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- Thread starter Serious Mozzarella
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It's all about execution and if executed properly it would not be played out, boring, or uncreative. If they are going to do it, though, they have to go all in, nothing wishy washy about it. And Cena possesses the skill set and the mic skills and the passion and emotion to pull it off.
There are a few ways in which they could turn Cena very effectively and if they went all in with either of those options at a milestone version of the grandest stage of them all, it would be epic and anything but played out. And the follow up promo on RAW the next night could be legendary.
Pay Per Ghost
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Serious Mozzarella
Special Victims Unit
Do you have any ideas? I'm not trying to be snarky, I legitimately want to know what's considered a good idea when trying to properly execute a heel turn for Cena.
Just off the top of my head, two ideas come to mind:
1. He ends the Undertaker's undefeated Wrestlemania streak by underhanded tactics, after months of lead up talking about how much he respects him and his accomplishment.
2. During Hogan's feel-good nostalgia pop at Wrestlemania, he smashes him in the mouth and leaves him in a pile in the ring.
Serious Mozzarella
Special Victims Unit
Is there any reason for him doing these things, or he just does them and that's the start of the storyline? Is he just "tired of Undertaker going around running his mouth"? Is he trying to one-up Hogan and live up to his glory? Why would he do these things?
Because he has been the heart and soul of the company for a decade, carrying it on his shoulders. Countless charitable activities. Recovering from surgeries in record time. Facing any and all challenges while always being a fighting champion. And being arguably more passionate about the business than any of his contempories.
Meanwhile, Taker wrestles once a year, yet receives far more adulation than a guy who pours his heart and soul into the business day in and day out. And Hogan actually leaves and competes for the "competition", yet returns four years later to more applause and fewer boos than Cena has seen for years.
A brutal heel turn and a giant "up yours" to the WWE Universe. I can only speak for myself, but that would definitely get my attention.
Serious Mozzarella
Special Victims Unit
That would make Cena a tweener, AT BEST, and he would be met with the same boo/cheer polarity he's been getting with smark crowds for years. And on that note, since when has Cena's character cared about the amount of boos or cheers HE gets, let alone anyone else?
Sorry if I'm coming off as nitpicky, but I really do care about storylines, and I wish the WWE paid a little bit more attention to detail and continuity.
If John Cena used some sort of underhanded tactics, if not overt cheating, to end the streak which some would say is a tremendous accomplishment and beyond reproach, I don't see anything tweeter-ish about it, and trust me, there would be no mixture if boos and cheers. He'd get booed out of the building especially in his follow up scathing promo. Likewise, posing in the ring with Hogan, posing and doing all of the typical Hogan-esque antics, only to smash him in the mouth and leave him laid out in the ring? No mixture of boos and cheers, no tweeter status.
And let's be clear, a Cena heel turn is a character change. No, the current Cena character could never do such a thing, but the frustrated, pissed off, changed character of Cena definitely could.
And let's not forget about the eventual situation where he sees the error of his ways and changes back a year or so later. Another huge development, the kids are all happy, and yet, an injection of new life and unpredictability has occurred in the meantime.
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Turning Cena heel is easy. He's the guy who has almost everything that can turn in to the guy that has to have everything. He breaks the Streak, he breaks Flair's record, he bangs other Bella right before her wedding to Daniel. Bam! Heel turn.
Bernkastel
Reaper of Miracles
I'm still waiting for Cena and Daniel to feud because they mixed up their women.
Poop Master Flex
Mid-Card Championship Winner
A perfect reason to have Brie get a boob job.
Bernkastel
Reaper of Miracles
And the feud ends with a Bella on a Pole match where the winner takes all.
Not with me, toots!
He should win it for the first time. He's never held that title. Unless you think him & Cena holiding it whilst C.M. Punk was on holiday counts. Which it doesn't.
I wish Kurt Angle was still in WWE.
Samoa Joe's the biggest wasted talent the industry has seen this last decade. He would have done great in WWE if he signed back in 2005 and would still do great if he signs in the next couple of years.
Bully Ray sucks.
Chris Hero does not suck.
I couldn't give a shit less about a woman's capability in the ring or on the mic. As long as we have "Divas" in this industry, I just only want to watch the ones I find attractive. Ala AJ, Eva Marie, Maryse (who they need to bring back), etc.
John Cena is the most inconsistent top wrestler I've ever seen, but it still doesn't make him any less great.
All 3 Shield members have "WWE Champion" potential.
Dolph Ziggler is fun to watch.
Finally, there is NOT too much wrestling on weekly. WWE or the business in general has not become "over-saturated" like internet fans love to say. The fact of the matter is that we have more talent in pro wrestling now as there's ever been, but at the same time, the writers and bookers stink. It's as simple as that. If there were good writers and bookers, no one would ever bitch about there being too much wrestling on tv. If anything, people would bitch about there not being a show on Tuesdays.
Samoa Joe's the biggest wasted talent the industry has seen this last decade. He would have done great in WWE if he signed back in 2005 and would still do great if he signs in the next couple of years.
Bully Ray sucks.
Chris Hero does not suck.
I couldn't give a shit less about a woman's capability in the ring or on the mic. As long as we have "Divas" in this industry, I just only want to watch the ones I find attractive. Ala AJ, Eva Marie, Maryse (who they need to bring back), etc.
John Cena is the most inconsistent top wrestler I've ever seen, but it still doesn't make him any less great.
All 3 Shield members have "WWE Champion" potential.
Dolph Ziggler is fun to watch.
Finally, there is NOT too much wrestling on weekly. WWE or the business in general has not become "over-saturated" like internet fans love to say. The fact of the matter is that we have more talent in pro wrestling now as there's ever been, but at the same time, the writers and bookers stink. It's as simple as that. If there were good writers and bookers, no one would ever bitch about there being too much wrestling on tv. If anything, people would bitch about there not being a show on Tuesdays.
Mr. Artistic guy
Better Off This Way
I don't know why anybody expected Ryback to be a big deal and I thought it was a matter of time until he got exposed by doing something he wasn't alright at (squash matches), not that WWE messed him up.
I would happily see John Cena go now and never return to wrestling.
There's only two guys who I really respect in wrestling, Sting and Taker.
I would rather have RAW with three matches well built and that I want to see than 6 matches, half of them good. Basically, I'd rather have some kind of segment over Santino against Heath Slater with Khali dancing and junk.
I would've given Santino a short run as WWE champ around that time where he nearly won the Rumble.
Daniel Bryan was best as a heel whilst going out with AJ.
Alberto Del Rio has been such a waste of the effort WWE have tried to invest in him by giving him insane numbers of titles/TV time by not being good enough to deserve it, not dissimilar to Edge.
Fuck Edge.
McGuillicutty and Ted DiBiase Jr. have both always been shit and will always be shit. You have to be Tyson Kidd good to get by on ring skill alone, and neither of them were.
I find Santino and Eric Young hilarious, and Young is probably still my favourite TNA guy. Great all round.. - I can already feel the impending heat off that one.
I think the quality of WWE's show and their booking and story work has been greatly improved over the last year or so.
For a guy that WWE named their 8th greatest ever performer, they sure don't seem to like Rey Mysterio.
As many bad thing TNA has that WWE don't, they have good ideas that WWE could do with employing.
I'd take back every 'great' Shawn Michaels match for someone interesting to have replaced him in history.
The Rock, at his peak, was the greatest of all time.
I would happily see John Cena go now and never return to wrestling.
There's only two guys who I really respect in wrestling, Sting and Taker.
I would rather have RAW with three matches well built and that I want to see than 6 matches, half of them good. Basically, I'd rather have some kind of segment over Santino against Heath Slater with Khali dancing and junk.
I would've given Santino a short run as WWE champ around that time where he nearly won the Rumble.
Daniel Bryan was best as a heel whilst going out with AJ.
Alberto Del Rio has been such a waste of the effort WWE have tried to invest in him by giving him insane numbers of titles/TV time by not being good enough to deserve it, not dissimilar to Edge.
Fuck Edge.
McGuillicutty and Ted DiBiase Jr. have both always been shit and will always be shit. You have to be Tyson Kidd good to get by on ring skill alone, and neither of them were.
I find Santino and Eric Young hilarious, and Young is probably still my favourite TNA guy. Great all round.. - I can already feel the impending heat off that one.
I think the quality of WWE's show and their booking and story work has been greatly improved over the last year or so.
For a guy that WWE named their 8th greatest ever performer, they sure don't seem to like Rey Mysterio.
As many bad thing TNA has that WWE don't, they have good ideas that WWE could do with employing.
I'd take back every 'great' Shawn Michaels match for someone interesting to have replaced him in history.
The Rock, at his peak, was the greatest of all time.
klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
John Cena carried CM Punk. How many Punk matches can you think of that weren't as good as they should/could have been? Punk had an amazing series with Cena but has had good at best matches with everyone else.
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
-Daniel Bryan is a comedic mid-card guy who can put on energetic, lengthy matches. He's over because the smarks like whatever isn't Cena, and DB's his exact opposite. They chant for him the entire night because they think it makes them seem better or smarter than regular fans. In short, Bryan's nothing special.
-Ziggler's too annoying for me to care how talented he may be.
-Mark Henry had the best and most believable heel run since Lesnar in 2002.
-JBL isn't a great color guy. His corporate knob-slobbing shines too bright.
-The Streak shouldn't be broken.
-Goldberg was a fantastic worker.
-John Cena has improved, all around, every year, in every facet of the game.
-Ziggler's too annoying for me to care how talented he may be.
-Mark Henry had the best and most believable heel run since Lesnar in 2002.
-JBL isn't a great color guy. His corporate knob-slobbing shines too bright.
-The Streak shouldn't be broken.
-Goldberg was a fantastic worker.
-John Cena has improved, all around, every year, in every facet of the game.
My equally unpopular opposing view: The Streak should be broken.
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
Both seem equally popular (the glass must remain half-full).