Worst in the World: Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014

The last time a John Cena match came up on the list, I explained one of the reasons a lot of people, including myself, don't like John Cena, and that's because his character is presented as, as I said in the last post, "a morally upstanding human being who would never do anything even remotely wrong and is holier than thou", despite being a massive prick most of the time. Whether it be publicly humiliating a non-wrestler, making fat jokes about Vickie Guerrero, or making out with his friend's girlfriend and then slut shaming her the next week, he's somehow still considered a good guy who does no wrong by WWE. In this entry, however, we see another reason why a lot of people don't like John Cena. Only this one is more of a shoot reason; his win-lose record.

John Cena wins a lot. Like...a lot. Even at times he probably/definitely shouldn't. John Cena has ended up going over on rising stars countless times since becoming "the face that runs the place", effectively ending their pushes and killing their momentum. Look at people like The Miz, Wade Barrett, Ryback, Rusev. All of them had the potential to be big stars and were in the middle of big pushes, only to have them ended when they were put into feuds with John Cena. There's a reason memes like this exist.

Some people like Kevin Owens have been able to survive the feud with Cena, but he is in the very small minority. What might be worse than him winning all the time, however, is when he "loses".

WWE seems to have this fear that if John Cena loses a match clean, even if it's just one match and he wins the feud anyway, that people will stop liking him and stop buying his merchandise. Therefore, rather then have him lose a match clean, they will have him lose due to interference or other shenanigans so he can save face and not look weak. Basically what it does is give off the vibe that his opponent didn't win, Cena just lost. Some of these finishes include getting attacked by the Nexus, accidentally pinning himself, and even being attacked by Jon Stewart. That's right, Jon Stewart:

That happened and we let it happen

Even his match with CM Punk at Money in the Bank 2011, highly regarded as one of the greatest matches in WWE history, ended with Cena losing because he ran to stop John Laurinaitis from interfering and screwing Punk. However, arguably the worst of these bullsh*t finishes comes from Extreme Rules 2014, when he faced off with Bray Wyatt in a Steel Cage match. Wyatt and his Wyatt Family were one of the hottest acts going in 2014, and after losing to Cena at WrestleMania XXX (teehee), Wyatt needed clean win to keep that momentum alive. A rising star in a feud with John Cena and a match where interference is legal; you can already tell this isn't going to end well, can't you?

The match kicks off with back and forth exchange, featuring a great leapfrog by Cena that he gets a lot of height on, ending with a clothesline to the back of Cena by Wyatt. The crowd is firmly behind Wyatt, so they are going to be disappointed. The two go back and forth some more, with Wyatt constantly telling Cena to come at him. After a fisherman suplex by Cena, he tries to leave the cage, but Wyatt Family members Erick Rowan and Luke Harper meet him on the side Cena climbs up. This allows Wyatt to take control with a shot to the jaw. We get the usual dueling "Let's Go Cena!/Cena Sucks!" as the two continue to go back and forth. From an in-ring standpoint, this has been fine so far.

Wyatt tosses Cena into the cage wall and holds him up into it, allowing Rowan to slam into Cena. Basically, this is a 3-on-1 handicap match. Wyatt hits a splash of his own into the cage wall and calls for the cage door to be opened. If you remember my NXT Takeover: The End review, you'll know that this is a massive pet peeve of mine. Wyatt and Cena are in a blood feud, with Wyatt constantly saying that he wants to end John Cena's legacy and turn his fans against him. Now he has him locked in a steel cage and what does he do? Tries to leave the cage at the first chance he gets. Why? It makes no sense from a character or storytelling point. Cena is able to stop Wyatt from escaping the cage and slingshots him into the cage wall.

Cena tries to climb out of the cage again, and the same thing happens; Harper & Rowan meet him on the side he tries to climb out on. Oddly enough, this time Cena actually tries to climb down to the outside. Why? What's different about this moment that made him decided to not go the first time? Anyways, Wyatt grabs him and pulls him back in, only to be thrown into the cage wall by Cena from the top rope and fall to the ring. Cena climbs again, Wyatt catches him again, Cena knocks him down again, only this time Wyatt hits the ropes, causing Cena to crotch himself on the top rope. This allows Wyatt to hit a Ho Train to a top rope-hung Cena 

Wyatt dances around with Cena's lifeless body (which works so well for his character) and hits an Ura-nage. After kicking out at two, Cena springs up and goes for an AA, but Wyatt rolls out. Cena dodges a clothesline and hits probably the best dropkick he's ever hit. Normally his dropkicks look terrible, but this one was nice. Cena climbs up the cage again as Wyatt does that creepy spider walk he always does. He tries to walk out of the cage like that, but Cena drops down and grabs him before he can get out. Bray Wyatt is awesome, why can't WWE figure that out? 

Wyatt takes control of the match with a body check and throws Cena into the walls twice. Cena reverses a thrid attempt and tosses Wyatt into the wall, and this begins the FIVE MOVES OF DOOM!!! SHOULDER TACKLE, SHOULDER TACKLE, SPIN-OUT POWERBOMB, FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE, AND ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT! AND THE CROWD HATES IT SO MUCH!

Wyatt actually grabs the cage wall and starts climbing to escape the AA, but Cena keeps a hold of him and powerbombs him to the ground. Cena starts crawling for the cage door, but Rowan holds the door shut. Cena pushes to force it open, but Harper runs over to push it back shut. Cena then manages to out muscle two men and force it back open. OK, now that's bullsh*t. You're telling me that John Cena is stronger than not only two people, but one of them is strong enough to bodyslam the Big Show with ease:

Add that with another guy who looks pretty strong and they still aren't as strong as John Cena? Yeah right.

Wyatt manages to catch Cena and keep him inside the cage. Cena dodges a running senton by Wyatt and tries to climb out of the cage. Rowan manages to catch him and push him back up and into the cage on his shoulders. Cena and Wyatt fight on the top rope until Cena hits a bulldog for a two count. Cena tries to escape again, and he and Harper fight on the top of the cage. Cena drags Harper in throws him into the cage wall. Cena tries to climb down while Wyatt tries to go through the door, but Cena kicks the door into Wyatt's head. Rowan runs over with a chair to stop Cena from dropping down and he climbs back in.

Wyatt catches Cena and suplexes him before hitting a running senton. Wyatt sets up for Sister Abigail, but Cena escapes and locks in the STF. Wyatt tries to crawl out while in the hold, dragging Cena neck-first into the rope to release the hold. Cena grabs Wyatt to pull him back into the cage, but Rowan grabs Wyatt and tries to pull him out. Cena wins the tug of war and dodges a charging Luke Harper, only to get tossed into the wall by Wyatt. Wyatt tries to climb out, but Cena springs up and catches him. The two fight on the top rope, ending with Cena hitting a Super AA from the top rope. Harper breaks up the pin attempt, and then Cena clotheslines him and tries to climb out. Rowan meets him at the top, so Cena grabs him by the beard and rams his head into the top of the cage and hits a top rope leg drop to the back of Harper's head. John Cena just beat up three guys who are bigger than him all by himself.

So, with all three members of the Wyatt Family down and no one to stop him from escaping the cage, you might think that Cena has this in the clear. You. Have. No. Idea. Now, let me just say this; you need to sit down for this one. Literally, if you're walking around reading this on your phone or IPad or whatever, take a seat right now, because the finish of this match is so unbelievable, that anyone who's never seen it before will probably not believe it actually happened. Are you sitting? Are you ready? Like, are you really ready? Are you 100% positive you're ready for the f*ck finish of all f*ck finishes? Alright...proceed.

Cena crawls his way to the cage door slowly. He stands himself up as the announcers praise him for pulling off another big win. He steps through the ropes to the door, when suddenly:

No one is left from the Wyatt's to interfere, who could it be? Well...it's a small child in a robe:

And not only that, but he starts singing "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands" to John Cena...in a "demonic" voice.

I...I...I...I just don't know anymore. This demonic singing child is enough to distract Cena long enough for Wyatt to get up and hit Sister Abigail. All the Wyatt's walk out of the cage together, winning the match. The crowd cheers, but I don't know how you could feel any kind of enjoyment after that. So just to clarify this, John Cena was defeated not by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. He was defeated by "demonic child distraction". And you know what the arguably one of the worst parts of this? That kid never shows up again after this show. He shows up in a backstage segment later in Extreme Rules, and that's the end of him. He never appears again. They only brought this kid in to give Wyatt a cheap victory. Sure, the Wyatt's had a choir of kids in sheep masks sing "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands" to Cena on the go home RAW before this show, but none of them sang in a demonic voice like this kid. This was just out of nowhere and a one-off thing.

The Verdict

The in-ring action is fine, but nothing special. The fact that Cena is able to easily defeat three bigger guys at the same time is ridiculous and killed whatever presence the Wyatt's had. And of course, one of the biggest f*ck finishes in the history of wrestling. It's not the worst match ever, but it's definitely towards the bottom.

 Rankings (Best to Worst)

1.  Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
2. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
3. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
4. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
5. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
6. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
7. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
8. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
9. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
10. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
11. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
12. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
13. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
14. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
15. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
16. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
17. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
18. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
19. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
20. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
21. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
22. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
23. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
24. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
25. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
26. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
27. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
28. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
29. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
30. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
31. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
32. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
33. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
34. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
35. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
36. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
37. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
38. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
39.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
40. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
41. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
42. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
43. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
44. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
45. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
46. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
47. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
48. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
49. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
50. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
51. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
52. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
53. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
54. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996 
55. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
56. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
57. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
58. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
59. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
60. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

So...what's next?

Hey, isn't this that scaffolding match where no one wanted to take the bump?

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