John Cena has been right at the top of WWE for a good decade now and Vince McMahon has heavily protected him during that time (even more than Roman Reigns right now). If, however, you don't believe that, look no further than the fact that the leader of the Cenation has only been pinned fourteen times over the past ten years!
That's an incredible figure and one which means the likes of Rusev and Bray Wyatt can't count themselves among those who have beaten Cena cleanly without cheating or any sort of interference. Here's a complete rundown, by year, of Cena's losses and those lucky enough to say that they were chosen to beat his cleanly 1-2-3.
– Shawn Michaels (Raw, 2007)
– The Great Khali (Saturday Night’s Main Event, 2007)
– Triple H (Night Of Champions, 2008)
– Batista (SummerSlam, 2008)
– Big Show (Raw, 2009)
– Triple H (Raw, 2009)
– The Rock (WrestleMania, 2012)
– Daniel Bryan (SummerSlam, 2013)
– Brock Lesnar (SummerSlam, 2014)
– Kevin Owens (Elimination Chamber, 2015)
– Alberto Del Rio (Hell in a Cell, 2015)
– AJ Styles (SummerSlam, 2016)
– Dean Ambrose (Smackdown, 2016)
– Shinsuke Nakamura (Smackdown, 2017)
The three most recent losses were particularly shocking to fans but each helped get the Superstars who beat him over in a big way. As Cena gets nearer to the end of his career, it makes sense that he'd be willing to lose a little more often and being beaten by Shinsuke Nakamura definitely went a long way in legitimising the King of Strong Style before SummerSlam.
Talking of SummerSlam, that's really not a good luck PPV for Cena, is it?
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