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In the illustrious professional wrestling career of John Cena, a lot of things which remained examples. One of the most entertaining things about his resting career had been the US Championship Open Challenge that he used to issue to any wrestlers in the locker room. Anyone could step up to him and challenge for the WWE United States Championship.
The WWE US Championship Open Challenge is widely praised by the wrestling world, and it still stands out. After John Cena won the WWE United States Championship during the PG Era, he was already an established star, and he won the WWE World Championship multiple times. So it had been an excellent idea to defend the championship regularly to anyone who wanted to challenge for it.
John Cena talks about the WWE US Championship Open Challenge
And that was how the WWE US Championship Open Challenge was discovered. John Cena recently talked about the WWE US Championship Open Challenge and how it stood out. Recently, the five times WWE United States champion spoke with Tom Rinaldi, where he revealed the following wine disgusting the insider of the US Championship Challenge;
John Cena used to conduct with challenge when he was the WWE United States Champion
“When I won the US Title, right after — I think two years after main eventing with The Rock at MetLife. And two years later, I have the United States Champion. This is another throughline of my career: nothing is a demotion. It’s simply an opportunity. And I don’t know how many performers, after being at such a standard, would look at, ‘I’m not doing the US Title. It’s beneath me.’ I was like, ‘Lemme have that. I can do something with this.’
“And when I get it, I’m like, ‘Well, what are your plans?’ ‘Nothing.’ ‘That’s great. Because now I can make something with it.’ And I used it as a way to try to get high-profile matches on TV. Longer matches on TV, because at that time we were looking for matches and less talk. And profile new Superstars.
He wrestled his farewell match against Gunther last Saturday
"So every time I came out, ‘Who’s it gonna be?’ So I have all this new talent, talent that could teach me. So I’m learning, we’re giving these guys a chance. And they get a chance to hear the noise, to hit that one good golf shot, see what it feels like.”
This challenge became an example for later wrestlers, and multiple other talents have done it before. Sami Zayn did it recently, but could not go very long as he dropped the title to Ilja Dragunov. Even Ilja Dragunov, who is the present WWE United States Champion, is conducting the US Open challenge every week on SmackDown. But John Cena definitely deserves all the credit for this amazing idea.
