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Brock Lesnar face to face with John Cena after his return in April 2012. On the April 2 episode of Raw , John Cena spoke about his loss to The Rock the previous night at WrestleMania XXVIII , which was dubbed a once-in-a-lifetime match and the most important battle of Cena's career.
John Cena vs The Rock was the second time that a WrestleMania main event was back-to-back (the first being Bret Hart vs Yokozuna WrestleMania IX and X). Other prominent matches included The Undertaker defeating CM Punk , concluding a storyline revolving around Paul Bearer 's death and The Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak .
Cena then executed a third Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar and applied a second STF, only for Lesnar to reach the ropes. Cena applied a third STF, but Lesnar again reached the ropes. Cena then locked Lesnar in a fourth STF, but Cena let Lesnar out of the hold when he refused to submit. In the end, Cena executed a fourth Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar.
John Cena made his in-ring WrestleMania debut at the event, by defeating Big Show to win his first title in WWE, the WWE United States Championship. Also on the card was a match between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar, with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee.
The Rock vs. John Cena match was re-broadcast on August 25 2012 on NBC and later issued on DVD and Blu-ray, collected under the title of The Rock vs John Cena: Once in a Lifetime. [3] The match was later included in WWE Best PPV Matches of 2012 as the Most Anticipated WrestleMania Match of All Time. [4]
In the main event, John Cena defended his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman). In the first 30 seconds of the match, Lesnar executed an F-5 on Cena for a near-fall. After, the match was a one-sided beatdown. Lesnar executed 2 German suplexes and a vertical suplex on Cena.
John Felix Anthony Cena (/ ˈ s iː n ə / SEE-nə; born April 23, 1977) [11] is an American actor and professional wrestler.As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2001 and is a record 16-time world champion as recognized by WWE alongside Ric Flair, [a] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
The event was held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.. Extreme Rules is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by WWE since 2009. The concept of the show is that the event features various matches that are contested under hardcore rules and generally features one Extreme Rules match.