6 Reasons Why John Cena is the Greatest Wrestler of All Time

#5 Inspiring Rise to the Top

Young John

Roman Reigns was chosen to be the face of the WWE a long time before he became that. On the contrary, John had to make his way up there. He was never supposed to become the megastar that he became, but, his talent and dedication prompted Vince McMahon to promote him to perform on the main event level and lead the company for the next decade to come.

In 2004, WWE wasn't having the smoothest of sailings when it comes to top stars. Stone Cold Steve Austin couldn't wrestle anymore, The Rock left for Hollywood and Brock Lesnar and Goldberg had both left to pursue careers in other professions. In this situation, the company desperately needed new top stars, and Cena and Batista were chosen for the same to represent Raw and Smackdown respectively. The rest is history.