Against John Cena, Umaga Takes the Stairs

EXTRA BIG EGG for Cena Month concludes with the Last Man Standing Match from the 2007 Royal Rumble.

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I went into this viewing of John Cena vs. Umaga from the 2007 Royal Rumble with a question pre-written in my notes: Is John Cena vs. Umaga the greatest WWE match of all time? It’s a big question that has simple answer: No, it is not. It isn’t even John Cena’s best match (right now I’m leaning Cena/Brock from Extreme Rules 2012). But I had the question written down because, for a very long time, I did have it penciled in at or near the top of the list, this weird hybrid of modernized WWE brawling, territory-era monster vs. ace booking, and one of my least favorite gimmick matches, a bloody mess of a match that ends with Cena screaming like a Final Girl while choking out Umaga, who goes through an almost upsetting amount of head and back trauma in the process.