Column: Does WWE Need John Cena?
Recently I wrote an article slating John Cena as being a waste of space as a wrestler and a negative force in the WWE, stealing the spotlight for other, more deserving, superstars. But watching Smackdown this week and listening to the cheers that Edge got throughout his tirade it occurred to me that perhaps John Cena is essential to the company.
Despite Vince McMahon being the first wrestling owner to break kayfabe it is obvious that he still believes in keeping it in the business. A huge part of wrestling kayfabe is the rivalry between babyface and heel. As well as the wrestlers selling their roles we also play a part too, by cheering the babyfaces and booing the heels, or at least we used to.
It’s been said many time by the ‘haters’ of Cena (me included) that most of his fans are teenage girls and young children. Or in other words fans who either don’t care about kayfabe and only care that Cena is “hot”, or fans who are too young to know anything but the kayfabe side of the business. While I believe this to be true I can’t help but cast my mind back to a time when I asked a wrestling fan of forty odd years why, if Cena is like Hogan, does he get booed and Hogan was always cheered. He told me that Hogan, like Cena, was known to have little wrestling talent and was all hype, but in this the fans still cheered. It was not because they believed Hogan to be this amazing wrestler, instead it was because he was the businesses main face and as such cheering was just what you did. They were keeping up their end of the kayfabe bargain. The WWE presented Hogan as the ultimate face and the fans when along with it, not because they were tricked or fooled by the kayfabe but because they knew it made the product better overall.
Look at Monday Night Raw, Cena vs. Jericho, the fans here in England were cheering Jericho’s punches and booing Cena’s. While at the time I enjoyed this I realise now that maybe it’s not a good thing. How can Jericho sell himself as the ultimate mean spirited heel if we as fans constantly cheer him? Sure I’d love it if Cena was booed out of the arena, but that would destroy the whole nature of the business.
On the other hand you could say that the WWE should just wake up to the fact that lots of fans don’t like Cena as a babyface and turn him heel. But then you have two problems; one, you’d be alienating all the kids who do see Cena as this righteous hero and buy all his t-shirts and stupid caps. And two, if you turn a wrestler just judging by a crowds reaction then superstars would be flipping back and forth all the time as kids cheered for good actions and most adult, male fans cheered for the more hardcore and seemingly smarter wrestlers who are seen to win by any means necessary. It does happen to an extent like that but it is the company who ultimately makes the decisions on who is a face and who is a heel, not the fans.
Maybe the whole idea of kayfabe should just be scrapped all together. Its been a good long while since Vince revealed to his audience that wrestling is scripted and his company has survived, if not thrived, despite this revelation. So you have to ask the question of whether we as fans really need kayfabe to enjoy watching wrestling. Look at this site for instance, and the dozens of other sites on the internet dedicated to bringing us the story behind the story. I personally feel like more of a fan coming to this site to find out the reality of situations than I did when I just watched the show and was left guessing as to whether wrestlers really hated each other or if an on screen relationship was really legitimate or just fictional. This to me suggests that many wrestling fans don’t need solid kayfabe and that they would much rather see the reality behind the wrestling business being presented. But then would it really be the wrestling business anymore?
Many fans have turned to products like MMA and UFC claiming they are closer to reality. To be honest for me I don’t watch wrestling to see guys tap out and get kneed in the face repeatedly, I watch it as much for the story crafting as I do for the athletic competition. Sure I prefer the more clinical matches but without a storyline it just wouldn’t be as entertaining. So I think wrestling needs kayfabe, because without it the business might as well not exist. It’s the combination of soap opera and athleticism that makes sports entertainment what it is.
And at the heart of this mix? Babyfaces like John Cena. He is the ultimate babyface in a company that, now more than ever, needs babyfaces to survive with real contact sport alternatives growing in popularity every day. I personally hate the kids initiative, it does nothing for me as a wrestling fan, but as older fans turn away from the sport it is the kids that still buy into kayfabe that buy the merchandise, watch the program, and seem to be keeping the company afloat.
So it seems like there are two ways to go in sports-entertainment. You can either appeal to the fans who understand kayfabe but still watch, wanting to see both the storyline and the truth behind it. Or you can appeal to those fans who buy into the kayfabe of wrestling heart and soul and market your company as nothing but kayfabe. WWE has chosen the latter and that is why they need John Cena. As I said before in my last article I find myself turning more and more to TNA because it provides kayfabe without being too ‘kiddy’ about it, but for those of you who do not want to ‘cross the line’, embrace Cena and acknowledge him as a major selling point in the company you love, the WWE.
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Im sick of seeing cena and edge as champion because cena always has a title and edge gets on and loses it in less than a month i personally wanted cena to retain only to have punk come out and cash in money in the bankl taking the title to sd rather than edge winning it.
I totally agree with u john cena would be an absolute brilliant heel! i think he could be 1 of the best because his passion for the business is 2nd to no body, i mean i dont know any one who can have seruios neck surgery and just strole into the arena later the same day just wearing a band aid!
JOHN CENA 4 HEEL PUT HIM BACK IN TIGHTS AND BOOTS!
I am big time Cena and I am not a teenager and I think WWE trying to build him as Hogan and the older fans see what they are doing thats why they boo him out of the arenas stuff however if WWE do turn him into heel really start cheering for him I for one likes him better as heel than face but WWE is making too much money off him and they not going to turn him into a heel no time soon.
I disagree and agree on a few things.
The first thing I want to mention is that without all these kids who watched the product as opposed to 6-7 years ago, Cena would not be a babyface now. He probably wouldnt be close to where he is now. Frankly I dont like the guys charactor or his wrestling. It seems that ppv crowds have more experience then crowds in raw or smackdown because they cheer for people that kids dont know. I disagree in the sense that kids make the product. Do you really think that kids can just order a ppv or go to a show or even watch it without their parents permission? No. The adult fans make the show, because without there approval kids wouldnt buy the merchandise, ppvs or watch the shows and that leaves wwe in trouble. Adults watch more wwe then kids do if you look closely at the ratings. Another point I disagree on is that fans booing a face and cheering a heel isnt bad. Think back to Rock and Hogan. The people cheered Hogan who was a heel and didnt cheer Rock at wrestlemania when they faced off, and to this day that is one of the most memeorable moments in wwe history. I dont think its bad for fans to cheer for heels because it lets wwe know that fans are either tired of seeing the same faces be “superman” and that they want a change. So by all means I have no trouble with peple booing Cena. I dont think it destorys the nature of the business, it brings about change so fans will have more alternatives to cheer or boo for who they want. Now I agree that Cena is a important part of the business NOW. But think about it, you take away the kids watching it and girls for the most part and Cena get booed out of the arena completly. He has to turn he and he will, becuase kids grow up and then they will later be too good for Cena. Now take Orotn for example, hes a heel, but people like a good heel who is cold, dark and cocky beyond belief so he is often cheered. Same will go for Cena if he turns heel.
In conclusion, You have so much talent being held down from him ,and you take him out of the equation and you have more people being built. Which generates into more viewers and then generates to better ratings The past several weeks Raw has been conistent in ratings they even went above a 4.0 and Cena wasnt in the main event, Orton was. So does wwe need Cena? With the PG rating yes, but take out the rating and the kids range 6-12, and it is most definently no.
If you think Cena has “little wrestling talent” like Hogan, you’re obviously not watching. The guy is gold in the ring and is rarely out-performed in a big match situation.
Cena is the biggest name the company has ever seen aside from Austin and Hogan and if you think he’s only around because he sells merchandise, you’re a fool.
i dont think cena’s wrestling is great but i think it is somewhat underrated i mean honestly i love HHH as a wrestler but i dont view his wrestling much better. i think cena is a genuinely good guy and thats why i like him
Nice article man. I think kayfabe can never go, I for one can’t stand Cena as a wrestler but his mic ability is awesome, and he does have passion. I think the thing about Cena though he is a “White meat babyface” in an age when they don’t sell anymore. You need babyfaces like HHH, who do bend the rules but seem to fight the righteous battle. Cena is to much like Hulk Hogan for his own good, in this day and age it’s never goign to win over the audience, they’d be better off building the next big babyface and turning Cena heel. The age of the “White meat babyface” is dead, it died with Shawn Michaels turning DX, with the NWO. Just look at Austin and The Rock. Kayfabe should stay forever, it’s an escape for audiences of all ages to escape from the 9-5 working day, from reality. The day wrestling loses kayfabe is the day it dies.
who ever thinks triple h isnt a good wrestler can just suck it the game is better then anyone and im not just saying that i mean it if i had a chance to watch him wrestle ever night i would so if you have a problem with the game come talk to me
I’m a 30 year old that loves Cena he is one of the only reasons to watch raw that and Orton. The man can talk on the mic better then most and his strength is unlimited the man can picked up edge and big show. And people saying he steals the spot light look ant hhh finally he lost but he will have the title back by the end of the year. Did any body watch cena last night, he took the biggest bump last night when he went threw the spot light. After saying that all the guys booing its all jealousy of the man they wish they could be buff, funny and all around good guy. In this world today it’s nice to know your kids can look up to a sports figure and not have to worry about drugs and being just a complete ***hole.
Cena reminds me of some the football (soccer) players over here in the UK/Europe…The David Beckham’s the Ronaldo’s of the world Yes they have talent but in the eyes of their employers they can do no wrong because they’re the ones who bring the cash in with shirt sales, books dvd’s etc etc…And at the end of the day it won’t matter what anyone thinks about Cena if he’s WWE’s big cash cow at the moment he won’t be going any where soon because as we keep being told WWE is a business.
I think edge needs to grow some balls he fights like a girl john is the best
I feel the same as you, James, in that I got into wrestling because of the outlandish storylines and feuds, and still appreciate them as a major part of the business, but it’s the clinical matches that make me proud to be a wrestling fan and renew my excitement in wrestling. I also agree that John Cena is a major selling point for the WWE right now; he is the Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin of this era.
The other night I was out for dinner with some people from work, and the subject of my interest in wrestling came up. Some of the guys were mentioning their favourites, like Cena, Hogan and The Rock. I said they weren’t my favourites and they asked me why. I basically said I’m not into them as wrestlers because they’re sellouts, and that I enjoy watching the wrestler’s that the general public haven’t heard much about or don’t like. And they said I must really be a true wrestling fan.
Basically, what I’m trying to say is that I agree with you James, in that the true wrestling fans outside of Cena’s target audience/demographic might not be a fan of his, but he is essential to the WWE jugernaut and it’s appeal to children and the general public.
i don’t want a hulk hogan, i want the rock. Cena was great when he was a heal when he first came in, his mic skills were great, when wwe wasn’t G or PG. WWE have to take a risk before they loose all their old fans, because kids will get tired of wrestling and go on to the next fad in their lives. wwe needs to make a compromise; if wwe want to make a show for kids make a cartoon, make a separate show, but don’t ruin what we use to love, i miss the 00, 01, 02, 03 years, when wrestling was still interesting with storylines
Cena is better than Hogan in the ring but as far as charisma… Not even close. I hated hogan so much but I’m heel. There will never be another Hulk Hogan (let’s hope not, I thought he was a tool). It’s been a LONG time since Cena was heel and it’s long overdue. He has the personality to pull it off and god knows, a ton of marks hate him already. Not everyone can babyface their entire career like Ricky Steamboat. If anyone can remember; Ricky Steamboat was little more then a glorified midcard. Only slightly bigger then the Junkyard Dog. Dusty Rhoads is another good example. He was a main event, but never on the big stage. If you want to be a top player you have to heel at least once. Shawn Michaels, HHH, the Rock, Flair, all the big stars did. Steve Austin is a different story. They did everything they could to get fans to boo him but they loved him and they ran with it. It was the Attitude era.
Everyone just needs to accept the fact that John Cena is NOT the next Hogan. As a heel, I think he’d be pretty great.
Ill start off with, i dont like cena, or hogan, Plain and simple, wwe need to turn him heel, If we have a majority of the audience booing him already, its a pretty good sign, Somebody mentioned this before that kids wouldnt go to the shows but the ppvs but the merchendise without parents permision, where do ut hink he money comes from. Now wwe with the kids initiatve, i dont get it, when i was kid, when all the older fans were kids, they must of loved watching it back in the attitude era, why wouldnt the kids of today like it? If i were a kid ow i think id find it quite boring, the attitude is hwat made the older fans of 2day lifelong fans, sory but john cena isnt going to make anyone a lifelong fan. And people saying they keep him fac only for the money, remember couple months ago there was a report on this site that ortons merchendise was brining in more money than cenas, AS A HEEL, it just has to prove that adults will buy more, plus adults can but whenever they want, not so much the same for a kid! My solution to all this, take all the kid stuff to smackdown cane mysterio, whoever make SD pg and keep raw as the adults show!
I think the perfect cena heel turn scenario could be created ala rock vs. hogan.. remember when rock turned heel cause of the boos he heard at wrestlemania, i think cena should do something along those lines. i think if cena were to address the crowd in a bitter way and attack them with the mic on all the issues about why people boo him he would get a shitload of heat and start turning into one of the best heels we have seen in years
I agree 100% with “Razor” Cena and Hogan hav had sum of the greatest matches eva! and its not bcoz the other wrestler is putting him ova its bcoz hogan and cena r fukn good wrestlers!
Hi everyone, lots of comments to reply to but I will do my best.
First let me say that I agree with everyone who said Cena should turn heel, however the whole point of my article was wrting from the point of view that Vince McMahon, the stubborn egotist that he is, will not turn Cena heel any time soon since although I agree with Jimmy that most fans don’t want a “white meat babyface” anymore Vince seems to be in love with the idea of having another Hogan.
Another big point is that I really do believe this whole ‘kids initiative’ thing is a response to modern fans not buying into the faces the WWE pushes on us. Cena’s dominance the past few years shows that Vince doesn’t want to appeal to the rational, smart wrestling fan. He just wants a bunch of sheep who will cheer who he wants them to cheer and boo who he wants them to boo (unless they start buying merchandise, then that’s all gravy). Don’t expect a heel turn or this kids initiative to go away any time soon because as Vince said; “It’s all about the muunnee!” and to him that lies in Cena and kids.
All I can say is that I wish WWE would change but I doubt it will. Like Scarlett I have never been into the big wrestlers. Give me a Kendrick or a Conway over an Austin (except perhaps when he was a heel, that checking the watch thing killed me) or a Hogan anyday. Guys who have to work twice as hard to be noticed half as much are just better, because they have to be.
This is why I go to TNA now. It’s like having a wife and a mistress. The WWE is like the wife you love because you remember the good times, but she isn’t the same as she used to be. TNA is like the new and exciting mistress you go to when you need a break from the wife, I only hope she doesn’t betray me and leave me wishing I had never cheated in the first place…bit off topic there but hopefully you know what I am trying to say.
My final point is that it is a shame that good technical wrestling is not a bigger part of kayfabe. If babyfaces were made out of guys who could own you in the ring and heels were big burly guys who only had strength to rely on then it would be more of a reflection of how things would go in real life. The technical guy would seem to be the underdog but win out in the end through skill or cunning. Unfortunately it seems that the exact opposite is true in most cases in the WWE. The muscle bound guy is built as the face and wins out against real wrestling talent by using strength, completely undermining the wrestling aspect of the business.
“If babyfaces were made out of guys who could own you in the ring and heels were big burly guys who only had strength to rely on then it would be more of a reflection of how things would go in real life. The technical guy would seem to be the underdog but win out in the end through skill or cunning. Unfortunately it seems that the exact opposite is true in most cases in the WWE. The muscle bound guy is built as the face and wins out against real wrestling talent by using strength, completely undermining the wrestling aspect of the business.”
…what? “The exact opposite is true in the WWE?” The technical mastermind heel has been a staple of the business since, well, since forever. Ric Flair? Greg Valentine? Arn Anderson? Early-career Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko? Hell, what about Kurt Angle over at your “mistress” there? You can’t shoehorn one particular style into either side of the face/heel dynamic, and the business has never been about that. To treat this like it’s anomalous, something WWE does because that DAMN DIRTY VINCE DON’T KNOW NUFFIN BOUT RASSLIN, is ridiculously silly.
First off, I too disagree with the whole kids initiative. The way I see it is, as long as WWE is around people will watch. Therefore, Vince shouldn’t try to appeal to one particular demographic but instead think about what would work for everyone.
Secondly, how big or small a wrestler is does not matter to me. I was a fan of Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior, now I’m a fan of Jeff Hardy. The one thing I can definitively say is that how much muscle they have doesn’t factor into why I am/was a fan.
Third, I don’t really see a reason to get rid of kayfabe. I mean yes, we all know that wrestling is scripted(not fake, scripted. It irritates me when someone says it’s fake). However, if all the storylines were based on wrestlers having real heat with each other, wrestling itself(not just WWE or TNA or ROH) would essentially be non-existant.
Lastly, I don’t know how Cena as a heel would work out. Yeah, he was a heel before. However, with the whole kids initiative going on, if Cena were to turn heel it would throw a monkey wrench into everything because the younger generation sees Cena the way people like me used to see Hogan back in the day. He’s the big american hero(so to speak) that everyone loves, while guys like Randy Orton & Edge are like the foreign power who we’re suppose to despise. If Cena turns heel, it would throw everything off. Vince doesn’t want that happening.
That’s why things aren’t gonna change anytime soon.
My point about the muscule bound face is that although it is scripted there are lots of people, especially kids, who don’t understand this. So they are getting the message that being strong is better than being technically proficient.
I conceed that this is a generalisation but I do still blame Vince, his obsession with overly built guys is well documented. He likes to push these guys, there is no denying that, and mostly they get pushed on the face side of things.
The fact is that a technically proficient wrestler wouldn’t have to cheat to beat someone like John Cena and while wrestling is scripted I feel like a complete lack of reality detracts from it a little bit. It just feels to me sometimes, spanning all the way back to Hogan, that the WWE can be more about body building than about actual wrestling. Of course there are exceptions to this but in general it seems to me like this is the case.
I single out the WWE in this because when watching TNA I have found that skilled heels, like Kurt Angle, can win a match through skill rather than having to cheat. It doesn’t really lose the face any heat because it makes sense that they could lose to someone better skilled.
Finally I think it is cheap to put my personal opinions in a dumbed down fashion, i.e; “that DAMN DIRTY VINCE DON’T KNOW NUFFIN BOUT RASSLIN” and call them ridiculously silly whilst using a word like anomalous when you could have just said that I was treating the WWE as an exception. If you think that makes your opinions more valid then you are sadly mistaken.
Love him or hate him everybody has an opinion on Cena it seems.
One final point I want to bring up about Cena turning heel is the thought if he does the kids will turn away from the program and wont like wwe anymore. I competely disagree on that. Think about it. If wwe were to turn Cena heel, the kids would be angry yes, but they would want to tune into Raw to see Cena lose and get his ass whooped, that in turn would leave them happy. I don’t care if your favorite wrestler turns heel, if your a loyal wrestling fan, you stick with the product. I think wwe should seriously test this, becaus ethey will know then who really will tune into the program no matter what. They will then know if kids are die-hard fans or not. And if it didn’t work then they could change the rating OR make a seperate kids show and have Raw be the adult show.
You mention Kurt Angle in TNA, but did you forget he was doing the same thing in WWE? He was a heel, but winning through his athletic prowess. What about a guy like Big Show? He doesn’t cheat and he just dominated Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker, and John Cena in a 10 day timespan. Edge cheats because it’s his gimmick, he’s the ultimate opportunist.
I don’t think the implication is that being strong is better than being technically proficient. John Cena is portrayed as being good because he’s the most determined man in WWE, as well as being very tough and FREAKISHLY strong. Cena isn’t built like Batista, but he lifted 700 lbs. on his shoulders at WrestleMania… that’s ridiculously impressive and makes a guy like Cena stand out.
Bringing up the cliched Vince McMahon obsession with muscle bound guys just doesn’t cut it when the in-ring product is the best it’s been in a long time. Yeah, Cena might be built well, but he can go in the ring. Same with a guy like Triple H. If you look at the top stars in WWE right now: Orton, Batista, HHH, Cena, Big Show, Jericho, Punk, Jeff Hardy, Undertaker, Mysterio, HBK, they’re all in good shape, but they’re not muscle-bound meatheads like The Warrior. Batista’s really the only guy that looks like a true bodybuilder, HHH used to, but he’s nowhere near what he looked like in 2002.
You’re seeing what you want to see.
wrestling sux now….hhh hbk undertaker n n e one else from da attitude era are the only reasons why i still watch wrestling..once they retire …ill come to terms that wrestling is dead….BRING Back THE ROCK….CENA SUX DICK ..FUCKIN GOOF
Now I agree that kayfabe is an extremely important aspect to pull off and if anyone besides Undertaker, Kane,(the best overall wrestler/character in the world) orton, goldust, miz and morrison. could pull it off successfully with variation I would watch WWE as well as TNA. On the matter of “crowd go ‘BOO!’ Cena is who?” I think WWE and all promotions for that matter should stop thinking so black and white; just like a film that doesn’t have a specified genre when being written a wrestler can just have a character for the audience to judge without being thrown into story lines that deliberately try to sway peoples perceptions (ive only ever seen it barely done with the “monsters” of wrestling: Kane, Abyss, Mordecai, Thorne, etc)
I think if you think cena has ‘little talent in the ring’ you aren’t really apying attention to it at all, this is a guy who has the best in ring mic skills since the jericho/rock storlines of the early 00’s, his promo skills and wrestling ability have of course shot him straight to main event status, ahead of probably more deserving wrestlers such as edge, christian and the hardy’s, Cena has been a real babyface ever since his run with the US title after wrestlemania 20, a compnay has to have a guy that can pull off all this and get them what they want. film sales (12 rounds is a great film) merchandise, signs, and he brings them to the show, if half the fans that didnt like cena didnt turn up, arena’s would be half empty on monday nights.
the bottom line is that when the rock and austin were leading the company, ratings were going through the roof… now we got cena and batista as the main guys { i believe them to be #1 and 2} and raw’s ratings seem to drop just about every week and remain around the low 3’s… the reason i’m bringing this up is cause i believe it shows what people like more as a whole. i know some people may be sick of hearing my bitchin’ about how the attitude era was better, but the ratings showed it. ENOUGH OF THIS CATERING TO SNOT NOSED KIDS AND CENA LOVIN CHICKS!!!! and thats the bottom line… cause i said so, damn it!!!
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Correlation does not imply causation. WWE’s ratings started dropping once they moved to TNN/Spike TV and continued to slide through the Invasion angle and before guys like Cena and Batista were even on television. The simple answer is that the wrestling fad of the 90s died out and people moved on. The more detailed answer lies in the fact that TV ratings are dropping across the board as people find new activities and new methods to watch TV.
Blaming Cena is just patently wrong as he’s sold more merchandise than any wrestler in history besides Steve Austin. In less than five years on top, he’s one of the 20 biggest draws in the history of WWE. And let’s not forget, Raw is still the highest-rated program on cable and WWE continues to turn a profit every year. Just because they aren’t pulling in the insane ratings they were getting between 98-00 (which no cable show had ever done before or since), it doesn’t mean the company isn’t thriving.
The Attitude Era isn’t just something they can get back. That was a rare moment of the planets aligning at exactly the right time to create a moment in the business that will probably never be duplicated.
i guess there’s truth in what your saying.. maybe i’m just spoiled cause i remember a time when it was must see tv, and now i know if i miss raw/smackdown i’m probably not missing much. maybe by some miracle tna or r.o.h can build themselves up to make wwe sweat a little and have competition bring out the best in all companies as we used to see in the monday/thursday night wars. what can u do, might as well watch whats available as of right now and accept it
I can’t stand Cena. Make him heel or leave him for Hollywood. I think most fans are just tired of Cena and HHH always being Champion. I mean at Backlash fans were chanting “Please Retire” to Triple H as he laid there. I think that says A LOT of what direction the WWE is going. THey need to change it up and change it up fast!
I agree with everyone else when they say kids dont buy the products, ppvs, and anything with WWE on it. Its the young adults and adults who pay for all that, they are the Customer, kids sometimes are the consumers.
I am for dropping this Disney PG rating crap and going back to Tv-14. However, I like idea some people are putting out there of having Raw Tv-14 and Smackdown be PG for the kids. And put Cena on that PG SD show.
Another thing I dont understand, what KIDS (6-10) are up at 9-11 PM on a Monday night….??? I mean the PG era is suppose to target parents so they will allow their kids to watch WWE..Well I dont think ‘Soccer Moms’ are going to let their kid stay up that late anyways on a week night…So change it to Tv-14 and if kids want to watch it they are going to have to sneak into the family room to watch it like I did when I was that young in the attitude era.
I was like 10 when the Attitude era started and I watched it, it was TV-14…Although I guess another reason they dont turn it back to TV-14 and still target kids is because kids in todays society are weak. Seriously, they are weak. They wouldn’t be able to handle an attitude era type WWE. Too much for them.
i like how the shows pg and then at least 3 times i see a commercial with a guy saying “son of a bitch”… there ya go kiddies, lol
I don’t think John Cena is like any of the wrestlers. John Cena is alot better than what some people think of him to be. John Cena doesn’t call his fans names like Chris Jericko week after week. No he doesn’t do that. I like the way John Cena is. I think some of the things that he has to do for storyline is nuts. Like the things with the divas now that sometimes gets on my nerves lol. I am not crazy about Edge he’s alittle crazy. On John Cena being considered like hulk hogan well they are two different guys and that is johns idiol. Hulk Hogan is hello. I like Hulk Hogan he’s awesome and i dont see any thing wrong with what he did when he was wrestling. He was great to watch and awesome to be a fan of. I think there are all kinds of fans not just adults but yea i do understand what some of you are saying. Alot of adults do like wrestling and cause its meant for adults on some cercumstances like the language the use like cuss words or sexual talk like well sometimes ok lol not all the time but what im trying to say is that some kids dont like to see any blood or dont want to hear cuss words or aren’t allowed to hear that kind of stuff and aren’t allowed to hear it. Which if they do hear it the parents should always let their kid know not to use that kind of words and to know. But anyway, I have always been a big fan of wrestling since i was a little kid.
John Cena is NOT a waste of space. He isn’t a waste of space. He is a great wrestler and he has a gift in doing what he loves to do. He loves his fans and everyone that cheers for him. To say he is a waste of space is saying that he’s not good enough or that he cant wrestle, lets see you get your little ass out there and see if you can handle it or see what it is john cena puts his body through not to mention himself through. If you think you can do any better james then you go right ahead get your ass kicked and come back and tell us ok. You have to have respect for john cena and the other wrestlers. They work their ass off 4 or 5 times or more a week just so you can watch them. the 4 days is monday night raw, ecw tuesday, and thursday wgn superstars and friday night smackdown and oh yes PAY PER VIEWS! helloo! you sadly mistaken cause they work his buts off and he get little sleep and get up in the morning early and the time you wouldn’t even think to get up but they do and with little complaint. Cause they love what they do and thats wrestleing.
mall u guys comment just show that you are all hating on cena leave him alone he’s better than all you guys punk wrestler since he is so fake why dont you guys step in the ring so he can give you some attitude adjustment
Cena is a talentless douche bag. So was Hogan though. The reason that Hogan is cheered today is out of respect. Without Hogan there wouldn’t have been a pro wrestling stage for the Attitude Era to have existed on. However if you recall, in the mid 90s fans were booing Hogan out of the building and with good reason. People were sick of his lame act.
Cena can’t wrestle to save his life. He just does a bunch of random ape-like moves, gets his ass kicked, then makes a miraculous comeback. Also it’s completely annoying and unrealistic when he does that stupid 5 knuckle shuffle. WWE is probably the most legitly hated wrestler since XPAC. Cena gets XPAC heat. That’s not a good thing. Also, it makes sense now. Vince thinks he has outsmarted the smart rational fans by basically saying ” fuck you, I don’t need you.” He did this by changing to a PG format and taking out all the sex and violence. Now all we have are poopy jokes and love taps.
Here’s my favorite analogy. It’s easy to draw flies to shit. Cena being the shit, and the kids and girls being the flies. It takes a little bit more effort to lead a horse to water, and get him to drink. The difference is this: Flies are annoying and worthless pests, while a horse can take you somewhere.
I am 51 years old and love watching Wrestling. Some kid just wrote to me and said I was too old. He said he wanted Ric Flair to die!!!!Consider the source???? I love the kayfabe-it is a wonderful diversion from the hardships of life. I love all the other sports, but Wrestling is addicting!!1The actual wrestling is for real,I’m sure!!!Big Papi of the Red Sox probably wishes he was in a storyline right now-poor guy!!! ANyway, I love HHH,HBK,Kennedy, Cena,Kevin Nash you name ‘em!!!!Cena is a great athlete and maybe should turn heel for awhile-he looks tough, but not rough around the edges like other wrestlers.
WWE does need Cena-he’s a great athlete!!!I’m from Mass-Cena’s home state!!!!I think Gold Dust is a joke-although seems athletic. the costume is ridiculous!!!!!!!
if cena is a good wrestler, then why did he never show that to us, Heather K.? i used to cheer for him, until i realized how boring and fake he was. He uses the same moves, if they can be called moves, all the time, the problem about this is that all of his moves doesn’t seem to do real damage, at least inside the ring, i am completely sure any guy can take any of these moves and get up like nothing happened. Of course anyone can say, but he lifted big show and edge at the same time, that’s true, but being in good shape not always means being a good wrestler, besides is much easier to lift someone in your shoulders than in a powerbomb or suplex. He also has this childish attitude most people hate, like in his 5 knuckle shuffle act, i wouldn’t take someone who does that seriously, maybe kids like it, but that is so stupid, makes him look like a fool and it’s a waste of time.
He tries to be funny but fails, only not smart people will laugh with his unfunny jokes. Overall, i think wwe will be better without him, his victories are not convincing, what he does inside the ring looks so unrealistic, in other words he has no talent for wrestling. Someday those kids who cheer him up will grow and most of them will boo him, they will finally realized the truth.
I have a six year old cousin who currently watches WWE. Take a good guess who his favorite wrestler is. Its Stone Cold Steve Austin. You may be wondering why this is and its obvious. The older generation needs to show these kids what it was like back then. They need to see that John Cena is wrong. John Cena isnt flipping off the boss, or falling 20 feet off a hell in a cell, or abducting Stephanie Mcmahon. That’s when the storylines were good. HBK and HHH arent even close to the old DX. They need to change the ratings back or these kids will turn into a bunch of pussies.
Im SOOOOOOO FED UP WSITH U MOTHER FUKKIN HATERSD!@ LIKE IT OER NOT BITCHES U FUKKERS WILL NOT GET WHAT U WANT! DIE HATERS DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!!!! ALREADY DIE U BITCH ASSHOLE HATERS dddddddddddddddddddddDDDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE MOTHER FUK HATERS DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!! JUST FUKKIN DIE BITCH ASS MOTHER FUK HATERS GO DIE MOTHER FUK HATERS! FUKK OF AND SHUT THE FUKK UP 4 MOTHER FUKIN HATERS DO NOT DESERVE HAPPINESS U ALL DESERVE TO DIE! LEAVE MY BELOVED HERO JOHN CENA THE FUK ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VINCE FUKIN MCMAHON STOP CATERING TO THESE HATERS! JOHN CENA IS NOT A FUKIN EVIL PERSON SO FUIKIN LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M LOSING MY ANGER AND PACIENTS ON U HEARTLESS MOTHER FUKERS GO DIE VITCH ASS HATERS AND DIE RIGHT NOW! STOP IT WITH THIS CENANUFF SHIT COZ I BARELY GET TO SEE JOHN CENA COZ OF HATERS!=,,,(
Dear CCGD, you are hysterical!
I don’t know what I’m more disturbed by; your ignorance and hypocritical venom for “haters”, or the fact that the comment was allowed to be published in the first place.
Your comment is so over the top, especially on a post that is over six months old, that I’m tempted to think that it is some kind of joke but knowing the average age and intelligence of a John Cena fan I’m not too sure.
you know what i believe, john cena does have some kind of talent its all the wwe’s fault they make there wrestlers hold back. if you take a look back at wheere some wrestlers came from like ring of honour you would see that they were great wrestle they always put on a show. but once they are moved to the wwe the are put in some shit role where they are told to keep it safe. whats worse is that TNA has overall better wrestlers but they are trying to copy the wwe and it slowly making there shows worse. thats my opinion