John Cena: Rising above hate, not feuds
by mountaineers101 on Feb 14, 2012 12:09 AM EST
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John Cena is the most polarizing figure in pro wrestling today. For every action that Cena makes to please his fanbase, pro wrestling pundits are immediately clamoring to make a judgment. Some can appreciate the work ethic and Cena's amazing track record in-ring, as the man really never takes a day off. His passion for the business is unbelievably strong.
On the flip side, fans are becoming annoyed with the persona that has been dubbed "Super Cena." With his "Five Moves of Doom" and obsession with always doing the just and righteous thing, fans complain about the character that has lost edge. His promos are often childish and unbearable because of this.
Regardless which side of the fence you rest on, the WWE creative team has lined up an excellent feud between Cena and a returning Kane. With the inclusion of Zack Ryder and Eve and plenty of cliche twists and turns, the storyline between these performers has delivered laughs, gasps, and golf claps all around the wrestling community.
With all of this praise, a problem still remains with Cena's stack of feuds. Follow me after the jump to find out why.
John Cena is wrestling Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at Wrestlemania 28. This match provides us with the biggest star of the present clashing with one of the biggest stars of the "Attitude" era. PG vs. Attitude. Edgy vs. Goofy. But really, if you flipped on the TV to Raw for the first time in a year or two, would you have known?
Cena's involvement in a feud with Kane is fine and dandy for now if they can kill it off successfully before the time to build into Wrestlemania comes. It seems that this isn't the case as the WWE adds more twists and turns each week. Adding Ryder and Eve to the fold as innocent victims because of their friendships with Cena wasn't complex and could be ended with Kane's defeat at the hands of Cena. With this week's recent twist of Eve falling for Cena and Ryder turning against Cena, this layer of complexity could cloud Cena's match with Rock at Wrestlemania.
And truthfully, with The Rock's busy movie schedule, the WWE needs all the hype they can get put towards this feud. Twitter mentions on WWE programming are poo-pooed by fans consistently, so how does the WWE build this clash of sports entertainment titans? Twitter, of course! And save for the occasional namedrop on Dwayne by Cena, there isn't really much to talk about between the two. The video packages detailing each man that get recycled each week will eventually run stale.
Wrestlemania hypes itself. I get that. But does the WWE need to be muddying a feud between two icons in the field with Cena being tangled up with midcarders like Ryder? With the road to Wrestlemania slowly creeping up on us, the WWE is throwing out more loose ends than they can tie together, no matter how quality they are.
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“Regardless which side of the fence you rest on, the WWE creative team has lined up an excellent feud between Cena and a returning Kane”
Um, opposite.
It has progressed each week. This week it finally turned the corner in my opinion.
We are Ruining Your Special Night, motherfuckers!
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by mountaineers101 on Feb 14, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
If by "progressed," you mean, "defied the laws of physics to get worse" every week, then you're right.
Don’t think you have Geno on your side either, this week, he said that he found enjoyment out of Cena/Kane not because of it being good, but because adding Eve into the equation like this has been so colossally bad that it’s crossed the Plan 9 From Outer Space threshold.
Not to mention the fact that this angle took Zack Ryder, who has been busting his nuts to get over despite being the lowliest jobber on the roster last year, and actively humiliate him to an even deeper level after he finally generated a fanbase. It’d be bad enough on its own, with the crappy matches, the complete lack of non-Cole heat, and Eve’s acting which actually managed to be worse than Cena’s, but what this angle is doing to Ryder is just mean.
I don’t know how anybody who claims to know anything about what’s really going on in wrestling can defend this disaster.
we cant say this is a ryder burial just yet
if they want to, and if cena wants to, this whole thing could help elevate zack, if he feuds with cena in the future and cena makes him look good and put him over (even if he loses) that would be pretty awesome for him, as he was stuck with that youtube gimmick that was doomed to get stale soon anyway
sure, in paper it looks bad, and i think that’s the main reason you bash and hate almost everything in the product, because you dont actually watch it, but when you actually watch it, having a positive mind, you end up being entertained with some of that crap
On paper, in reality, in the future… it all looks bad because it IS bad. Perception is absolute reality in this case.
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by Rawuncutnxrated on Feb 14, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
I agree, I bemoaned Kane’s return, once it was established that he was coming for Cena and not Mark Henry. Kane is about as stale as they come. Even the Undertaker changed up his gimmick, Kane’s done the same thing for 14 years, if anyone needs to retire, its Kane. Cena just needs to get caught up in a long movie filming project.
This feud isn’t a feud since we know they won’t put Kane over going into Mania. So, it means nothing but a waste of time, although this week was pretty funny, it doesn’t change how the show went off the air the week before. The only blessing is that Cena & Kane has stayed away from the titles, but not out of the closing/opening/midway money segments.
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by Rawuncutnxrated on Feb 14, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Short answer: this is good
Longer answer: Cena vs the Rock is not the end all be all. It is not the Superbowl. They are going to have to put on a show the very next night. Planning Cena/Rock a year in advanced was the stupidest thing they could have done to themselves. Unless Dwayne decides he wants to stick around for Backlash and beyond, Cena needs a separate storyline. Cause a one night stand ain’t mean shit, no matter how popular the chick is.
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Yeah, it isn’t the be-all, end-all. But why not just build it up with some teases for feuds? Or have Cena pull an “I’ll deal with you later” card
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by mountaineers101 on Feb 14, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
You don't know where this will lead
If after WM you repost this, then it would make more sense. But if Cena/Kane becomes an over arching storyline that directly ties into The Rock, then I think it does what it needs to do
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by C. J. Bradford on Feb 14, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
well, maybe in just lost in a fantasy here
but something makes me think they’re doing all this ryder stuff for that, now ryder has the perfect reason to go heel and against cena, or if cena goes heel, ryder could be the face
they could use it to push ryder to the next level whatever they do
cena is gonna be in need of a good few after mania, so ryder goes out and atacks him out of the blue on RAW, because he was hungry for vengeance for months while recovering, i would like to see that and lets face it, ryder is probably one of the few guys cena would agree to put over in a match
Would not hate
I’m always careful of fantasy booking, as with most fantasies it works better in our heads than in real life. But I could see them trying something along these lines, and if they did I would really enjoy it
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by C. J. Bradford on Feb 14, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yea, I said something about Ryder going heel before, but because Eve leads him astray, blaming Cena for Ryder’s beatings. They have options here, maybe 3-4 good solid ones that I can see.
-One is above, Eve apologizes & says Cena seduced her.
-Kane turned Eve, thus turning friends against each other.. which could arc into Cena/Ryder enemies or friends.
-Eve stays with her lust for Cena driving Ryder mad, which is the obvious conclusion after Raw, but after the Sheamus Rumble & Brodus/Sheamus not being on Raw.. anything is in motion.. nothing is off the table, its all about the swerve & I secretly think Russo is back working for WWe.
Suum Cuique
by Rawuncutnxrated on Feb 14, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
Could it be said Ryder would go heel
Due to the merchandise sales and branding of Cena?
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Eve could start getting Lita heat thus creating sympathy for Ryder. If Cena decides to say protect or console Eve when Ryder dumps her then you will see the slow burning turn to the Heel side for Cena.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 15, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Naaaaah.
Lita’s heat came from actual RL events that never should been leaked in the first damn place. There is no way Eve could get THAT much heat…unless she killed a kitten on screen and ate it.
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Agreed!
So if Eve is the dirty birdy, who can you pair Ryder up as a love interest and a quality opponent for Eve?
Well considering the state of the divas, no one. Maybe you get a quality opponent for Eve, who would need a quality opponent instead of Eve.
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Well...you'd need someone who could be a face...
And she’d need to be somewhat attractive…and able to wrestle.
Personally, I vote for Kaitlyn. She’s not really doing anything, she’s pretty and she can wrestle.
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