#3 The Rock vs John Cena WrestleMania XXVIII
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Even though fans were not foolish enough to believe the tagline ‘Once in a lifetime’, many would have still believed that a rematch, or further activity with The Rock, would have come off as a way of passing the torch to John Cena.
Cena had lost in the main event the year before because of the Rock and had since lost twice to CM Punk (clean!), legitimising the Straight Edge Champion who would go on to outlast Cena’s own championship reign record.
The very same Cena had also swept aside all other challengers for the previous 7 years and was now put up versus The Rock who had received the rub from Hogan at WrestleMania a decade before.
This was the moment where he would pay back and Cena would officially be permitted entry into the big boy table. Oh, how the Cena haters rejoiced.
After an extended back and forth between the gassed out hometown hero and the savvy main event veteran who still shouts out his spots for all the arena to hear, The Rock caught Cena in a final Rock Bottom and the crowd erupted.
It had been a dream for many, and this was an upset that reinvigorated fans in earnest, so even when Cena would come back and avenge his loss, he was relegated to a supporting act in the WrestleManias that followed.
Fans have roared for Bryan and Lesnar, and booed Roman Reigns unlike anyone ever in the main event, largely thanks to what was proven possible in Miami.
