5 of John Cena's top WWE rivals 

#4 Shawn Michaels

Cena and Michaels at WrestleMania

Back in 2007, John Cena had one of his more underrated rivalries with Shawn Michaels. Cena and Michaels have had countless battles, but their battles in 2007 are at the pinnacle in terms of match quality. "The Heartbreak Kid" earned the right to face John Cena at WrestleMania 23 by winning a Triple Threat Match against Randy Orton and Edge.

Although, the original plan for the main event for WrestleMania 23 was going to be a rematch from WrestleMania 22 with John Cena going up against Triple H, "The Game" tore his quad at 2007's edition of "New Years Revolution", which left an open spot for someone to face John Cena in the main event of WrestleMania 23.

The only fortunate part of Triple H's unfortunate removal from WrestleMania 23's card is that the John Cena vs Shawn Michaels rivalry was born. Their match at WrestleMania 23 for the WWE Championship is regarded by many people to be the greatest WrestleMania match of John Cena's career.

Following WrestleMania 23, Cena and Michaels had a WrestleMania 23 rematch on Raw, which is also regarded as one of the greatest matches in Raw history, and the match went for 55 minutes. If you haven't seen any John Cena vs Shawn Michaels matches from 2007, they're worth checking out on the WWE Network.