the rock won between john cena and the rock at wrestlemania in 2012.
the rock won between john cena and the rock at wrestlemania in 2012.
who won between john cena and the rock at wrestlemania in 2012?
the rock
the main event of wrestlemania xxviii pitted the rock wrestling against john cena. on the february 14, 2011 episode of "raw", the rock was revealed as the host of wrestlemania xxvii, and upon his return to wwe, began a feud with john cena (and cena's opponent at that wrestlemania, then-wwe champion, the miz), which continued for weeks in terms of verbal insults, until the march 28 episode of "raw", where cena delivered the attitude adjustment to the rock after he fended off attacks from the miz and alex riley. at wrestlemania xxvii, the rock got involved in the main event wwe championship match between the miz and john cena, which initially ended in a double count-out. after the match was restarted under no disqualifications, no count-outs rules, the rock delivered a rock bottom to cena, thus enabling the miz to win the match. the next night on "raw", cena challenged the rock to a one-on-one match; rock accepted and proposed that it be held at wrestlemania xxviii. after winning the championship from the miz at extreme rules, cena interrupted the rock's birthday celebrations during the may 2 episode of "raw" to announce his intention to defend the wwe championship against the rock at wrestlemania xxviii. such intentions were however thwarted by cena losing the title against cm punk at money in the bank in july. at survivor series in november, cena teamed with the rock (who wrestled his first wwe match in almost eight years, last competing at wrestlemania xx), and billed as "the most charismatic tag team", and defeated the miz and r-truth. after the match, the rock gave a rock bottom to cena.
wrestlemania xxviii
at no way out, john cena defeated kurt angle to earn a spot in the smackdown main event at wrestlemania. during the latter event, john "bradshaw" layfield successfully defended the wwe championship against the big show in a barbed wire steel cage match. as a result of cena's win, he began a feud with john "bradshaw" layfield and his cabinet. on the february 24 edition of "smackdown", cena and the big show defeated jbl and orlando jordan. the following week, jbl cut a promo on cena, and insulted him, while cena defended his united states title against jordan. jordan won the match after the basham brothers distracted the referee, and jbl hit cena with the wwe championship belt. they then blew up cena's customized design of the united states championship, and replaced it with the original one. later that night, cena brought a steel lead pipe to the ring with him and ordered jbl to come out to the ring and fight him, only to have the smackdown general manager, theodore long make his way to the ring and inform cena that he had to wait until wrestlemania to get his hands on jbl. cena then gave the ultimatum for long to be part of a solution or part of the problem. cena then stated "since you're not going to bring jbl out here, then you're part of the problem." cena then nailed teddy long with an fu and was thrown out of the arena. during jbl's match that night, cena returned and attacked the cabinet. the next week, long announced that if cena laid a hand on jbl, apart from in matches, he would lose his wrestlemania match. in a six-man tag team match that night, john cena and the wwe tag team champions, eddie guerrero and rey mysterio defeated jbl and the basham brothers, but cena had to stop himself from attacking jbl after the bell had rung. on a later edition of "smackdown!", long clarified that if jbl physically provoked cena, then cena could retaliate. cena then attempted to provoke jbl, by vandalising his limousine, and spray painting "fu" on jbl's shirt. on the last "smackdown!" before wrestlemania, however, jbl interrupted cena's match against carlito and had cena arrested for vandalism and, once cena was handcuffed, jbl nailed him with a low blow and ended the show by leaving cena laying defenseless.
wrestlemania 21