<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UCena ubuyile ngokuzumayo njengomhlanganyeli wokugcina womdlalo weRoyal Rumble, ewina, kanye nomdlalo wendabuko weWrestleMania XXIV, ngokuqeda okokugcina u-Triple H. Esikhundleni sokulinda kuze kube yiWrestleMania, umqhudelwano wethiyetha waqashwa ngokumelene no-WWE Champion uRandy Orton ngo-2008s No Way Out emdlalweni uCena awunqobile ngokuvinjelwa futhi, ngakho-ke, awunikwanga ubuqhawe. Ngobusuku obulandelayo ku- Raw, uCena wabuyiselwa emuva emdlalweni we-WWE Championship we-WrestleMania enqoba u-Orton emdlalweni ongeyona isihloko no-Triple H njengomahluleli oyisivakashi esikhethekile, okwenza kube ngumdlalo wesongo kathathu phakathi kwala madoda amathathu, ngesikhathi lapho abekwa khona ngu-Orton. E-Backlash, uCena wehluleka ukubuyisa isicoco emdlalweni wokuqothulwa kwabane, lapho aqothulwa khona ngu-Orton. Ngesikhathi salo mdlalo, uCena wasusa i-JBL, evuselela ukungezwani kwabo kusuka ngo-2005. UCena wanqoba i-JBL  <response>: I-Judgment Day bese kuba yi-One Night Stand emdlalweni we-First Blood. UCena futhi wehluleka ukubuyisa i-WWE Championship ku-Triple H e-Night of Champions. Kamuva, i-JBL yahlula uCena emzabalazweni wokupaka izimoto eNew York City eThe Great American Bash ngoJulayi ukuqeda umbango. Ngo-Agasti 4 isiqephu se- Raw, uCena waba yi-World Tag Team Champion okwesibili, ehlangana noBatista ukunqoba uCody Rhodes noTed DiBiase kodwa bahluleka ukugcina ubuqhawe ngesonto elilandelayo ngokumelene nabanqobi bangaphambili. UCena wahlulwa uBatista eSummerSlam. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, uCena waqanjwa njengomunye wabaphikisi abane be-CM Punks World Heavyweight Championship emdlalweni we-Championship Scramble ku-Unforgiven, kodwa wathathelwa indawo nguRey Mysterio ngemuva kokuhlupheka nge-herniated disc entanyeni yakhe emdlalweni wakhe eSummerSlam, obedinga ukuhlinzwa. UCena wahlinzwa ngempumelelo ukuze kulungiswe ukulimala. 