The John Cena Crowd Reaction Map

by Geno Mrosko on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 PM EST in WWE

From the mind of our friend Arda Ocal of the Score comes the concept of a map the centers around the reactions WWE superstar John Cena gets all around the world.

As you can see, the red represents majority cheers and the blue represents majority boos. You can click here for a larger version. Click here for a more detailed explanation of the map.

Really, this is a brilliant idea from Ocal but one that has stirred up quite a bit of controversy already. Quite a few folks disagree with it, most notably the fact that Cena seems to get booed in his home state of Massachusetts enough to qualify it to be blue instead of red. There's also an entire section devoted to Chicago, Illinois, where he's especially hated.

This is by no means a finished product, as updated versions are planned but again, head on over to the Score to read more.

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Apparently, Wyoming cant make up its damn mind

Yanks are the Empire. Red Sox are the Empire with PR claiming they are the Rebellion.

by OPace on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 PM EST reply actions

I love it!

Being a despised standard-bearer who manages to be profitable is what makes John Cena’s contribution to wrestling unique and ensures his place alongside the great main eventers. Cena’s path to Hall of Fame status is most unconventional but damn if he’s not unique in the history of this business. His singularity is undeniable.

by Mr. Sunny Days on Jan 11, 2012 10:17 PM EST reply actions

He's not all that unlike Hogan at this point really.

Hogan too had gotten to the point of being hated by all non-kids and booed in every arena he went to.

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by Chris Hines on Jan 11, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions

Reply was meant to go here.

Cena’s a different beast. His entire “main event” career has been atypical.

He was booed pretty much from the start of his WWE Championship reign back in 2005 against Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle. I remember at the time I thought this was hilarious. I was waiting for them to turn him back into the heel that made him popular in the first place. 7 years later and waiting…

by Mr. Sunny Days on Jan 11, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions

Cena also suffers from coming off of really high expectations for superstars from the attitude era with guys like Rock and Austin

and being pretty much the lone consistent guy at the top for all this time. Not to mention the lack of internet coverage for guys like Hogan, so it took longer to get stale.

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by Chris Hines on Jan 11, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions

Cena's a different beast. His entire "main event" career has been atypical.

by Mr. Sunny Days on Jan 11, 2012 10:41 PM EST reply actions

So do the “boo” areas roughly match up with the possibly mythical northeastern smark region? Maybe somewhat.

As one of those northeastern smark types, I’m not sure what I would do if presented with John Cena. He seems to be a decent enough guy. He appears to be conscious of his position in the business. I suppose I’m just not that interested in him. I would like to see less of him, because I don’t really like him, but I also don’t hate him enough to be motivated to see him get his ass kicked. I see his character as a problem that can only be resolved by turning him into a total sleazebag heel, but evidently the WWE doesn’t want to do that, so I suppose I will remain in the middle with him.

by Finian1 on Jan 12, 2012 12:11 AM EST reply actions

This sums my opinion up perfectly

John Cena, the person, he seems to be a real cool guy, a genuinely nice person. I remember seeing a video clip of some guy heckling him while at an autograph signing, and instead of having security throw the guy out, he pulled him to the side, and was like, “Come on, there are little kids here who waited a long time to be here, and you don’t have to ruin things for them.” John Cena the wrestler, I don’t hate him, per se, but he’s annoying and I don’t really see the redeeming qualities in him when he steps into the ring. It’s not that I want to see him constantly losing, buried, or anything else. I just want to see him less.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 12, 2012 8:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I should add that I don’t find him incompetent in the ring. He is not the anti-Bryan Danielson in the way a guy like, say, Hogan would be. I don’t think he’s a superb in-ring performer or anything, but I think people who say he just sucks completely are oversimplifying.

by Finian1 on Jan 12, 2012 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

Cena and the "5 moves of doom" was the first guy I noticed

When I started noticing these things, of being really choreographed and repetitive in what he does. But, then I noticed Randy Orton. And now CM Punk. It’s annoying, to say the least.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 12, 2012 7:57 PM EST up reply actions

They are on 52 Raws a year

13 PPV’s, and a boatload of house shows. There is going to be repetition. That is like being made at a basketball team for running set plays

So go forth, my brethren, and proceed to mark the f*ck out

by C. J. Bradford on Jan 12, 2012 8:11 PM EST up reply actions

I am forced to agree. It’s not fair to criticize Cena or Orton for being repetitive when every wrestler does the same thing, and not just wrestlers who are on two hundred cards a year. Guys in little indy feds use the same moves over and over too. For one thing, people want to see that. When a guy sets up for a go-to move, the audience knows what is coming and gets excited. For another, no one has an unlimited repertoire. Name your anti-Cena — Danielson, Richards, Misawa, Kobashi, Liger, Jericho, Malenko, whoever and whenever — they all have a set of moves they always use. This is obviously going to be the case, if you think about it. You learn certain moves and rely on them, you know you can do them effectively without injuring anybody.

It’s like being in a famous rock band. If you go to see Rush, you’re not there to see them experiment onstage. You’re there to hear “Limelight.” In this regard, wrestling is like rock and not like jazz, and if anyone writes a Ph.D. thesis on that I want a copy.

by Finian1 on Jan 12, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions