How long has cena been face

Edited by Nishant Jayaram. John Cena. Sort by: Most popular Recent Most upvotes. Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. No thanks Delete. Cancel Update. Login to reply. Rey Mysterio was one of the most beloved wrestlers in the business before Eddie Guerrero's untimely passing in November , but he gained even more support following the death of his best friend. The Ultimate Underdog experienced one of his most successful runs the following year when he won the Royal Rumble and World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania Mysterio's run as the World Heavyweight Champion may have been underwhelming, as he got booked as an underdog against much larger competitors, but most of the fanbase stayed loyal to him throughout the year.

Many forget how loyal Jeff Hardy's fanbase was during his second stint with the company, which lasted from to when he experienced one of the most successful runs of his career. Hardy established himself as a remarkable singles competitor and had nearly the entire WWE Universe backing him during feuds against his brother Matt and CM Punk throughout the year. Hardy's rivalry with CM Punk was especially impressive as Punk went from being a babyface to one of the most hated heels in the business due to Hardy's immense popularity.

Meanwhile, John Cena was in the midst of an entertaining feud with Randy Orton throughout the year. Much of the fanbase was in his corner during the rivalry, but he certainly did not have the same support as Hardy during his intense feuds.

However, Cena asked for a change and he defeated Barrett and Gabriel. Jericho said that it was a bad idea, because Barrett wasn't pushed. Later, he was forced to help Barrett defeat Orton in a championship match, giving Barrett the disqualification win. Per stipulation, if Barrett didn't.

A week later, Cena invaded Raw , first as a spectator, but then attacked members of Nexus, explaining that he would still take down Nexus one by one, despite not having a job in the WWE anymore. On the December 27 episode of Raw , The Nexus, minus Wade Barrett, announced they were under new management and offered to bury the hatchet with John Cena, to which Cena refused.

The Nexus attacked Cena, leaving a Nexus armband in the ring during the process. As the group retreated, CM Punk, who had attacked Cena with a steel chair twice the week before, came to the ring to, what looked like attack John Cena, but instead put on the armband left behind to symbolically announce his allegiance with The Nexus. The next week, Wade Barrett returned to Raw and confronted CM Punk over the issue of who the leader of The Nexus was and who was responsible for Cena's attack the week before.

Barrett was placed into a Triple Threat steel cage match that night to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship. CM Punk added his own stipulation to the match saying if Barrett lost, he would be banished from the group, but if he won he would remain leader. Barrett lost the match after CM Punk interfered and ripped off Barrett's armband. On the January 17 episode of Raw , Cena returned and faced Punk in a match.

During the match, a man, who was later revealed as Mason Ryan, attacked Cena. Cena competed in the Royal Rumble match at the pay-per-view, making it to the final five before being eliminated by The Miz, the current WWE Champion at the time, who wasn't an official participant in the match. On the February 21 episode of Raw , Cena replied to The Rock's comments about him from the previous week in rap form, as The Rock returned as the announced guest host of WrestleMania.

After the match, Wade Barrett invoked Gabriel and Slater's rematch clause straight away, where they won their titles back after The Miz attacked Cena. Cena and The Rock continued to feud, on-air and through social networks. After weeks of insults, they finally met face-to-face.

At WrestleMania, Cena and Miz fought to a double countout. Punk was enraged at Cena and The Rock, calling them "phonies", already booked to headline the next WrestleMania, and demanded change. Punk again defeated Cena at SummerSlam in a title unification match. After a few weeks of Miz and Truth attacking Cena and other employees, Cena was allowed to choose his partner to challenge Miz and Truth at Survivor Series. Cena chose The Rock as his partner. Leading up to Survivor Series, Cena and The Rock continued to verbally assault each other, reiterating their points for their WrestleMania match, while attacking the "Awesome Truth".

Cena then began a feud with Kane, who continually attacked him, crediting his disgust for Cena's "Rise Above Hate" slogan and that Cena would need to embrance the hate in order to defeat The Rock at Wrestlemania. Cena claimed the match was the most important of his life and that winning was a necessity, since nobody remembers second place. However, Cena's call was answered instead by the returning Brock Lesnar, who then attacked Cena with an F The next night on Raw , Cena was confronted and then attacked by Laurinaitis, who declared himself Cena's opponent at Over the Limit.

Cena lost to Laurinaitis after Big Show interfered. Cena won the match, then hit the Attitude Adjustment on Laurinaitis through the announce table.

Vince McMahon then fired Laurinaitis. At Raw , Cena cashed in his contract on CM Punk, and won the match by disqualification after Big Show interfered, becoming the first person to cash in a Money in the Bank contract and not win a title. Show continued to attack Cena until The Rock arrived to make the save. At the event, Cena was unsuccessful as Punk would go on to retain the title once more. Over the next few weeks, Cena continued feuding with Punk by refusing to call him "best in the world" and fighting him to a draw at Night of Champions on September On September 20, Cena was sidelined with a legitimate arm injury, rendering him inactive.

At the pay-per-view on November 19, Punk pinned Cena in the match to retain the championship. The following night on Raw , Cena teamed with Vickie Guerrero to face Ziggler and AJ in a mixed tag team match, however, the match ended in a disqualification after Cena was attacked by the debuting Big E Langston. Cena then defeated Ziggler on the January 7, episode of Raw in a singles match, and again in a steel cage match the following week, despite interference from AJ and Langston in both matches.

The following week on Raw , Cena would gain vengeance on the Shield when he, along with Ryback and Sheamus, attacked the stable. This culminated in a six-man tag team match on February 17 at Elimination Chamber, where the Shield emerged victorious.

Cena then returned to his rivalry with The Rock, with Cena blaming his personal and professional troubles on his loss to the Rock the previous year, going so far as admitting his own vanity had cost him the match. The following night on Raw , Cena began a rivalry with Ryback, after he saved Cena from a post-match assault from Mark Henry only to attack Cena himself.

During his feud with Ryback, Cena suffered a legitimate achilles tendon injury, while also battling the Shield and facing them in losing efforts. The following night on Raw , Cena was attacked by the returning Mark Henry, who feigned his "retirement", with World's Strongest Slam , sparking a rivalry between the two. The next night on Raw , new Raw general manager Brad Maddox announced that he would allow Cena to choose his own opponent for SummerSlam. Later in the night, after taking an informal poll of the live audience, he chose Daniel Bryan.

The following night on Raw , Cena announced that he would undergo surgery for a triceps tear and would be out for four to six months. Later, Cena would return in two months and become the new world heavyweight champion. Along with the name change came a gimmick change for B His gimmick was changed to more of a hip-hop character to properly complement Cena. The writers then replaced B-2 with Red Dogg.

Red Dogg was the wrestler formerly known as Rodney Mack. Their feud escalated into a title match at WrestleMania XX. With the big event happening in New York City, Cena smartly wore a Patrick Ewing jersey to the ring in an attempt to draw even more cheers.

The writers turned to the history books in an attempt to boost John Cena to higher levels. Afterwards, they scripted a storyline where Carlito's bodyguard Jesus attacked Cena at a night club; sidelining Cena for several weeks with stab wounds. After completion of the movie, Cena returned to Smackdown to continue his feud with Carlito. It was after this tile victory that Cena unveiled the infamous spinner belt.