John Cena WrestleMania Star Ratings: How Dave Meltzer has ranked the 16-time World Champion at ‘Mania
John Cena is set to take his final walk down the aisle at WrestleMania this year to face Cody Rhodes. The match for the Undisputed WWE Championship is undoubtedly the biggest of as-of-yet not fully fleshed-out two nights, and the recent heel turn of Cena is adding even more intrigue to his final bow at WWE WrestleMania 41.
Dave Meltzer has of course seen and rated every single match from the WrestleMania career of the 16-time World Champion, and we’ll be going through the star ratings he issued to Cena’s matches at the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’ here.
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Dave Meltzer John Cena Star Ratings at WrestleMania
Dave Meltzer’s star ratings are issued to matches on major PPV/Premium Live Event cards every Friday following the event in that week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Here are the ratings that were given to all of the matches from Cena’s WWE career starting at his first match at WrestleMania XX:
WrestleMania 20: John Cena vs. Big Show
- Rating: *1/4
WrestleMania 21: John Cena vs. John “Bradshaw” Layfield (JBL)
- Rating: *1/4
WrestleMania 22: John Cena vs. Triple H
- Rating: ***3/4 stars
WrestleMania 23: John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels
- Rating: ****
WrestleMania 24: John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Triple H (Triple Threat Match)
- Rating: ***1/2
WrestleMania 25: John Cena vs. Edge vs. Big Show (Triple Threat Match)
- Rating: ***1/4 stars .
WrestleMania 26: John Cena vs. Batista
- Rating: ***1/2 stars
WrestleMania 27: John Cena vs. The Miz
- Rating: *1/4 stars
WrestleMania 28: John Cena vs. The Rock
- Rating: ***3/4 stars
WrestleMania 29: John Cena vs. The Rock
- Rating: ***1/2 stars
WrestleMania 30: John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
- Rating: ***1/2 stars
WrestleMania 31: John Cena vs. Rusev
- Rating: ***1/2 stars
WrestleMania 33: John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse (Mixed Tag Team Match)
- Rating: **1/4 stars
WrestleMania 34: John Cena vs. The Undertaker
- Rating: *1/4
WrestleMania 36: John Cena vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Firefly Fun House Match)
- Not traditionally rated due to cinematic style
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What is the worst rating Dave Meltzer has given John Cena at WrestleMania?
To date, the worst rating that has been given to a John Cena match in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is split four ways: vs Big Show at WrestleMania XX, vs JBL at WrestleMania 21, vs The Miz at WrestleMania 27 and vs The Undertaker at WrestleMania 34.
Arguably, The Miz vs John Cena in the main event of WrestleMania 27 is classed as the ‘worst’ rated due to the bout being the headline card of the show and grossly underperforming to an expected match of that stature.
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What is the best rating Dave Meltzer has given John Cena at WrestleMania?
As of writing, John Cena’s WrestleMania 23 match against Shawn Michaels is the best rated by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which he gave 4 out of 5 stars.
Has Dave Meltzer ever given John Cena a 5 Star Rating for a match at WrestleMania?
To date, John Cena has not received a 5 star rating for any match that he has been part of at WWE’s WrestleMania PPV/PLE.
Cena has received a 5-star rating from the WON for his 2011 match at Money in the Bank against CM Punk for the WWE Championship.