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Heartbreak #4: John Cena Fails to Beat the People's Champion

A once (or twice) in a lifetime match begins. — A once (or twice) in a lifetime match begins

Between the spring of 2011 and the start of Wrestlemania XXVIII in 2012, John Cena struggled mightily in and out of the ring. His personal life was unraveling, and his professional life was characterized by constant antagonism from the part-time People's Champ The Rock, freshly returned to the ring from the studios of Hollywood.

After costing Cena his WWE Championship to close Wrestlemania XXVII, Rock, Cena, and WWE made clear that only one match could headline the 2012 event: a "Once in a Lifetime" showdown between two of the biggest talkers modern wrestling has ever known.

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The "LOLCenaWins" era seemed to dictate that the full-time star would walk away the victor but, like with the 2011 event, the presence of The Rock negated any power Cena may have had; Rock interrupted a showy People's Elbow attempt by the Doctor of Thuganomics with a Rock Bottom for the win.

John Cena watches helplessly as The Rock soaks up all the praise he can get.

The heartbreak, of course, was the aftermath, as cameras lingered on a sullen and dejected Cena watching his rival celebrate in the ring, the adulation of all of Miami going to the man wrestling his second match in almost ten years while the company's workhorse could only sit in the shadows.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram