Top 5 WWE Home Invasions Of All Time

#4 Mr. Cena takes The Rated R Superstar over the edge

John Cena's father had an odd effect on this shoot.

There’s little question that one of John Cena’s all-time best feuds was opposite Edge. As a conniving heel with non-kid-friendly sensibilities, Edge was a near perfect foil for Cena’s white meat babyface act. Moreover, Edge was one of the very few heels of that time period who could successfully get fans to boo him and rally behind Cena at least some of the time.

For better or for worse, one of the most memorable moments of this rivalry saw Edge visit Cena’s childhood home. He and Lita walked the halls and went through Cena’s things, before being confronted by Cena’s dad.

As former writer Brian Gewirtz discussed on Edge and Christian’s podcast, Mr. Cena went into business for himself, trying to verbally spar with Edge, and repeatedly saying lines to the effect of, “I’m going to take you over the edge.” The results were awfully rough, calling for some intensive editing in WWE’s studios. The crux of the angle did succeed, though, with Edge smacking Mr. Cena down, and in so doing adding some extra fire to the program.