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Old 05-26-2012, 11:40 PM   #4
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Really though? I love Chris Jericho. One of my all time favorites...but there's no way a win over him was bigger than a win over Triple H at the time...or pretty much ever, really.
I never for a second bought that Triple H was going to beat Cena. He was already "the guy" to me. It was just another match to further establish Cena. Not initially establish him. Cena had spent 280 days as WWE Champion in his first reign prior to facing Triple H at WrestleMania 22. He had beaten pretty much everybody and lost the title before winning it back from Edge in like three weeks.

He was the guy, and while I'm not saying that a win over Triple H didn't further Cena's career in any way, I certainly don't consider it the milestone that MADE Cena, so to speak. In fact, I'm finding it hard to think of one that did.

I would almost go with Cena's initial WWE Title win, or his match against Kurt Angle that led to the title win. What I find interesting about Cena's feud with Jericho, however, is that this is when the backlash against Cena started, and I think that has been a pretty definitive element of his reign at the top.
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