Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
I know that there are probably some thoughts/ideas that may have already been expressed in numerous threads before, so please just bear with me.
There's been something that's bothered me over the past few weeks, something that I really haven't seen anybody talking about. On the Raw after SummerSlam, Triple H said that he would apologize to John Cena face to face. Not long after that segment, they briefly showed Triple H backstage entering John Cena's dressing room before going to commercial. What's been bothering me is that has never been addressed again. The commentators haven't posed the question as to what Triple H said to Cena, nor have Cena & Triple H said anything about it. It makes me wonder if the seeds were planted for something big to take place at a later time.
Remember the night Miz cashed in MITB to win the WWE Championship? Alex Riley came out early in the night and said Miz wasn't going to be there and, with everything else that was going on, we simply put Miz out of our heads. I sometimes thought of it as a slight of hand trick that the WWE pulled. The magician keeps your attention focused on something while he's ultimately doing osmething else to pull the trick off.
At this point in time, I think that we're all assuming that either Punk or Cena, possibly both, is going to be involved in some sort of angle in which they're fighting the suits that're running the WWE. At this point in time, however, we're generally unsure of who is responsible for the chaos surrounding the WWE Championship picture. Did Triple H "text" Kevin Nash? Was it Stephanie McMahon herself? Did JL decide to make a power move on his own? Is Vince McMahon trying to stage a "comeback"? Could we possibly be seeing something of a "power struggle" angle begin in WWE with Trips on one side and his wife or father-in-law on the other?
Over the past several weeks, Cena's character has become noticably more intense. In some ways, he's behavior hasn't been in line with the Cena formula that we've seen for so long. This past Monday on Raw, for instance, Cena all but insisted that CM Punk be shoved aside so that he could have a match with Alberto Del Rio. I know that it's just one thing and that it might not mean anything at all. It's just out of Cena's character. Later that night on Raw, CM Punk seemed to have Cena where he wanted him. Here comes Nash with a distraction, Cena hits the AA and is the #1 contender for Alberto Del Rio at Night of Champions.
All of this could be just mere coincidence and sheer guess work. After all, it's not the first time we've tried to predict which direction an angle will go and that leads to all sorts of wild & speculative ideas. For me personally, it just seems that an opportune time is coming up for John Cena to turn heel when you look at what's going on and what's coming up.
The WWE is casting CM Punk as this rebellious young star that's basically trying to buck the system. Because of that, Punk has become a kind of edgy face that fans are rallying behind. It might not have been their original intention, but it looks as if that's what's happening all the same. John Cena is the ultimate WWE good guy, a true product of the WWE corporate money machine. More and more fans are sort of "turning" on Cena in favor of Punk. I know Cena always gets a good share of boos but, lately, the cheers have been heavily outweighed by the jeers. Since Triple H has "taken over" as COO, Cena's place in grand scheme of things has been "changing" as it were. The old guard, i.e. Vince McMahon, is out of the picture and Cena finds himself no longer THE guy. The status quo that's been so good to him is no longer in play and casting Cena to be a guy that wants to "restore the status quo" seems like an ideal role.
As for when this would happen, Survivor Series is the best answer I think. It gives more time for this angle to be played up, maybe even another mystery or two added to the layer. Survivor Series is one of the WWE's Big Four and The Rock is slated to be at the event this year. Maybe The Rock does something that ultimately pushes Cena over that edge? It could add a new dynamic for their match at WM, where Cena is going to be facing a crowd every bit as hostile as the Chicago crowd at MITB. The only thing is that crowd will probably be about 5 or 6 times larger than Chicago.
I'm not necessarily saying that Cena should turn heel or is going to turn heel. If such a thought were being contemplated by the WWE brass, however, this just seems to be like an ideal time frame in which to do it with all the various shake ups that've been happening over the past few months.
There's been something that's bothered me over the past few weeks, something that I really haven't seen anybody talking about. On the Raw after SummerSlam, Triple H said that he would apologize to John Cena face to face. Not long after that segment, they briefly showed Triple H backstage entering John Cena's dressing room before going to commercial. What's been bothering me is that has never been addressed again. The commentators haven't posed the question as to what Triple H said to Cena, nor have Cena & Triple H said anything about it. It makes me wonder if the seeds were planted for something big to take place at a later time.
Remember the night Miz cashed in MITB to win the WWE Championship? Alex Riley came out early in the night and said Miz wasn't going to be there and, with everything else that was going on, we simply put Miz out of our heads. I sometimes thought of it as a slight of hand trick that the WWE pulled. The magician keeps your attention focused on something while he's ultimately doing osmething else to pull the trick off.
At this point in time, I think that we're all assuming that either Punk or Cena, possibly both, is going to be involved in some sort of angle in which they're fighting the suits that're running the WWE. At this point in time, however, we're generally unsure of who is responsible for the chaos surrounding the WWE Championship picture. Did Triple H "text" Kevin Nash? Was it Stephanie McMahon herself? Did JL decide to make a power move on his own? Is Vince McMahon trying to stage a "comeback"? Could we possibly be seeing something of a "power struggle" angle begin in WWE with Trips on one side and his wife or father-in-law on the other?
Over the past several weeks, Cena's character has become noticably more intense. In some ways, he's behavior hasn't been in line with the Cena formula that we've seen for so long. This past Monday on Raw, for instance, Cena all but insisted that CM Punk be shoved aside so that he could have a match with Alberto Del Rio. I know that it's just one thing and that it might not mean anything at all. It's just out of Cena's character. Later that night on Raw, CM Punk seemed to have Cena where he wanted him. Here comes Nash with a distraction, Cena hits the AA and is the #1 contender for Alberto Del Rio at Night of Champions.
All of this could be just mere coincidence and sheer guess work. After all, it's not the first time we've tried to predict which direction an angle will go and that leads to all sorts of wild & speculative ideas. For me personally, it just seems that an opportune time is coming up for John Cena to turn heel when you look at what's going on and what's coming up.
The WWE is casting CM Punk as this rebellious young star that's basically trying to buck the system. Because of that, Punk has become a kind of edgy face that fans are rallying behind. It might not have been their original intention, but it looks as if that's what's happening all the same. John Cena is the ultimate WWE good guy, a true product of the WWE corporate money machine. More and more fans are sort of "turning" on Cena in favor of Punk. I know Cena always gets a good share of boos but, lately, the cheers have been heavily outweighed by the jeers. Since Triple H has "taken over" as COO, Cena's place in grand scheme of things has been "changing" as it were. The old guard, i.e. Vince McMahon, is out of the picture and Cena finds himself no longer THE guy. The status quo that's been so good to him is no longer in play and casting Cena to be a guy that wants to "restore the status quo" seems like an ideal role.
As for when this would happen, Survivor Series is the best answer I think. It gives more time for this angle to be played up, maybe even another mystery or two added to the layer. Survivor Series is one of the WWE's Big Four and The Rock is slated to be at the event this year. Maybe The Rock does something that ultimately pushes Cena over that edge? It could add a new dynamic for their match at WM, where Cena is going to be facing a crowd every bit as hostile as the Chicago crowd at MITB. The only thing is that crowd will probably be about 5 or 6 times larger than Chicago.
I'm not necessarily saying that Cena should turn heel or is going to turn heel. If such a thought were being contemplated by the WWE brass, however, this just seems to be like an ideal time frame in which to do it with all the various shake ups that've been happening over the past few months.