Why John Cena's US Open Challenge Run Was Truly EPIC

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Why John Cena's US Open Challenge Run Was Truly EPIC

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Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the world of WWE, this video is packed with insights and highlights demonstrating why John Cena's US Open Challenge was one of his best runs and a defining moment in Cena's illustrious career. From surprise opponents and thrilling matches to revitalizing the US Championship, Cena's open challenge brought a new level of prestige to the title.
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@MikeJr9284 Ай бұрын

Cena absolutely carried the US title in 2015. He made a midcard title no one cared about feel like a World title.

@djdarq6311 Ай бұрын

Sure bud

@djdarq6311 Ай бұрын

You got the no one cared part right

@nalday2534 Ай бұрын

How about you leave @@djdarq6311

@edouardbeauregard7090 Ай бұрын

It was a shame by the manner they made him lose the title. But he made the US title valuable, it was similiar to Gunther with Intercontinental title

@MisterPeckingOrder Ай бұрын

@@djdarq6311Everyone still remembered this though, and probably will for a while. Looks like only one does not bother to care.

@mysteryman0216 Ай бұрын

One of the reasons this worked for him as well is he treated the title like it was the biggest title of the industry. Lots of big stars that go down to a mid card title see it as a demotion, but he saw it as a way to introduce new stars

@thenightmaricsenpai524 Ай бұрын

"YOU took the US Title as a demotion!" - John Cena to Roman Reigns

@MoneyGangSHAQ Ай бұрын

I swear I just thought this😂@@thenightmaricsenpai524

@marovahauhulh7054 Ай бұрын

"DEMOTION!!!!" - some fan @@thenightmaricsenpai524

@ayushkkharwar3213 Ай бұрын

😂yeah@@thenightmaricsenpai524

@lordasian8476 Ай бұрын

A DEMOTION 🗣️🗣️@@thenightmaricsenpai524

@maximuskeene8572 Ай бұрын

one underrated fact about cena's us title run was that despite being 13 years into his career at the time and being infamous for having a limited moveset, cena added more moves: hurricanrana, sunset flip powerbomb, springboard stunner, etc. to show his versatility and wrestling prowess. after a decade plus, wrestlers usually stick to what they know and do best. it truly felt like a new superstar

@balamohammed5947 12 күн бұрын

most of the class of OVW 2002. we're well trained before the call up. Not to mention that some, such as Brock and Sheldon, were highly skilled amateur wrestlers. So it's not that he couldn't do alot of move set, but he was limited because of his size and wrestling persona.

@donzellmccalipp8510 Ай бұрын

This run by Cena was excellent,a top star making the mid card title feel important but also bringing the best out of those he worked with

@JakeTheMan784 Ай бұрын

Completely agree

@iyoushhh Ай бұрын

Cena's this particular reign was highly under-appreciated during it's time. His feuds with KO & Rusev were top-tier. People who appreciate Gunther for elevating the IC title often forget Cena who gave the U.S. title its lost prestige. He deserves his flowers for making that title look important & making him loose it to Alberto was not a right move IMO.

@colindsouza8110 Ай бұрын

Match with Cesaro?

@iyoushhh Ай бұрын

@@colindsouza8110 yeah, his match with Zayn was also good but I mentioned feuds where wrestlers have multiple matches against each other in a kayfabe rivalry

@edouardbeauregard7090 Ай бұрын

@@iyoushhhdone forget matches with Seth too. They were amazing too!

@MisterPeckingOrder Ай бұрын

And let’s mention he did this twice. Cena’s first run with the US title back when he was still a rapping heel established that belt in the WWE, and for a while he really was the only guy to actually do anything with the belt. That’s the run that got Cena over too so he really made that belt look nice and special too.

@iyoushhh Ай бұрын

@@edouardbeauregard7090 dang i forgot that those matches were also a part of his U.S. title reign! Their feud also had pretty cool matches & storyline except for that Jon Stewart cameo 😅

@Devondavis-fm2dz Ай бұрын

John us open challenge was truly special back in 2015 you never knew who was going to step up and challenge him for the title at the time

@BennyLindo Ай бұрын

This is why Cena is the best. He gave back to the company that made him and reinvented a mid card title into a top tier one. Showcasing his dedication and commitment to the craft that built up the next generation of the company, and changed the hearts and minds of some of his biggest detractors. Hats off to the GOAT.

@joshuaagora2909 Ай бұрын

Another reason why his US title run was so cool was how Cena also had this American patriot character while holding the title

@sandiletwala3001 Ай бұрын

He made the US champ more prestigious and made it the biggest price to get besides the world championship. His open challenges were bangers and he made the champion bigger than everything and everybody

@JohnSmith-wh2ob 28 күн бұрын

Alberto Del Rio ending it was ridiculous but everything up to that point was fantastic

@JakeTheMan784 Ай бұрын

You know for a fact that Cena is a top tier wrestler if he can defeat a midcard opponent in a US title match and yet it still feels like he put them over 😅

@RomaroBrandon 26 күн бұрын

This is arguable the best version of John Cena since Dr. of Thuganomics, and inarguable his best US Championship run.

@tylerhartley5031 12 күн бұрын

Eh.

@dylanbryant3547 Ай бұрын

John cena needs to win the ic title before he retires

@davidharrison469 Ай бұрын

IC Title vacated and cena vs sheamus at wrestlemania

@PhenomenalOne1000 Ай бұрын

I dont get why they just didnt let cena go after the intercontinental title in 2015 getting and ic title open challenge would be just as good

@wvang0013 Ай бұрын

Yep. He deserves the Grand Slam before he retires.

@potas8 20 күн бұрын

no need for that

@potas8 20 күн бұрын

grandslam nowadays is a joke and meaningless, cena from 2003-2006 television work is literally is bigger than this stupid achievement

@RTG625 Ай бұрын

That's why his the goat the goat 🙏 I missed him so much 😢

@djdarq6311 Ай бұрын

🤡

@dylanbryant3547 Ай бұрын

2015 cena was a beast

@chancehoffman3588 Ай бұрын

One of the best memories of 2015

@aslitayeb4490 Ай бұрын

I still remember in 2015 i was 13 y.o watching cena us open challenge. Lifting up new talents. Cena title reign was amazing.

@kaeso101 12 күн бұрын

John Cena in 2015 was him giving back to the business...he gave the US title legit hype...had a good run with it...helped other stars into the limelight and gave us the fans moves we thought he could never do.

@kthuncho Ай бұрын

This run was epic I appreciated John for making that title so important back then it was badly needed I rewatch those open challenge matches often

@jayrathod2995 Ай бұрын

I think US championship should be defended in open challenges more, would give it a new identity, one which Cena aimed it to be

@olgringold5142 Ай бұрын

Kurt Angle's open challenge run may not have been for the title, but it was incredible.

@satriahadi1893 Ай бұрын

That cuna run was just amazing and cannot be coppied by anyone but the MAN himself

@TheGreatestOfAllTime7228 Ай бұрын

This is legit his best run. Like the amount of prestige John Cena gave to the US title was unmatchable... this very run was a win win for everyone. Just beautiful

@InkedupT-raw Ай бұрын

Man this run I believe made alot of the haters start to cheer Cena it was gold & it WORKED!!! 💯💯💯👆

@Pierrepaule Ай бұрын

You know what I would love to have ? Is when LA Knight beats Logan Paul and take the United Sates Championship at SummerSlam I want LA Knight to bring back the US Open Challenge. To bring back the prestige of the United States Championship.

@djdarq6311 Ай бұрын

What prestige? It has no real lineage

@neoterumi4772 Ай бұрын

Maybe not prestige but instead make the title seem like a title instead of how it’s treated rn

@poseidonmedia Ай бұрын

@@djdarq6311 You don’t need a lineage to have prestige. You can still make a title feel important like they did in this run with Cena.

@n00bc0de7 Ай бұрын

@djdarq6311 What do you mean it has no lineage? It has John Cena, Seth Rollins, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, etc.

@BUSHIDO117 Ай бұрын

Second reply iv seen you in you annoying ass hater @@djdarq6311

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*14:21* I would *NEVER FORGET* the *Host of WWE SUMMERSLAM 2015* and *former host of The Daily Show,* *Jon Stewart* attacks *John Cena* with a *Steel Chair,* leaving *Seth Rollins defeating John Cena* & winning *BOTH* the *WWE World Heavyweight & United States Championships* in a *Title For Title Match, Winner Take All, For Both The United States & WWE World Heavyweight Championships.*

@PrayasRahangdale Ай бұрын

I still hate Alberto del rio till this day for beating John Cena and ending his great reign. That 10 yr old me was mad at del rio and it continues till this day. 🇺🇲

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*3:37**-**6:39* *NXT Champion Kevin Owens* makes *his debut* in *WWE* and attacks *United States Champion John Cena,* during *John Cena’s United States Championship Open Challenge.* 🇺🇸

@keno696 Ай бұрын

John cena is super cena

@animeswordsman9705 Ай бұрын

Wes Lee had some really good open Challenges with the NA title

@potas8 20 күн бұрын

he got us hyped for a weekly show

@theunforgiven2885 4 күн бұрын

Cena is a legend he has earned his respect.The gimmick they gave him in the beginning is why so many people were turned off but he has come so far and he's one hell of a wrestler...period

@jjayala 24 күн бұрын

I got back into wrestling at this time as my life was in absolute shambles and i wanted some joy lol. Great run. The KO debut

@sportlegend4444 Ай бұрын

It was one of my favorite thing in 2015

@paulwatson3025 Ай бұрын

That title was the most important title in the company at the time. No doubt about that

@dylanbryant3547 Ай бұрын

John cena was a beast in 2015

@aigoorng9320 23 күн бұрын

Cena made that US Title worth much much more and probably my favorite title runs. Just the variety of matches and exposure to new or up-and-coming superstars made these title matches so good.

@therealmachine08 22 күн бұрын

Cena in the early 2000s, before The Time is Now, it was short, boring, but it holds a soft spot in my heart.

@noahjones3769 Ай бұрын

I loved John Cena's US title run more than his WWE title runs. Plus, this was around the time John had rivalries with Seth and KO which was the start of John incorporating new moves in his arsenal like the Sunset Flip Powerbomb and the Spring board stunner. Cena was easily the greatest US champion of all time.

@tyreepowell8367 Ай бұрын

I Remember John Cena's United States Championship Open Challenge Like It Was Yesterday

@kevin75c 25 күн бұрын

Nothing was better than his first wwe title run

@J.D.hy1gd Ай бұрын

One of the reason 2015 was my favourite year of WWE

@cainmazarello3037 Ай бұрын

Greatest U.S. champion ever

@gykx92 Ай бұрын

Rusev wasn't undefeated at the time, he'd lost matches by DQ, but wwe was in it's "Fans are stupid and dont remember anything" era, so they slowly shifted "never been pinned or submitted" to undefeated.

@DylanQuitoriano Ай бұрын

Then they had him drop it to del rio LMFAO

@rottyhange8261 Ай бұрын

11:05 Cesaro looking like Jason Statham

@claymathewselevator8121 Ай бұрын

Jon Stewart and Seth Rollins have a strange history together 😂

@RTG625 Ай бұрын

#WeWantCena 😢❤️❤️

@djdarq6311 Ай бұрын

No we don’t 😂 worst era of all time

@RTG625 Ай бұрын

@@djdarq6311 Still It doesn't means that Cena was worst he was the best thing that the wwe was going on in the 2010's Fact If john Cena wasn't there all this years WWE were been dead Cena carried the company more than everybody did that's why his the goat this men deserves his flowers🙏❤️❤️

@bigdonald123 Ай бұрын

Hell no the super cena era is the worst era of alltime he was lucky tsker, hbk, hhh were still around

@coreynance3874 Ай бұрын

i know this has nothing to do with the video but that John Cena and Kevin Owens feud from Monday night Raw in 2016 was awesome and epic.💯👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

@BboyZoinks 8 күн бұрын

This was such a freaking fun time for wrestling

@ronnieaghakhani1462 28 күн бұрын

What editing software was used to create the effects in this video?

@Nicksisgoated 16 күн бұрын

WWE needs to have a weekly open challenge for US and IC title

@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987 Ай бұрын

John Cena the G.O.A.T my all-time favorite in WWE History the 16X World Champion 0:04

@Irtixxa 11 күн бұрын

I still remember the Kevin Owens vs John Cena feud, it was kinda entertaining

@silverfuryranger 29 күн бұрын

Wwe was shit at this time. That's why people remember Cena's US title reing as something special

@mbulelomdoda1494 21 күн бұрын

To this day, no one has elevated or even made the US title feel just as important as John Cena did back in 2015

@TimeTParadox 19 күн бұрын

Banger after Banger after Banger!

@afshansaif Ай бұрын

The most important thing was some of his matches were more better than the main events.

@claymathewselevator8121 Ай бұрын

Cena and Kofi Kingston should’ve had a match

@unholyperiodza5442 Ай бұрын

Cena was the last good US champion ever. The US title has been a curse since Dolph Ziggler won it and vacated it soon after in 2018. Afterwards we had terrible champions like Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe and Austin Theory.

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

Why did *Dolph Ziggler* vacated the *United States Championship?*

@rishitsharma8791 15 күн бұрын

That's the John Cena effect baby❤

@parthkotak6467 Ай бұрын

Can you please tell the introduction song name?

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*9:18* *Cesaro (Antonio Cesaro)*

@kayleglaister4657 12 күн бұрын

That was the best run with the us title

@TheWonesMusic 8 күн бұрын

Awesome

@NoboD-y Ай бұрын

He talks like Welt from HSR

@willieroland5814 Ай бұрын

My favorite cena run

@akhilroy1069 Ай бұрын

John Cena gave everything to WWE for over a decade, carrying the company and being a true workhorse. It's disheartening to see WWE Universe disrespect him after the Rock vs. Cena saga. The way WWE ended his career was totally disrespectful for a legend of his caliber. Cena deserved much better from both the company and the fans. #RespectCena #WWE

@s1991kmn Ай бұрын

Cena stayed at the top for over a decade. That alone makes him the Goat. No one lasted or even stayed relevant that long without major gimmick change. Hogan turned heel, Undertaker became the American badass, neither Austin nor Rock lasted that long.

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*17:06* *John Cena* *NEVER* gets to be as *UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP* with the *NEW CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BELT DESIGN,* since *2020*.*

@PhenomenalOne1000 Ай бұрын

Del rio killed all the momentum Cena put on the U.S title in 2015,

@the_ssj3master392 Ай бұрын

Seth ended the goated reign. Del rio ended a 1 month reign. try again

@Must_gamer_7 Ай бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks rusev was also pretty good US champion.

@ahmedsh1864 Ай бұрын

God i miss these days

@Nickearl1 16 күн бұрын

The us open challenge proved everyone that said he can’t wrestle wrong lol

@reinerbraun6670 Ай бұрын

Losing to Alberto was one the worst calls

@Chris.Jackaman 13 күн бұрын

Even when he will retire. The champ with always be here, you just won't see him. 😢

@jefferyjones8399 Ай бұрын

I stopped watching for years because I got bored with Cena always being on top. I got back into it around the year before this due to Daniel Bryan and The Shield. While I didn't think he should have beaten Rusev, the open challenge was just well done and he really made his opponents look good. I finally understood Cena from that time on. While he was never the smoothest in ring technician, but he put in the work over the years and I respect that. He was finally willing to put over young talent and expand his own move set later in his career than anyone woudl have expected. Not to mention, the ability to get people emotionally invested. I realized that the problem over the late 2000s into the 2010s was never Cena. It was the booking that was lacking. McMahon (besides being a gross person) completely lost his touch when it came to booking in the years following WCW's death.

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*15:18* *Celebrity Beatdowns*

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*3:36**-**4:02* *John Cena vs. Stardust* *Raw, April 6, 2015* *United States Champion* *John Cena* 🇺🇸 *Stardust (Cody Rhodes)*

@MinMwan 21 күн бұрын

John Cena is the greatest of all time

@smvenkateshsmvenkatesh6950 Ай бұрын

Cena💛

@shaneaustin4418 Ай бұрын

I’ve seen this video like 3 different times

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*15:21* *Jon Stewart DESERVES IT!!!!!*

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*3:48* *John Cena vs. Rusev* *WWE United States Championship* *Russian Chain Match* 🇺🇸🇷🇺⛓️ *WWE United States Champion* *John Cena* 🇺🇸 *Rusev* *(w/Lana)* 🇷🇺 *WWE EXTREME RULES 2015*

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*1:30* *WWE WRESTLEMANIA 31 (2015) Official Match Card* *John Cena vs. Rusev* *United States Championship* 🇺🇸 *John Cena* *CHALLENGER* 🇺🇸 *Rusev* *CHAMPION* *United States Champion* *Rusev* 🇷🇺🇺🇸 *(w/Lana)* 🇷🇺

@nakulkumar4197 Ай бұрын

No one can make mid card title better than WWE title, not even Roman or Rock.

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*7:38* *John Cena vs. Kevin Owens* *Champion vs. Champion* *United States Champion* *John Cena* 🇺🇸 *NXT Champion* *Kevin Owens* *WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER 2015*

@fredybudiman1257 Ай бұрын

remember people chant "john cena suck" even when he works so hard???

@garrattkenion2439 Ай бұрын

Everybody knows why he brought prestige back to the US title .

@shaneoleary9919 Ай бұрын

John cena fire yay

@davidsiaffa1709 Ай бұрын

GOAT

@mr.awesome6011 Ай бұрын

All it did for me was prove that belts are nothing more than props. After Cena lost it, it went right back to the pre-show. Let's just call this run for what it really is. Cena wins lol but with extra steps.

@claymathewselevator8121 Ай бұрын

Made me a Kevin Owens fan

@JakeLlavore Ай бұрын

*15:18* *John Cena confronts and attacks the host of WWE SUMMERSLAM 2015 & former host Of ‘The Daily Show’, Jon Stewart!!!!!*

@mohammadidris5774 Ай бұрын

Mine may be an unpopular opinion but i didn't care much for those open challenge segments. Sure, there were great matches but for me its not just good matches but gotta have a story to tell. For what its worth Cena's Open Challenge was better than others. It did what it should (showcase new talents). But overall i didn't like weekly open challenges.

@jugglerj0e Ай бұрын

It doesn't matter which title Cena won or his best title reign. The greatest thing he's ever done is all the Make-A-Wishes he's fulfilled (over 650). How many wrestlers, athletes, or celebrities can say that. And he did it for Nothing in return.