John Cena heads to the finals here.
Some may not like it, but John Cena is the modern day Hulk Hogan. The man simply doesn't lose clean in one-on-one single's matches. He also heads into this match relatively fresh with a cakewalk of a win over Ric Flair. Andre, on the other hand, barely squeaked past HHH. If he can barely get past HHH, how is he going to get past a man far his superior in John Cena.
I've made no it no secret that John Cena may well be on his way to being the greatest Superstar of All-Time. He's got the speed, agility, and strength to mix it up with anyone, and in his prime, he successfully did. He's a 13 time World Champion for a reason, and had one of the longest title reigns of the modern era.
Cena has come into matches with significant damage, and still won. Take his match against the Big Show at Judgment Day 2009, for example. Just three weeks prior, Big Show had chokeslammed him through a spotlight. Cena could barely walk in the weeks leading up to Judgment Day, and wasn't medically cleared to compete until the day of the match.
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One would think that if Cena ever had an out to lose to a monster, it would have been then. Yet three weeks after being put through a spotlight, and subsequently beatdown by Big Show leading up to the match, Cena not only pulled out a victory, this is what happened:
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He came in battered and bruised, and gave a 500lb giant an FU. For those who question whether he can lift Andre, well, he lifted Edge and Big Show combined at Wrestlemania 25, didn't he? Only here, Andre comes in battered and bruised, and Cena comes in fresh. Andre was slammed and beaten by a wrestler Cena's size in El Canek, and Cena is stronger then Canek .
Andre wins this one. Cena is great and all, but, like I have stated previously he loses a lot to be the top face. Against big names Cena goes down he's lost to HHH.
He made HHH tap out at Wrestlemania 22. Their biggest match. A "Championship region" type match.
He's never beaten Cena clean in a one on one match.
See Randy Orton.
He won the higher stakes match between the two, and there's certainly no shame in losing to one of the all-time greats, and the winner of this tourney last year.
His record against Big Show in 1 on 1 matches in his prime is like 100-1.
He's even lost to guys like Tensai.
With heavy interference, and in a No-DQ match. This isn't that kind of match.
Another No-DQ match. Again, you
have to consider the match type.
Andre in his prime would go over Cena in quite a fierce battle where Cena gets to show off his strength.
Not if you're considering the criteria of this tournament, he wouldn't. Andre is coming in here beaten and bruised, Cena fresh. You claim a fierce battle would ensue, well, that would favor the fresher man.
And yes, Cena would get to show off his strength. With the biggest FU/AA of his career, and a trip to the finals following.
I'd rather use common sense and vote Cena. This is a win for John. The location plays no factor, and all other criteria go to Cena.
This is a win for John. The location plays no factor, and all other criteria go to Cena.