John Cena has been in WWE for 20 years now and has seen the evolution of the company. Since making his debut for WWE in 2002, John Cena had been in the good books of Vince McMahon, receiving massive pushes. Cena had immense popularity among the fans, and it earned him more brownie points from McMahon.
His good physique and outstanding mic skills earned him massive fame and pushed him to the top of the mountain. However, being in the good books of Vince McMahon did not mean that he had immunity from everyone else on the WWE roster.
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Over the years, Cena enjoyed several heated rivalries with his fellow WWE Superstars. However, often these rivalries had one thing in common: a real hatred between the two superstars. Despite sharing a good relationship with many WWE Superstars. John Cena also had major beef with various others as well.
Some of Cena’s well-known real-life rivalries were with Tyler Reks, Alex Riley, The Rock, and Batista. Speaking with WrestlingInc in 2016, The Animal revealed how he did not care about being booed by the fans. And all he wanted was to entertain them.
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The current MCU Star revealed that he just wants the fans to be entertained, does not require the accolades, and is not a fan of wearing different t-shirts every week. The former WWE Star took obvious shots at John Cena.
The 53-year-old further said, “People will never appreciate that just because I really love the business.” Batista’s 2014 return was met with an extremely negative reaction from the crowd. And it killed all the momentum that he had arrived with.
John Cena shared a bad relationship with former WWE Superstar, Tyler Reks
The Leader of Cenation, although enjoyed major success at WWE, he also had a beef with various other WWE Superstars. One such was with, former WWE Superstar, Tyler Reks. Then, identifying as a man, Gabbi Tuft wrestled as Tyler Reks. She used ‘burning hammer’ as her finisher, which was oddly similar to that of John Cena.
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This was a major reason behind Cena humiliating Reks in public, and asking her to either change her finisher or get fired. This incident caused a major rift between the two superstars, and it was the last time they ever spoke to each other. Cena also had major real-life rivalries with The Rock, Alex Riley and others.
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