Cena defeated Kurt Angle at No Way Out 2005 in a number one contender's match, and JBL retained the WWE Championship against Big Show in the first-ever Barbed Wire Steel cage match in the main event.

Few wrestlers in the history of WWE have had a career as decorated and era-defining as John Cena. From his debut in 2002 with that iconic Ruthless Aggression slap to Kurt Angle, to now bidding ...

WrestleMania 21: John Cena vs. JBL (c) for the WWE championship (April 2005) Long before he had a chance at title No. 17, Cena had to get over the hump with his first WWE world championship reign.