4. The Miz (SmackDown)
- 65 singles matches (including house shows and dark matches) against Cena; first televised/PPV match came at 2009’s The Bash
- had a <1 day run alongside Cena with the tag team titles in 2011
- Shared memorable feuds over the World Heavyweight Championship including the Miz retaining his title over Cena at WrestleMania XXVII making him one of just a handful of wrestlers to beat Cena at the show of shows; Cena won the title back in a triple threat with Miz and John Morrison at Extreme Rules and defended it against Miz in an I Quit match at Over the Limit
- 9 PPV matches against Cena (including multi-man matches but excluding Royal Rumbles) including two WrestleManias
- Last wrestled Cena (excluding 2025 Royal Rumble) in 2024
Thoughts on being one of Cena’s final opponents via The Schmo
“John Cena has five matches left – or five dates, I don’t even know how many matches are left in his pocket, but there’s five dates. That’s it. That’s five Superstars that are gonna get an opportunity to be in the ring and I want myself to be one of them. I’ve been vocal. I’ve been the first person to say out there that I wanna put my name in the hat to go against John Cena. I was the first person, when I heard about the whole farewell tour. I said, ‘I wanna be the first person to put my name in the hat.’”
