John Cena - Open US Title Challenge
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- John Cena captured the US Heavyweight title and proceeded to defend it a number of open challenges on WWE tv. Was it any good? Watch and find out.
John Cena is often seen a decisive figure amongst wrestling fans as he’s often seen as someone who represents the end of the Attitude Era and the start of the PG era. For years he was over pushed to the point of annoying fans. His matches weren’t that special and all featured the five moves of doom. But this run with the US title was almost like a rebirth for John Cenas career as he put on some excellent matches and proved doubters wrong.
This is one of the top highlights of Cena's career. He used his position to push new and underutilized talent, all while improving his own moveset. The US Open Challenge was when Cena earned the respect of the "hardcore" fans. Brilliant booking and brilliant performances from all the participants.
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Just a shame it ended on the most duddiest of duds ever with Alberto Del Rio beating him to take the title at the start of the otherwise forgettable "MexAmerica" angle.
Kind of a shame it happened a little too late since he had spent basically a decade hogging the spotlight and burying a bunch of people while doing that.
He showed his wrestling ability years before this in his epic ECW match against Van Damme
@TheGOAT-hj6slthis man just said no story telling oh my word what a laughable statement it's a open challenge bro you enter by fighting the champion if you win you win if you lose you lose plus those superstars that lost against cena in that US open challenge they got some great storylines after that lost with a different wwe wrestler but the ones with barret and I think nevelle flopped at the end that ain't cena fault that's the wwe fault plus too cena was pulling in viewers with that US open challenge plus too you talk about kickouts oh yeah it happens TO EXTEND THE MATCH AND MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING INSTEAD OF JUST FINISHING THE MATCH AT AROUND A MINUTE AND A HALF, damn bro you made no sense with those 3 comments.
I remember this. Show it to those who still think Cena can't wrestle.
*Insert random bent Cena hater here*
Facts
Personally Cenas US title run in 2015 and on and off WWE Championship run from 2005-2007 showed Cena could Wrestle and really well. But maybe that's just me being biased considering he's my favorite Wrstler😂
He still can’t wrestle mate
@@hewhoislifewrong but whatever you say
As a french canadian it was aboslutely insane to see Kevin Owens beating John Cena on is first match on PPV !!!
I didn’t watch that pic, but I read live reactions. I remember a lot of “wait…did that just happen???”
From 2014 to 2016... we saw John Cena begin to really expand his moves set. A lot of new moves executed perfectly. We saw a lot of that during this U.S. title run, his matches with A.J. Styles, his matches with CM Punk, and his two WrestleMania matches with The Rock.
Man those matches with Aj Styles ruled legit that match at the Rumble was a 5 star match
except for his six knuckles rage of doom. that move sucks not just Sonny Siaki's ass but also gives a finger poke of doom a run for its money
@@SkinnerDudalmost as ridiculous as the people's elbow or the worm or a hundred other moves that were ridiculous but thats pro wrestling
It's such a shame that Cena did a lot of his best work right before he stopped wrestling full time
I agree with what you’re saying but every example you gave wasn’t in that time period. Aj was 2017 I believe, punk was 2011-13 and the rock was 2012/13
Short answer, absolutely, it was an incredible run and easily one of the best us title tunes out there, he brought back so much prestige to that title
Man I wish we got the original plan which was Cena was supposed to the US title open challenge on Raw and Bryan do it on SD for the IC.Bryan said in a n interview that it was the original plan but then he got the first retirement thing
@@michaelrivera8360that would have been dumb
@@pleaseshutup7053 how😂
@@michaelrivera8360 doing the same thing on both shows as if wwe ain’t stale enough
@@pleaseshutup7053 It would have built to Cena vs Bryan to see who was the better champion
It so weird seeing the new day as heels I completely forgot that how they started out as heels
They started out as faces but were getting booed out the building because they were corny
@pleaseshutup7053 then xavier started playing FF7 victory theme and refrencing things in pop culture especially pokemon go then they started to get over
@@pleaseshutup7053That's usually how we get great heels. Vince tries to push someone as a face, fans clearly see through the bullshit and start booing. Happened with The Rock, Roman Reigns and many others.
This was right when I stopped watching wrestling full time, John made the US title feel worth something
One of the few good things about WWE in 2015
It was more inportant than the WWE title.People forget how bad that first Seth title reign was he barely won matches and rarely won clean
@@michaelparkinsonsfreeparkerpen 2015 is the start of WWE really losing viewers because everybody lost hope and the Roman failure as a face
@@michaelrivera8360 Yes Bryan was injured and Punk and Batista left the previous year meaning there was a lack of top faces.
Reigns push was forced
Sting's run was botched
2015 Royal Rumble
Smackdown being like superstars or main event
Failure to capitalize on popularity of Ziggler, Wyatt and Sandow.
Lack of roster depth
@@michaelparkinsonsfreeparkerpen lol they literally buried Wyatt family sandow and Cesaro for getting over on their own ha
I actually loved Rusev vs Cena. The evil foreign heel will always have a place, and they played it to absolute perfection.
It's cheap and easy, but it will ALWAYS work if you write it well.
What are you talking about? Rusev went on a downward spiral after Cena. He was a unit up until that point and it was never the same for him.
@@kylefields3951 it’s a pity AEW didn’t get behind the Miro the redeemer gimmick, it could have been one of the best heels of recent memory.
Cena buried everyone he had a match with, I just don’t get the love
@@david-468 And I will never understand you marks. You always cry anytime cena wins. Anybody else wins - "Oh good match". Cena wins - "oH nO BUriEd". At the same time you will conveniently forget cena has only been putting people over and taking massive L's since 2016.
“If you want come, some get some” bruh i fucking died after hearing that shit 🤣
That Cena and Cesaro match is still one of the best matches in the history of RAW.
They should bring this back honestly
I cant remember the last time the u.s title felt prestigious
During the cena open challenges lol
Who even is the US champion? As I was typing I remembered who it is not someone who's gonna make it prestigious but that's just my opinion
@pleaseshutup7053 yeh I forgot to add "since this run"
@fifedogg511 yeh Logan is damaging the title if anything since he's part time
Triple h is deemed as making wrestling interesting again but in my opinion he's been making some real dumb decisions lately
@@MollywhoppedJohnny having trick Williams debut on smackdown to the hottest crowd reaction of the week. Only to not be in the rumble is a mind boggling decision and the rumble was in Florida. He gotta stop putting pat mcafee in the ring
John Cena made the US belt felt real important like Gunther in making the IC belt now.
@TheGOAT-hj6slsaid no one ever 😂
Cena is definitely a legendary main eventer. However, I 'am the old fan who was a fan of his mid-card reigns because he was able to deliver himself as a balanced wrestler that could be beaten despite showing moments of resiliency. He also began to be able to expand his move arsenal after always using his cookie cutter finisher as a main eventer. He always treated the U. S title as a belt people should want to hold if they wanted to showcase their talent. This included title defenses, but also creating interest in you while on the mic.
I forgot how good of a heel Rusev was, I don't know what he is now in AEW
Lol. Nobody does. He's in amazing shape but just twisting in the wind
Last time I saw AEW, in 2021 I think, he was a religious fanatic or something
He’s just another guy unfortunately
He's got a better look in aew the Tony doesn't know what the fuc to do with him
He should be tweener Miro should be fighting against Joe
UPLOAD THE SABU VIDEO EVEN IT WAS LOW QUALITY WE LOVE YOU MAN EVEN IN LOW QUALITYY WE WANT THE HAWK
Honestly, after an extended period of time, every patreon video should be available to see on youtube (with the exception of NJPW videos or videos that would get you striked for copyright). Some of us don't have the money to send to someone on patreon
Quality shouldn't matter since we have those videos of that one Australian company I can't remember the name of.
Wtf, why would we want to pay for a crappy quality looking video. lame. it should be free!
Cena wrestler with only 5 moves for years and for some reason 2014-16 he became a menace a killer. Cena was in his prime at this time
Lets cut the crap, cena even has more moves than overrated orton
He's been proving himself as a good worker since 2007, but sure.
Always hated on Cena but this is the run that turned me into a fan of his. Now I’m genuinely excited when I see cena
Cenas US Open Challenge was a highlight of Raw every week. He helped give younger and newer talent a rub,He put over the US title after years of being an afterthought,he showed he could be a Workrate guy and earned the respect of the more hardcore fans. It was also his last full time championship run and there hasnt been a great US champion since
And also what made people change their mind on him it is why people love him now lol
@@michaelrivera8360they love him now because the kids back then are now grown
@@pleaseshutup7053 adults love him too now older guys
@@pleaseshutup7053I do agree with you somewhat most ppl who grew up watching Cena are either approaching adulthood(late teen years) or in their early to mid 20s. However many of the older fans did warm up to him once he started taking a step back as a full time wrestler
@@Kalel2.0 because he was no longer burying people in the main vent and becoming less and less active active
Cena's best run ever. This up through his AJ rivalry.
Banging in the WM tank is wild
One of the greatest title runs.
Feel free to disagree.
If Cody doesn’t finish the story I will
Nah
I disagree just because he buried quite a bit of talent
He absolutely made the U.S Title relevant again.
Awesome run, definitely some of Cena's best matches. A bit like Bret's world champ run in the early days, take all comers, etc. Great storytelling and almost everyone he wrestled in this run is a star now.
cena's us title run literally got me back in watching wrestling his match with cesaro was amazing
Yes, it felt like a good run for the time. Since it was the last formidable John Cena run, if I'm not wrong, I'd say it was great in retrospect. It felt like an interloper run for Cena when the product was transitioning to a newer feel and his positioning in at the top of the card was in hindsight. This run feels like an anomaly because it fits in this transitional phase. Maybe that's why I'd say great. The 'transition' materialized with the 2016 RAW makeover so I get the feeling that this is the point of distinction between pre-2016 PG ERA and post-2016 PG Era.
What about 2016 smackdown cena
One of the last few segments I remember back when I used to watch shows weekly
I was actually thinking about this the other day!!! Mostly why open challenges arnt a thing anymore. It was exciting!
Axlemania was a very underrated gimmick
Only other "open challenge" that may be considered better is Wes Lee's. But Cena's "open challenge" is legendary and is the template for all other "open challenges" goes off of.
Fans "You can't wrestle."
John Cena "Alright bet."
I suggest Paul London and Billy Kidman as a Tag Team and their feud afterwards
John Cena was like the Manchester United team of the 90s,00s hated universally for constantly winning but compared to the United of today ( Maguire lol ) there is a appreciation for them and great players and achievements they produced and elevating the Premier League globally like appreciation for Cena for his contribution and excellent moments, matches etc
It was soo good. I remember watching every week and feeling excited everytime. Interesting matches such as Sami, Neville it was all soo good 🔥
I think this was the last Super Cena run
I LOVED this open challenge seeing a bug star like cena make the midcard title feel just as important as the world title, giving young guy's spotlight it was amazing
I wish Roman kinda did this with the title and just say I am here to prove why I am the tribal chief by beating you all
@@michaelrivera8360 In a way he's already done that,yeah there still some he hasn't faced Bobby, Sheamus,punk,ect
@@donzellmccalipp8510 I wished he did clean tho and at least every 2 weeks at first Roman won clean but then it stopped after a while for whatever reason.Someone pointed out on twitter a wrestling journalist said Gunther title reign is what people wanted for Roman title reigns
@@michaelrivera8360 Yeah the whole ref bump, bloodline interference thing is tiring
19:33 that brawl was the beginning of new day's domination.
Ended with a blergh with Del Rio
Cena/Rusev was built the same way as Cena/Umaga. Right down to the monster getting buried and not recovering for a long time.
I will always maintain that losing to Cena didn't bury Rusev. The love square with Lana, Ziggler and Summer Rae did.
This was easily Cena's best run outside of his WWE title reigns. Cena made the US title feel very important and put forth new talent to be given a lot more attention.
I'm surprised WWE didn't re-tread the spinner belt to sell some more merch.
The only time in the last 20 years, where the us title actually mattered.
Aye that it was. Too bad Heath Slater never got his chance.
Still hoping for a ROTH for Christian's 2001 solo run.
Of all of those people they made Del rio defeat him. Classic Vince
I hated that Notable Prick Del Rio of all ppl ended such a well received run😂 but maybe that's just me who thinks that others may have ok with it and that's fine
@@Kalel2.0 Vince was hungry for that Hispanic/Mexico audience. He always wanted to make him new Eddie/Rey
At the time Del Rio was still relevant and also it was promised thing.I would have preferred someone else like a new guy
Triple A mega champion...Alberto Del Rio dethrones Cena for some reason
Yk it still sours me till this day that the one who ended Cena second US title reign in 2015 was Del Rio…… of all the wrestlers in that locker room they really thought Del Rio was the best choice TO BEAT CENA CLEAN and it ended up not paying off and being a huge disappointment
you should do Goldberg's weird brief Japan excursions in AJPW and Hustle
It was a good way for Cena to go over on the mid carders under the premise of " elevating the US title"
E cutting a promo on Cena is hilarious work
This was one of the highlights of this whole year. Which was pretty unforgettable
To all of you saying cena can wrestle and he’s sooo good (I was a diehard fan when I was a kid) show me a match where it doesn’t go like this
1.cena is getting beat
2.cena makes a small comeback
3.comeback gets denied
4. Cena gets beat up again
5.comes back with 5 moves of doom
6.either his opponent misses a finisher then cena hits them with one or just hits them with one
7.1..2..3.. cena wins
the reason this mid card title run went to well, was b/c he was cast and put in the proper spot on a wrestling card. Cena has never been a draw nor a main eventer, at best in wrestling years past he could have been a heel that ultimately took the boot and leg drop or even in WCW against sting in his babyface heyday. wrestling young guys that could go and cover up his weaknesses are always a good look for a uppper card player thats in decline.
I absolutely adored this run watching it in real time. I only started watching in 2014/15 as an adult rather than as a child so I came in as a smark fully aware of the Cena hate and all of that, but this run had me loving the man. The Kevin Owens debut and subsequent victory had me enraptured but this whole run is good. Even Kalisto looked awesome imo!
Can I request the Mickie James stalker run in WWE
Bro thanks for having a fair view of AEW and because your fair view of things , i used to hate TNA, BUT over the last few years ince like 2019 ive been following you, i learned a ton about TNA and i like it! They should hire you and pay you atleast 6 figures....theyre re tarded if they dont! Thanks bro
Why would anyone 'hate' another company? You're obviously too young to remember when WWF was the only game in town and even worse than it has been for years - any wrestling fan should want strong competition as a rising tide lifts all boats. WCW exploding in the 90s led to the attitude era and the best period of WWF
@@arostwocents I'm 40 bro.settle down. I saw everything on WCW and WWf and went to live shows in the 90s
I still have the original broadcasts that I taped
I really hope they do another US title open challenge, having the title defended every week makes it actually feel meaningful and it definitely helps viewership to constantly advertise that anyone could accept (even if it just ends up being someone like Omos) Hopefully if LA Knight beats Logan Paul they'll bring it back.
Finally... A wild slapnuts doesn't appear
Completely unrelated but what are your thoughts about the recent situation with Vince McMahon
Pretty sure disgusted, like how all of us feel.
I started watching WWE again during this time. Pretty miserable time in my life lol. I remember coming home from work and being excited to see who was gonna come out and face him. Still never gonna be my favorite or even close but this made me realize cena really (while make a wish was dominating hus schedule and Hollywood were beginning to call) the man still wanted to work hard on bettering his wrestling, helping other talent this go round, and making a midcard title worth while. Great run.
Now it would've been nice for Rusev to get a Mania win against Cena for the US Title at Mania 31 but damn was John's US Title run in 2015 magnificent. The man was getting over other stars on Raw with high level matches despite he was winning all of them until he did the job to the returning Del Rio at HIAC 2015
Especially if it was via submission so Rusev could go off Cena's whole "Never give up" thing saying he's the one who got Cena to give up
Some of the best work of his career in this run.
I was 20 when this whole storyline was taking place, and I was as much a staunch cena hater as any other during my teens but the feud with Rusev and the open challenges with guys like Sami zayne and stardust opened my eyes and changed my mind about cena. When owens debuted and actually beat cena while NXT champion and they let owens one up cena so many times in the build up I was so excited and just sucked into the story I completely forgot it was a work for a bit I was just telling friends at work and my family “oh this owens guy is a big deal, he beat cena”. You can see in the background of one of the shots of owens coming down the ramp there is a destroyed car with an ax in the window, that was when Brock destroyed the car that the authority “gave to Seth as a gift” and he beat the hell out of j and j security and I think that was sadly the last time we ever saw them. I remember being shocked Seth beat Brock. When Seth beat cena we all pretty much collectively agreed the way it happened was stupid but seeing Seth as a double champion was cool and the gold statue of him and sting shoving the statue into a trash compactor was very memorable. But sadly Seth’s stint as a double champion has the shadow hanging over it of accidentally injuring and ending stings full time career. I actually forgot Alberto was the one who beat cena to end this storyline so marky d is right it’s definitely the wrong guy if that’s the only part that’s not memorable.
When I think of Rusev, I think of the massive missed opportunity to make his heel character a bit more nuanced. His character originally wasn't "an evil Russian", it was "an evil Bulgarian who betrayed his country to support Putin's Russia", it was way more on the pulse (in those days Putin had invaded Crimea) and Bulgarians started hating him with a fiery passion that took quite long to extinguish.
a wild sethnuts appears.
such a great run. It proved to a lot of the Cena haters the he could go really hard in the ring when he wanted to lol
It's so weird to hear Markyd talking about Cena for longer than a 3 minute
This run reminded me that The New Day were heels at one point, and I completely forgot about that
This run was great because it introduced me to Sami, KO and Pac who pushed me into start watching NXT
I can say that his open challenge run was the best. It showed how much you can make the title more important and elevated then ever
At the time I had no clue what NXT was. You had to upgrade you tv provider and on RUclips, there wasn’t much to watch since it was so “expensive”.
Which means yes I was a Smackdown X Raw watcher only😂
Great idea mate would be interested to see you covering more midcard title runs in wwe like Ortons intercontinental title reign or Rusevs US title reign in general.
without this title run its possible that the love he gets now wouldn't be as one sided
Keith Lee 30 matches ????😡
He also had an underrated gem against Sheamus during the run. (It’s the match that actually got me back to wrestling😅🤦🏽♂️)
It worked perfectly John cena’s super cena was “killed” in 2014 at Summerslam after that match John began changing and adding to his moveset and began losing more and putting over more talent and it worked brilliantly
This is where Cena started slowly winning me back after me just being done with him since like 2009
excited to see this one! Loved this period of Cena. He really cemented himself again and showed hes one of the best
This really proved why Cena is the GOAT also man he needs one IC Title win so he can make that run like this US Title run
THERES NO BIGGER MANIA THAN AXELMANIA AND ITS RUNNING WILD !!!
Fun fact Sami Zayn and Owens getting calles up and Owens beating Cena clean was a Cena call.Owens confirmed it on a Jericho podcast but then Vince made Cena win the other 2 matches
Lol then cena had to beat Owens twice in a row killing his heat.
@@pleaseshutup7053 yep thanks to Vince great lol
@@michaelrivera8360 2010s vince a clown
@@pleaseshutup7053specially after a yesterday😑😑
Yes, it was and he, along with Rusev, re-established the United States Championship as a sought-after title. I didn't like how his reign ended though.
It's amazing what can happen, when respect is given to the title, even if it is a secondary belt.
0:15 THAT explains why we didn't get a MarkyD video yesterday!
I've noticed that jim cornettes run with the midnight express in mid south wrestling is on youtube, I'd love to know if it's actually any good
Everyone seems to love this run but not me. It's just Cena beating a bunch of mid-carders. He only lost the title to World Champion Seth Rollins (who he still beat 3 separate times during that time) just to get it back and then to a returning Alberto Del Rio. There was an opportunity to cement a mid-carder but they didn't do it and instead just pretended all the ones Cena beat were somehow elevated in losing but you can't name one who came out better. It just felt like a keep Cena happy that he wasn't getting another world title anytime soon so they gave him a midcard title and pretended it meant more but again, he dropped to Del Rio and the title became an afterthought immediately after. There was no elevation.
Garbage take
not a cena fan but will give him credit, he added prestige back to the US title
After the Revolution PPV, I’d be interested in seeing what you think of Sting’s final run in AEW for Ring of the Hawk
Yeh it was awesome. Built several stars and made Cena the GOAT. I think of Cena more as a US title legend than any of his world title runs. And he put over KO so hard that it put KO right to the top of the card.
I love how everything is reversed in your videos....so everyone's a lefty like me. 🐐💨💀
Side note....look at the ears on Neville. So that's how he can stay in the air for so long
This is when I start getting into wrestling
I can't believe Sami Zayn got injured, performing his entrance.
great video. Could you do a similar video on Santinos run as IC Champion? (With the honk a meter)
Loved this. This was my fav cena run
OMG YESSS I LOVE THIS RUN THANK YOU
It was not only good, it was fantastic
Man John Cena was my hero in this era . Had me screaming shit like Word Life and Ruck Fules like what lmao I was like 13 and no one was cooler
Everyone loved Alberto’s return tho
I've been hoping for a ring of the hawk type video that would be exclusive to a long title reign, guess this is close enough
The payback finish will never makes sense to me.
Any other time someone’s passed out in an I quit match it’s been counted as a win. It’s how stone cold lost to Bret without saying I Quit but of course wwe never follows their own rules.
İmagine acting as a russian guy also having Bulgarian map in your arm
Cena vs Owens II at Money in the Bank is most underrated match
This run and the feud with aj styles proved dispositively that cena can definitely wrestle. In his rumble match against aj, he did more moves in that match than nakamura and balor have done their entire careers combined.
Great video!
This was indeed a good run