Ranking The 10 VERSIONS of JOHN CENA from WORST to BEST | Wrestling Flashback

Here I rank the 10 versions of John Cena from WORST to BEST throughout his long and storied WWE career.

Which is your favourite version of John Cena?!

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TIMESTAMPS (Spoilers):
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - 10. Ruthless Aggression (2002)
02:11 - 9. Storyline With Nexus (2010-2011)
04:09 - 8. Part-Time Cena (2017-2021)
06:05 - 7. Initial US Title Run (2004-2005)
07:30 - 6. PG Era Cena (2008-2010)
09:21 - 5. Feud With AJ Styles & Miz (2016-2017)
11:32 - 4. Doctor Of Thuganomics (2002-2004)
12:53 - 3. US Open Challenge (2013-2015)
15:18 - 2. Feuds With The Rock and CM Punk (2011-2013)
18:10 - 1. 1st WWE Championship Run (2005-2007)

[colourblind]

You know the best thing about Cena from 15-16 onward? He stopped pretending he was the underdog. He was the top guy, he was king shit, and he knew it. Completely changed the dynamic and felt more genuine.

[Smiling.smiler-dx]

His rapper persona with wordlife was the best.

[hollywoodtre]

I forgot how good Cena was from 2005 to 2007. Especially his title run from September 06 to October 07. Really great feuds and matches. The stuff later in his career made people forget how good he was in this time period. He wasn’t the best in ring but he had great matches and great stories. And the heel work he did in 2002 to 2003 is never to be forgotten

[DeanMoxley]

The Dr of Thuganomics gimmick was his best persona not the LHR gimmick that was part of the PG era of WWE

[rainy_guy]

They kind of explained how Cena got away with attacking Nexus every week after he got fired. He said that since Nexus beat up WWE security on the night of their debut, they had no problem with Cena coming in and appearing on TV. At least, that's how I remember it.

[roopalguhaneogi]

word life might be the best but without the pg cena's patriotism, fan interaction and countless make a wish campaigns wwe wouldnt be where it is right now. he single handedly made wwe popular and mainstream again after a huge amount of people left watching wwe after the chris benoit tragedy and parents barred their kid from watching thinking that it might get them mentally

[marqueschacon]

1. 2005-2007. Chaingang soldier Cena is the one I grew up with when I was a kid, and this will always be nostalgic for me

2. 2003-2005. Dr of Thuganomics is iconic and what launched his career. I won’t forget the rap battles he used to have all the time on Smackdown

3. 2015-2017. I think this era is underrated. His US title open challenge was memorable as well as his feuds with AJ Styles and the Miz. Especially when he was on Smackdown Live right after the 2016 brand split occurred

[MrHotSpice]

I always said Rock brought out the best of Cena since 2005 in that first run, as soon as Rock returned you realised what we have been deprived of and it seemed to raise everyone else’s game too Punk, Bryan, Shield came those where some good times

[lucidmind]

His feuds with Chris Jericho and Edge will always be the most memorable Cena era for me, I was in elementary and middle school at the time of those feuds and loved WWE so much that I would record Raw every Monday on my VCR (this was before dvr was more affordable)

[haydendivine]

His matches with AJ Styles were.... Amazing? No.. Epic? No... PHENOMENAL!

[soto]

As a John Cena fan since childhood in the ruthless aggression era I was a huge fan of him especially his Doctor of Thuganomics, Him vs The Nexus, Rival with Edge, ECW one night stand with RVD, Him vs AJ Styles and a whole lot from his wrestle mania and other WWE moments we all pretty much appreciate of his career

[Jo_kdot]

1/ WWE Championship Run 2005-2007 : His prime, his best version by far, one of the greatest legacy in wrestling history

2/ United States Championship run 2004-2005 : Fucking Amazing

3/ Chain Gang & Dr of Thuganomics 2003-2004 : The beginnin of his legend

4/ 2008 - 2010

5/ 2011 - 2013

[JayBurris]

It doesn’t get any better than the 2005-6-7- John Cena however I loved him his whole career

[Earthslastlegend]

The Dr. of Thuganomics is by far his greatest persona and one of the best in the history of wrestling!!!

[jeremybooth]

The hungry, post Thuganomics, newly minted spinner belt Cena was the best to me. He had something to prove, and a long list of potentially great matchups.

[ajrg]

Dr. Of Thuganomics and Chain Gang Soldier are my favorite versions of John Cena.

[SRM]

I'll never forget the one rumble when he was doing the thuganomics gimmick he comes out as an entry and literally walked around the ring dissing everyone inside and didn't go in until the next entry was coming out, thought that was hilarious

[sunset]

HLR Cena bought the resurgence in the company, by presenting a more family friendly face after the benoit saga, this was a good move as it saved the company, as a fan I loved the Cena-Punk fued and that Cena was best for him, where he knew he was like the big dog, not pretending to be the underdog and it gave rise to a rebellious Punk.

[MASTER]

It’s a no brainer that late 2002-early 2005 Thuganomics Word Life Cena was the BEST. I can actually see that version of him in the same ring as Rock & Austin & hold his very own on the Mic.

[DonnieHardenJr]

Great video, man! I love these "Best Versions" videos, especially when it's a wrestler I can remember seeing all of those phases of. But just thinking about Cena returning at Money In the Bank in 2021 and the pop he got that was LEGENDARY, makes me realize that Cena is the epitome of "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone!"
Because I can remember countless times where me and my friends were just tired of seeing John Cena win every time, every week, every pay-per-view! But now with him being gone and we only rarely get to see him, makes us more aware of just how much we actually miss him and that he is a legendary first ballot Hall of Famer in this game! YOUCANTSEEME!

PS, who still plays the album? Haha.