edgehead113
Dark Match Winner
I don't think it's a secret that Cena's 2 greatest feuds- Edge and CM Punk, have come from heels that were "cool heels." Let's face it- 50% of WWE fans hate John Cena. If you're a heel and you feud with Cena, you're either getting over or you suck.
Ryback didn't get over because he isn't cool- it has nothing to do with his PPV losing streak or Cena being booked as Superman. Super Cena is actually a great character IMO because if you can beat John Cena you stand out as better than the rest of the roster. Edge and Punk were, so they were booked to beat him.
What I'm trying to say is the perfect villain for John Cena is just a great talent that needs that feud to take it to the next level. Cena launched the careers of Edge and Punk, but that was because Edge and Punk DESERVED the Super Cena push whereas most of Cena's opponents do not.
So this means the only superstars that can be a truly great villain to Cena are "cool" characters that can get over, but need that win over Cena to become one of the top 2 or 3 guys in the company. I feel like Mark Henry is too late to the party to earn that push, so he won't be beating Cena at MITB. They'll have Cena beat Henry clean to FURTHER BUILD CENA SO THAT WHEN HE DOES LOSE, THE GUY WHO BEATS HIM LOOKS EVEN BETTER.
The guy who beats Cena can become the next Edge or Punk, as long as he has that cool factor. In today's WWE, the obvious choice is Daniel Bryan. D-Bry is cool. He didn't have the bad-girl everyone wanted like Edge, he didn't have the pipebomb "I want WWE ice cream bars" promo like Punk, but D-Bry does make grown men and woman do a modified hokey-pokey and scream YES! over and over again. He's the most over guy in the company besides Cena, but he isn't perceived as Top Guy A or B because he hasn't beaten him yet.
Bray Wyatt isn't really that cool (yet). He isn't over yet. When I think of getting the Wyatt's a fair chance to be pushed to the moon, I think that they should be paired with the guys who need someone to follow. They should be booked to become faces and have the WWE Universe go apeshit once the lights go out and their hero (Wyatt) arrives. I think if any character can replace the Undertaker as the dark hero of the roster, it's Bray Wyatt. Undertaker and John Cena couldn't really have a logical feud without a title or something for them to fight over.
So Daniel Bryan needs to be the Cena villain. Cena should tap out to D-Bry at Sumerslam, in the final match of the night, and shake Bryan's hand after the match. The rest of their feud should consist of Super Cena "respecting" Bryan but saying he'll never make him tap out again blah blah blah, and Bryan can become a cocky champion again like his WHC reign, becoming a "coool" heel that fans will cheer even though he'll cheat if he needs to to win a match.
He should hold onto the title until Wrestlemania, where the WWE can pick a face for the big feud with the future of the company in mind. Maybe Bryan (cool heel) vs. Ziggler (face) w/ AJ (heel, rejected by both) as the referee? Potentially your top young heel, face, and woman in the ring for the final match?
I'm getting ahead of myself here. A little bit of a tangent. Continue on.
Ryback didn't get over because he isn't cool- it has nothing to do with his PPV losing streak or Cena being booked as Superman. Super Cena is actually a great character IMO because if you can beat John Cena you stand out as better than the rest of the roster. Edge and Punk were, so they were booked to beat him.
What I'm trying to say is the perfect villain for John Cena is just a great talent that needs that feud to take it to the next level. Cena launched the careers of Edge and Punk, but that was because Edge and Punk DESERVED the Super Cena push whereas most of Cena's opponents do not.
So this means the only superstars that can be a truly great villain to Cena are "cool" characters that can get over, but need that win over Cena to become one of the top 2 or 3 guys in the company. I feel like Mark Henry is too late to the party to earn that push, so he won't be beating Cena at MITB. They'll have Cena beat Henry clean to FURTHER BUILD CENA SO THAT WHEN HE DOES LOSE, THE GUY WHO BEATS HIM LOOKS EVEN BETTER.
The guy who beats Cena can become the next Edge or Punk, as long as he has that cool factor. In today's WWE, the obvious choice is Daniel Bryan. D-Bry is cool. He didn't have the bad-girl everyone wanted like Edge, he didn't have the pipebomb "I want WWE ice cream bars" promo like Punk, but D-Bry does make grown men and woman do a modified hokey-pokey and scream YES! over and over again. He's the most over guy in the company besides Cena, but he isn't perceived as Top Guy A or B because he hasn't beaten him yet.
Bray Wyatt isn't really that cool (yet). He isn't over yet. When I think of getting the Wyatt's a fair chance to be pushed to the moon, I think that they should be paired with the guys who need someone to follow. They should be booked to become faces and have the WWE Universe go apeshit once the lights go out and their hero (Wyatt) arrives. I think if any character can replace the Undertaker as the dark hero of the roster, it's Bray Wyatt. Undertaker and John Cena couldn't really have a logical feud without a title or something for them to fight over.
So Daniel Bryan needs to be the Cena villain. Cena should tap out to D-Bry at Sumerslam, in the final match of the night, and shake Bryan's hand after the match. The rest of their feud should consist of Super Cena "respecting" Bryan but saying he'll never make him tap out again blah blah blah, and Bryan can become a cocky champion again like his WHC reign, becoming a "coool" heel that fans will cheer even though he'll cheat if he needs to to win a match.
He should hold onto the title until Wrestlemania, where the WWE can pick a face for the big feud with the future of the company in mind. Maybe Bryan (cool heel) vs. Ziggler (face) w/ AJ (heel, rejected by both) as the referee? Potentially your top young heel, face, and woman in the ring for the final match?
I'm getting ahead of myself here. A little bit of a tangent. Continue on.