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Bleacher Report ranks John Cena's top 10 best rivals
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Overview

  • Bleacher Report named CM Punk, Edge, and The Rock as three of John Cena's greatest rivals in WWE
  • The list also had some of Cena's greatest rivals, like Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, and AJ Styles, in the Top 6
  • In the top 10, the likes of Batista, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, and Bray Wyatt also featured

Bleacher Report named CM Punk, Edge, and The Rock as three of John Cena's greatest rivals in WWE. The list also had some of Cena's greatest rivals, like Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, and AJ Styles, in the Top 6. In the top 10, the likes of Batista, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, and Bray Wyatt also featured.

With Punk, Cena had a great rivalry in the PG Era, which was the best WWE had to offer at the time. Their rivalry was mostly in the period 2011-13, which was iconic. In the same period, Cena additionally had a feud with The Rock and drew fans to watch their big WrestleMania matches.

Edge was Cena's greatest rival from the Ruthless Aggression Era, possibly his greatest rival, too. From 2005 to 2010, they featured in several matches and storylines. Many treat Randy as Cena's rival. Orton and Cena share a long history of matches and stories with each other, which defined WWE's legacy for over a decade.

John Cena's feuds with AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar, Bray Wyatt, Shawn Michaels, and others

With Brock, Cena had a rivalry both in the Ruthless Aggression Era and since his return in 2012. While the Beast dominated it mostly, Cena was the bigger draw in it. AJ Styles is the one with whom Cena had the best matches. The duo probably never delivered a bad match in their feud ever.

With Batista and Kurt Angle, Cena had good rivalries in the PG Era and the Ruthless Aggression eras, respectively. Shawn Michaels and Bray Wyatt also made it to the list. Cena's feud with HBK was underrated, as most of their one-on-one and multiple-man matches in 2007 were absolute bangers.

This article first appeared on SportsInfo and was syndicated with permission.

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