In one of the most highly-anticipated main events in WrestleMania history, John Cena came out on top over Cody Rhodes, winning the Undisputed WWE Championship.
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This marks Cena’s 17th world championship, breaking the record for most world titles won by an individual wrestler, surpassing the legendary Ric Flair.
Despite this monumental achievement, the energy around the win is dull. After about 20 minutes of slower wrestling, the match ended with music sensation Travis Scott interfering and Cena cheating to defeat Rhodes.
While it was cool to see Cena break the record, the match itself wasn’t great. In fact, multiple fans called it “the worst WrestleMania main event ever.”
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“One of the worst booked main events I’ve probably ever seen,” said X user Righteous Reg. “Good god.”
One of the worst booked main events I’ve probably ever seen good god
— Righteous Reg (@RighteousReg) April 21, 2025
“That was, without a doubt, one of the worst WrestleMania main events in history,” said Nick Piccone of The Straight Shooters.
That was, without a doubt, one of the worst WrestleMania main events in history
— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) April 21, 2025
“John Cena said he’d ruin wrestling for us… So he made the WrestleMania main event as awful as possible!” Tom Campbell of Cultaholic said. “Well done, I suppose!”
John Cena said he’d ruin wrestling for us…so he made the WrestleMania main event as awful as possible!
Well done, I suppose! 😂
— Tom Campbell (@TomCampbell) April 21, 2025
This is true. In the build up to the main event, Cena did promise that he was going to ruin wrestling. He later confirmed this at the media scrum after WrestleMania.
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Cena refused to answer any questions, instead opting to say that the questions were “clickbait” and were “lazy reporting.”
“I’m beginning to sense a pattern here, that you guys are just looking for headlines, so I’ll give you one,” Cena said. “Tune into Monday Night Raw to see how I ruin wrestling. And keep in mind that you are talking to the last real champion. Step your game up next time.”
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Additionally, fans noted that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t show up despite seemingly being the catalyst to Cena becoming the villain.
Instead, fans were treated to a sluggish match with no variety that ended due to an interference from Travis Scott, who isn’t a wrestler.
Cena said that his goal is to ruin pro wrestling. And if he keeps this up, he just might.
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