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***** So does that make Sheamus [[That One Boss]] for Cena?

* In fact, most of WWE's main event faces seem to have this aura of invincibility around them. [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[The Undertaker]] will lose cleanly literally once in a blue moon. (For those wondering, a blue moon is an actual occurrence: the second full moon in a month.)

** [[Hulk Hogan]]'s actually a fairly interesting example here, as that same aura of invincibility that made him a god in the [[~~WWE~~|WWF]] bored [[WCW]] fans to tears (well, that, and the horrible storylines and god-awful gimmicks that surrounded him). Then they turned him heel, and he became more popular than he was since he left WWF. Of course, then he greatly outstayed his welcome and the problems started again.

** [[Hulk Hogan]]'s actually a fairly interesting example here, as that same aura of invincibility that made him a god in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] bored [[WCW]] fans to tears (well, that, and the horrible storylines and god-awful gimmicks that surrounded him). Then they turned him heel, and he became more popular than he was since he left WWF. Of course, then he greatly outstayed his welcome and the problems started again.

* The [[Ultimate Warrior]] is the poster child of an "Invincible Hero." The [[Ultimate Warrior]] possessed an arsenal that consisted of clotheslines and shoulder blocks. He managed to beat the Honky Tonk Man in 31 seconds for the IC belt, beat [[Hulk Hogan]] for the world belt at the next Wrestlemania, and generally never lost a match unless severe interference was involved. He was eventually fired for extorting [[Vince McMahon]] for money. He was eventually rehired by Vince and made a return at Wrestlemania XII. He capped off his career in the WWF by completely no-selling [[Triple H]]'s Pedigree and remaining undefeated until he was fired again.

* Any match between a main eventer (face or heel) and someone lower down the card involving a potential world title change will inevitably involve this. Even if the lower-carder ''does'' manage to win, it's usually the result of a disqualification or countout (on which the title cannot change hands); if not, it's a non-title match, often for the lower-carder to "earn" a title shot. [[Like You Would Really Do It|Like you would REALLY]] have Shelton Benjamin win the world title.

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** Incidentally, one of Bugs' greatest defeats happened off-screen, in a cartoon he only cameoed in. In "Porky Pig's Feat", Daffy and Porky are trapped in a hotel room because they can't pay the bill. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Finally, Porky suggests they call Bugs for advice. It turns out Bugs is locked in the next room over (he tried all the stuff they did).

* Most ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' protagonists leaned into this trope (such as Tweety Bird, despite him being way smaller than his nemesis Sylvester), perhaps even more so Speedy Gonzales, whose [[Super Speed]] made him near untouchable by antagonists such as Sylvester (the odd occasion the cat actually placed the mouse in his mouth he often merely charged with enough power to rip (harmlessly) through his tail, suggesting it was actually ''physically impossible'' for Sylvester to eat Speedy).

** On the other hand, Speedy was perhaps the one character to gain positive [[Character Development]] during the [[Dork Age|De Patie Freleng era]], being placed in more incidental roles where he was occasionally shown to have more difficulty gaining a victory. Despite this however the short ''Mucho Locos'' seemingly counts as his sole true loss (ironically against [[Daffy Duck]], who at that point was often viewed as Bugs' [[Straw Loser|polar opposite]].

** On the other hand, Speedy was perhaps the one character to gain positive [[Character Development]] during the [[Dork Age|De Patie Freleng era]], being placed in more incidental roles where he was occasionally shown to have more difficulty gaining a victory. Despite this however the short ''Mucho Locos'' seemingly counts as his sole true loss (ironically against [[Daffy Duck]]), who at that point was often viewed as Bugs' [[Straw Loser|polar opposite]].

*** Bugs actually has more losses than Tweety and Speedy. Justified in that Tweety and Speedy were more or less fighting for their lives all the time, whereas the occasions where Bugs lost were either him being a [[Jerkass]] or a situation that he had no control over. Tweety and Speedy never fought minor battles, so they never had minor losses.

*** The odd occasion Speedy lost was usually when he took his gloating a little too far, and an already defeated and harmless villain [[Who's Laughing Now?|got a final laugh]] (eg. "Pancho's Hideaway"). The one alternate is in "Mucho Locos" when Daffy (who for once isn't antagonising Speedy) hears him mocking him behind his back and mallets him on the head. Tweety's appearances however never went outside evading a hungry cat, thus he became the only protagonist to never lose (outside possibly [[Hero Antagonist|the Road Runner]]).