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The Rock vs. John Cena Results: Highlights, Recap and Review

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The Rock vs. John Cena Results: Highlights, Recap and Review
What Does It Mean for the Rock?
What Does It Mean for John Cena?
What Does It Mean for the WWE?
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The Rock returned to his rightful place atop the WWE with a resounding victory over John Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII on Sunday night in Miami, turning a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity into a second chance at superstardom.

Somehow, someway, the mega match between these two longtime superstars of the wrestling world lived up to the considerable hype as both men battled through pain and fatigue to settle a score that'd been building for a year, since these two foes set a date with destiny shortly after WrestleMania XXVII.

But now that the damage is done, what does the result mean for each man? And, more importantly, what does it mean for the WWE?

What Does It Mean for the Rock?

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What better place, and under what better circumstances, for The Rock to officially reclaim his seat atop the WWE hierarchy than in Miami, where he played college football for the Hurricanes, against John Cena, the most ubiquitous star in wrestling since Hollywood came calling?

Of course, it didn't come easy for "The Man Sometimes Known as Dwayne Johnson." "The Prototype" was in control for much of the match, nearly putting The Rock to sleep with an STF.

But The Rock stayed within himself, and ultimately took advantage of Cena's hubristic attempt at a People's Elbow to finish off the man that fans most love to hate with a Rock Bottom.

Chances are, The Rock will do his darnedest to parlay this breakthrough into another shot at a title belt, though who and which one he goes after remain to be seen.

What Does It Mean for John Cena?

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The loss can be little other than devastating to John Cena, as much for how it happened as the fact that it happened at all.

Cena had spent a year preparing for this challenge and years before that as the nearly-unchallenged champion of the WWE, racking up big wins and title belts with an almost reckless abandon while The Rock busted his acting chops in Hollywood.

The glitz and glamour belonged to Cena, until it didn't, until The People's Champion, the most beloved wrestler in recent memory, returned to push Cena off his pedestal.

Cena seemed oddly out of character for the entire match, attempting to embrace his bad side to little ultimate effect. Kane must've been proud, both to see Cena attempt to turn heel and for him to fail against The Rock.

Interestingly enough, it was Cena's most out-of-character move—his co-opting of The Rock's People's Elbow—that proved to be his undoing, as The Rock quickly turned that mishap into a Rock Bottom for the win.

Cena still has a ways to go before he hits rock bottom of his own, though he clearly has work to do to scale the proverbial mountain once again.

What Does It Mean for the WWE?

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Like most of WrestleMania XXVIII, the result of Cena-Rock seemed to signify a step back into the past, not so much the "End of an Era" as the return to a prior win.

Victories by Kane, The Big Show and The Undertaker suggested that the spring of 2012 would, indeed, be one of renewal for Vince McMahon's empire, one further punctuated by The Rock's win and all that it represented for the old guard of wrestling.

That doesn't mean, though, that the fogies are necessarily moving in for good. CM Punk was able to fend off elder statesman Chris Jericho while Sheamus continued his climb up the ladder by stealing the World Heavyweight Championship from Daniel Bryan.

But for now, wrestling fans can rejoice, knowing that the one man cut out to defeat Cena, the one man with a fan following and an ego bigger than Cena's, came out on top.

All told, the WrestleMania finale was a melding of the WWE's past with its present, with little regard for the future.

Not that anyone who watched will complain about that.

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April 8, 2013

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John Cena shocked the world Sunday night at WrestleMania 29 by defeating The Rock for the WWE Championship in the main event of the company’s biggest show of the year.

As big as the title win is for Cena, it comes on the heels of arguably the worst year of his career.

Cena lost to the Rock at last year’s WrestleMania and was the first superstar in history that cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and failed to win the title. The marquee victory Sunday finally puts the current face of the company over the WWE’s former top draw; the torch has officially been passed.

Not only does Cena steal the biggest win of his career on the biggest wrestling stage there is, the leader of the CeNation walks out of WrestleMania 29 as the WWE Champion.

The victory marks the 11th time Cena has won the company’s most prestigious title and the 13th time he has won a WWE world title.

As great as this victory was for the fans of Cena, The Rock undoubtedly has a rematch clause in the event that he did lose. When he gets that match will be a huge developing storyline.

There are rumors that The Rock will be at performing at Extreme Rules 2013 (h/t Wrestling Inc.), and a rubber match between the two megastars would make the secondary pay-per-view unforgettable.

Allowing Cena to have his first title defense against The Rock would be a huge coup for the WWE, and Cena winning would make the WWE champion look invincible.

It had been well over a year since the last time Cena won the WWE Championship, and it was about time that the staple of the company was able to oust the part-time champion and take back the WWE’s marquee prize.

Now that Cena has overcome the odds and ousted his biggest nemesis in The Rock, he can now continue to build on his already impressive legacy, including his assault on the history books.

Cena trails only Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund in terms of combined days as WWE Champion (h/t WWE.com), and an extended reign with the title would have him making a serious run at the title of “Greatest Wrestler of All Time.”

As much as smarky fans will continue to hate Cena, expect the WWE champion to cut promos on every Raw and expect him to win…a lot.

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Who won in Rock vs John Cena?

Did rock ever fight John Cena?

John Cena and The Rock faced each other in back-to-back WrestleManias. John Cena and The Rock faced each other at WrestleMania 28 and WrestleMania 29. At WrestleMania XXVIII, the two men faced each other in what was billed as a "Once In A Lifetime" match.