does anyone think that if Cena failed numerous times at winning his first WWE Title, and then finally winning it, it would have felt more memorable than him being second place in the '05 Rumble, beating Angle at No Way Out, and then beating JBL at WM21? Kinda like what happened with Bryan from August to October of last year?

against jbl wrestlemania 21, edge unforgiven, chris jericho survivor series, aj styles royal rumble

Cena's us champ win over Big show at wm20 felt more special than any of his championship win.

TLC Edge vs Cena, Cena vs HHH, Cena vs CM Punk, Cena vs HBK.

The only win I remember was the 1st one at Mania 21.

The only title feuds I remember were against JBL and Edge.

The one at 21 onl because it was his first (that match sucked). And his tlc match with edge at unforgiven 2006. That match had a somewhat good build to it. If cent lost he would have to go to smack down. And the final spot in that match was pretty cool. Cent fu d edge of a ladder through two tables

His title win against Edge in Unforgiven 2006 was memorable for every reason EXCEPT the title. It took place in Canada. It was a TLC match against a man who's considered "Mr TLC". They could've taken the belt out of the storyline and build up, and the hype for that match would've still been the same.

Eddie's title win was in California, Eddie was born in El Paso, Texas.

David Arquette was more memorable as champ

That's not fair. Wins, no... but everyone remembers his championship losses... so there's that at least.

Cena's a robot/machine. It's funny in a way that he portrayed one in OVW known as Prototype. Could even say he's WWE's version of The Terminator except the Terminator could be hurt/destroyed.

Preach on brother !!

Cena beating Edge at Unforgiven 2006 was freakin hectic imo.

Only one that I'd remember at least 20 years from now is his first one and the time he beat The Rock.

I always remember him Beating Edge at Unforgiven but you can't be champ as many times as Cena and have those special moments, Eddies moment wouldn't be as special if he did 14 more times

The one where he beat Shawn retained at WM 23 he cried after winning

I know alot do not like john cena‚ but PASSION is not his problem he cut a promo that gave me goosebumps this week he may be corny and boring but you gotta love the guys passion he may not feel like a wrestler but he just a guy that finds a way to win I can respect that and a lot of people can that's why he is champ so deal with it

Yeah it gets me mad when the announcers say that Cena is his hometown when he is NOWHERE from boston.

"You can't say that Eddie was vanilla". Kevin Nash disagrees.

I can't believe I'm going to say this because I AM A CENA HATER! But while it wasn't a title win but a title defense when cena wrestled triple h at wrestlemania. It was the first time cena was painted as the underdog. Alot of people didn't think cena was going to win. and he tapped triple h out. i thought that was actually a good defense. That was memorable because i don't think anyone expected cena to tap out triple h. but now this is the style of wwe. they always paint cena as the underdog in every match. the only good cena matches now is when he loses.

Cena winning at Wrestlemania 21, Survivor Series 2008 to me are his memorable. Not saying they great, but those are his memorable wins

1 title reign would have more passion than 15 either way.

his first title win had emotion I'm 16 will

The Rock is the best about bringing passion to Title Wins.

Probably only memorable situation with Cena that actually meant something was against Edge. Edge made things personal and hit Cena where it hurt the most to where he was forced to step it up, and Edge made Cena a worthy adversary. After that though, it was stupid muscle vs muscle feuds mostly and then Cena vs Barrett that would have been something special also b/c Wade also forced Cena to take notice but for whatever reason it was put to bed and never spoken of again.

cana vs the rock and cena vs JBL were pretty good. but thats it. i dont remember him having any bigger matches.

The title has lost its luster, because the same person having won it over a million times without having to start back from the bottom after losing it is why ppl see no value in it. Each wrestler should build themselves up to the main event caliber, but he wins every time, he can go away for awhile come back in the title picture with no effort, bumping better wrestlers out of the way, to put Vince's choice back at the top. Meanwhile Eddie earned his spot, Daniel Bryan his spot, Chris Benoit, CM Punk, Jericho, Rock, SCSA, Foley, Micheals, Edge, etc as well as ppl want a challenger or an underdog, not brown noser as a champion, You can see John hasn't been the underdog since 2005, and there is really no hunger for gold in him in a long time. His promos are recycled, his moves are about the same, his gimmick is stale and theme song dont fit his character any longer. He's just the guy they put the belt when no one else can wear it. Eddie on the other hand was interesting, multifaceted, face or heel or inbetween, in and out the ring the Dude was beloved because he felt like a real person with flaws. That's why respected Eddie, not because of the drug use or his height, because he had a life outside of wrestling. John seems like he is miserable without wrestling, like he is obsessed with the concept of it, but not in a good way, you could feel Eddie passion for it, he lived and by him and hunger for it, you long celebrate his wins with him, and feels his pain of his loss with him. Cena wins so much even over superior in ring competitors than himself in the same manner every time. Eddie would do something crazy, he would explode with the Latino Heat, he might straight out wrestle his opponent or he might cheat. Eddie was an one of a kind, and was up there with Flair and Shawn with his ability in the ring, but drugs were his handicap and kryptonite. That's the only thing Cena hasn't been known for, even though steroids are a drug, but any way. Eddie more appreciated for his one win over Cena's fifteen champion because it felt like Eddie deserved it, through many years in the indys, honing his craft, treated as a B class wrestler, only to wrestle circles around every companies top guys, speaks for itself. Eddie could wrestle a broom and have a five star match, Cena can have match with Micheals, the best in ring performer to ever live, and barely get a three star match out of him.

Why does everybody dislike Cena....I mean sure the wwe throws him in the title picture every now and then but you can't fault Cena for that, you should be more made at Vince,huh and the wwe creative team. To me Cena is a hard worker inside and outside of the ring....sure his wrestling can be.....shitty at times but he's still entertaining to watch.

Not all wrestlers have came up through the indies, and u can't knock them for that because if u were given the shot at the big time sooner than someone else then u would take it. U also sound bitter about the fact cena isn't a short guy ? lol

The most memorable wins Cen has is because of nothing he brought. It was his first over JBL whch is his first so i remember it and when he went over edge who without a doubt was the best thing in WWE last time and brought all that passion and then cena went over in that TLC so memorable but only because of edge. Edge vs Cena was easily Cena's greatest feud of all time.

The biggest ones I can remember from Cena was his first world title vs JBL and then his US title win other than that I can't remember any great wins

5:01 - 5:04 *snaps fingers* Dammit! So close! lol

Cena's best WM match is the Michael's one I think.

ya im from here and have no idea where west newbury is im pretty sure it doesnt exist and wwe made it up lol

WrestleMania xx was his super pop win

Kinda hard to believe Cena was close to getting future endavored when he's been pushed his entire career.

Everyone talking about Cena not being an underdog in his first world title win you know he couldn't be an underdog as he didn't carry himself like one look at him consistently making JBL his bitch in the lead up to Wrestlemania. It's not his fault that the championships are whored off . much respect to solomonster and even Don Tony. I'm trying really hard to warm up to Kevin Castle. R.I.P Eddie

I don't think its really Eddie's run vs Cena's run. It's more of yesterdays Champions vs todays Champions. WWE has made the title mean so less these days by whoring it out so bad. I take nothing away from Edge or ena, both very hard working guys but Cena's 15, Edge's 11, they will never mean as much as the WWF title runs as the ones that were by Hogan, Savage, Flair, Warrior, Bret Hart, Yoko, HBK, Diesel, Undertaker, Austin, Triple H, Rock, Mick etc. Those guys all felt like champions to me. I know that todays wrestlers win the title more but thats because from 2006-2013 the WWE title and the WHC were just passed around like little league trophies "Here! Everyone gets one! Even you Miz!" When I heard Miz was the champ going into Wrestle Mania i wanted to throw up. It's nothing against Miz as a person but if Miz was wrestling for the WWF in the early 90's he wouldn't even be in the I-C picture. Thats another thing, the companies World champions the last 7 years couldn't even stand in the same ring as the companies I-C champs of the early 90's. Sorry but guys like Miz, Del rio, Mark Henry, and even edge aren't any where near as good as that old eras I-C champs like Mr. Perfect, Razor Ramon, HBK, Piper, Bulldog, both Harts, etc.

And just how many other title wins have been as memorable and emotional as Eddie's win over Brock? How many truly emotional title wins can you name from, say... The Rock? Hell, how many truly emotional title wins can you name from Stone Cold Steve Austin? He had big wins, but were they ever truly emotional? Maybe his first at Wrestlemania 14, but that was 50% Jim Ross, same goes for 15. See, comparing Cena to Guererro is unfair, because virtually 95% of World Championship (whatever the name) holders in WWE encounter the same problem. Here's a challenge for you all, list off how many title wins ever felt as emotional as Eddie's. Lets see how many people can come up with, and how many are debatable. If I had to pick one (since I laid the challenge), it would be Chris Benoit at Wrestlemania 20, but Eddie was a big part of that as well.

boston is less than an hour away from his hometown... so its fair-ish

I think his first reign was memorable.

when he beat edge in the the tlc match.thats about it honestly