5 career turning moments for John Cena

#3 Winning his first championship in the WWE

Cena captured the US Championship at the Garden

As John Cena’s popularity grew week after week with his Doctor of Thuganomics gimmick often being part of the best segments of the show, he was given a run with the gold. It wasn’t the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship, but a mid-card belt in the form of the WWE United States Championship.

Winning the US Title established Cena as a big name player in the WWE and promoted him into the upper mid card. Sure, he wasn’t a main event player yet, but the fact that he was trusted with the US Championship meant he was being groomed for bigger and better things.

Which brings us very nicely to our penultimate point...