‘You’re All Making a Mistake’: WWE’s Favoritism Towards John Cena at SummerSlam 2010 Left Edge & Chris Jericho Grumbling Backstage

John Cena has always been the babyface since he turned face after the initial days of his Doctor of Thuganomics gimmick. Being the relentless worker that he is, he has always been cheered by his fans which involved his Hustle, Loyalty, and Respect gimmick. But there was a section among WWE fans that didn’t like Cena for various reasons.

There was a sentiment that Cena was always being put over regardless of who was in the opposite corner. This also saw Team WWE led by Cena beating the havoc wreaking upstarts from NXT, called Nexus. The result of the match didn’t go down well with many fans. Former WWE superstars Edge and Chris Jericho felt the same sentiment after the main event of SummerSlam 2010.

Edge and Jericho criticize John Cena’s decision

During the beginning of the Ruthless Aggression Era, Cena was the guy who carried the torch for WWE and Vince McMahon. Not only he was the poster boy but also their main guy for every PPV. He was in the main event for SummerSlam 2010 in a match against The Nexus. It was a 7-on-7 tag team match. The closing moment of the match has been debated a lot and criticized by Cena’s fellow WWE colleagues.

In an interview with Inside The Ropes in 2018, Edge revealed how he felt about the match. He said, “I mean they gotta go over. You know even if it is, you know, only Barett in the end, he needs to go over. And for whatever reason, they were stuck on it and John was really stuck on it.”

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However, this was not the only thing that bothered Edge and Jericho. He said, “And at a certain point he goes, I’d love for them to be able to keep rolling and running, and now you have new main event players. So, Chris and I can do is right and what we both said is “You’re all making a mistake” and we left it at that.”

John Cena has put over talent toward the tail end of his career

Only Daniel Bryan and Wade Barrett went on to become outbreak superstars from the stable. However, Cena has changed a lot since then, and in the last few days of his WWE career, he has started to put over upcoming talents.

In recent times, he has done the job for Austin Theory (WrestleMania 39) and helped elevate Grayson Waller by appearing on his show. He has also constantly put over other talent toward the end of his active in-ring career.

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