Honestly, Do Any Of You Care About This Del Rio/Cena Feud?

[Jack-Hammer]

Generally speaking, not really. I'm sure he & Del Rio will put on an entertaining match this Sunday but I'm just not invested in this particular feud. I think a big part of it is the plain and simple fact that I'm just tired of John Cena in the WWE Championship picture. I know he's a huge star, I know he's a draw and I know he makes money. I appreciate all that and I do understand it. At the same time though, I'm just burned out on the guy in the title scene. He's consistently been in the World Championship picture, whether its the WWE or World Heavyweight Championship, since 2005 and he's gone on to win a total of 12 World Championships during that 6.5 year time period.

Fortunately, I think this feud will end this Sunday with Del Rio retaining the title. The next ppv is Survivor Series and it's getting time for WWE to get onto building up Cena vs. Rock for WrestleMania. The Rock is going to be competing at Survivor Series and that should be where WWE keeps Cena after Sunday right up to WrestleMania. With Cena out of the way and with Del Rio moving onto someone else, I think it'll just have an all around fresher feel to it.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Honestly not at all.

With John Cena building towards the Rock its rather difficult to care about anything he does until him and the Rock kick off to be honest.

The only time over the last year after WM that I have cared about Cena was that month and a half (from Punk's big interview on RAW, through MITB and to Summerslam), after Summerslam I really haven't given a shit about Cena at all before or after and if they didn't make a good story with Punk I probably wouldn't have cared at all.

I said the day after the Rock vs. Cena match was announced is its gonna be difficult to care about what Cena does until he faces off with the Rock and outside that month where WWE struck gold with the Punk leaving storyline it has rung true.

Note a lot of that has to do with Del Rio as well as there has been nothing about the feud that makes you want to watch it and nothing about the feud has made it memorable for me, mostly because Del Rio hasn't really done anything to Cena to make me want to see him and Cena fight, outside of Del Rio is a heel and Cena is a face nothing has really happened to fuel the fire.

Its hard to get emotionally invested in something when nothing happens.

 

[LoudClearVoice]

I completely agree with the OP and most others in this thread. This feud has bored me to tears.

I don't think it has to do with either wrestler individually. I think it has more to do with the feud itself. As many have said, there's been basically no build into this last man standing match. Usually you have a last man standing match or an "I quit" match after a long drawn out feud, as the finale, to settle the feud once and for all. In this case I feel like the feud has been forced on us and really it should be Del Rio and Punk feuding.

I believe they're using the last man standing gimmick to further the conspiracy storyline as there will undoubtedly be interference (likely from Miz and Truth) that will prevent Cena from winning.

This would have been a great feud if Del Rio had been established as the leader of the rebel group or something against Cena, who presumably is siding with Triple H. In this case though, it feels like Del Rio is not even a significant figure in the conspiracy storyline. Punk vs. Del Rio is good, Cena vs. Del rio is boring and pointless.

 

[wushady]

I could care less about the Del Rio Cena feud as much as I don't want to Cena with the title anymore. I think Del Rio will retain the title this Sunday. Then Cena can move out of the title picture to continue to set up his feud with The Rock. Then I think Del Rio will get in to an angle with CM Punk and eventually drop the belt to him . I don't see anyone else that deserves to be champion more. Cena has had his time and Del Rio isn't cutting it as champion in my opinion.

 

[Notorious718]

I think the only reason for the feud at this point is to solidify Del Rio's spot as RAW's top guy as champion, which means I'm predicting Del Rio going over at Vengeance. Once that's done, I'm guessing Cena goes focuses on his feud with the Rock with the both of them teaming up at Survivor Series and all that jazz. I honestly don't see the Cena/Del Rio feud going on very far past Vengeance if at all. I'm guessing that after the PPV, Punk is the one who will feud with Del Rio.

 

[willross]

To be honest, I am all for WWE and they have impressed me but this is easily a feud that I am probably least interested in right now personally. Del Rio was one of my favorites going into WM but I feel him losing that night kinda killed him off for me. I wouldn't go as far as to say Vengeance is looking boring or uneventful because Orton/Rhodes, Henry/Show, Tag Titles, and HHH/Punk vs Miz/Truth should all be pretty decent matches. The only match that I think is a for sure thing is Mark Henry retaining the title.

I DO though however know people that are invested in the Del Rio/Cena feud and alot of the audience at the events seem to be invested in it so I can't be selfish and go on a hate rant because one or two things aren't interesting me as much as I would like.

COnsidering Cena basically already beat Del Rio in a last man standing match, quite easily at the end of RAW, the only thing interesting me in that match is A) Will it be a draw or will Cena win....and B) How will this tie into the HHH vs Laurinaitis vs McMahon feud

 

[TheGamea]

havent cared much for any cena feuds recently except for his CM Punk feud recently so no is the answer as well as Cena doesn't deserve it he get way to many title shots

I think this is the reason WHY no one cares, I think that the CM Punk/Cena feud was not only so GREAT but most folks either love one of those two, now dont get me wrong I think PLENTY of people like ADR because he has the quality to MAKE YOU WANT TO WATCH HIM (I personally hated him at first, but he grows on you like a virus) but with the PUNK v Cena there is/was so much left on the table for fans so much untapped in the feud and to be honest it never really ended it sorta just moved on, now if WWE plays there cards right they can pick it back up say nov/dec to lead us into this rock v cena thing again and it will be great.

but in a nutshell normally would we care about ADR v Cena maybe, more than likely but it followed something so great it paled in comparison.

 

[xg311]

Do you know what Del Rio desperately needs? A true counterpart to challenge him for the title, not just the Cena roulette that every heel champion seems to deal with. Punk is not the answer to this feud either, as there's just as little emotion between him and Del Rio as there is with Cena. Who's missing?

Rey Mysterio.

The worst thing that could have happened for Del Rio was losing his true nemesis in the WWE. Have they wrestled each other a ton? Absolutely, but you can't tell me that the WWE Title couldn't have added a new wrinkle to the feud. Had Mysterio not torn his ACL I'm sure he'd be chasing Del Rio during the Mexican tour, but ever since then it's like creative has just said "Well, we'll just have him fight Cena, everyone will believe that!"

This would be the perfect time for the WWE to elevate a face mid-card talent to the main event level, especially someone like Kofi Kingston. He and Del Rio have had some great matches together and it could be a chance to test Kofi in the main-event waters, especially if he were to get back some of that intensity he had back in the short-lived Orton feud.

Alas, the powers that be will make Punk the next in line without considering that besides cashing in the MitB briefcase, there's no true drive between these two.

 

[XXJJ]

I think it is ridiculous that they are having a Last Man Standing match. I dont feel any real bad blood and emotion between them, to have that kind of match. I feel much more bad blood from Orton/Rhodes and Henry/Big show.

The Del Rio/Cena feud has been awful. Their is something missing... they just dont have much chemistry together. It started off bad, with Cena coming out and being over the top upset at Del Rio for becoming champ. It just made zero sense. Cena was acting like ADR stole the title from him, and not Punk.

And I like Del Rio and I dont mind Cena, even though he annoys me at times. Del Rio needs to start a program with Punk ASAP. The whole conspiracy angle has turned into HHH angle. Punk really isn't needed anymore. Punk teaming up with Hunter is stupid. He has turned into Triple H little sidekick. They should move Punk into the WWE title picture.

 

[DMaGic21]

I can give you the most simple answer to this question I can think of:

NO!

 

[InsomGTS]

Not at all. I think it's a pretty standard Cena feud.

 

[MJB2527]

It's just the result of two stale personalities trying to make an interesting feud it's not creative's fault, both men have been given time and an interesting angle but at the end of the day both Cena and Del Rio are to blame.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

The smarks don't like it because neither is loved by the IWC? Mate you are compltety dilluded and again your hate for the IWC clouds your logic. People don't lke it because there is zero interest or substance in this feud. They haven't gotten the crowd emotionally invested in this feud one bit and it's really a nothing feud with no real reason apart from the belt being on the line. Del Rio is not that over so the mainstream people obviously aren't too excited for this feud either. Now that it's a last man standing match it just doesn't mean anything because there is not enough build for this match to be really relevant. Remember Orton and Christian's No Holds Barred match had a massive build up that all led to that match and it was perfect. There is no reason for a Last Man Standing match between these two as they don't have a true reason to hate it eachother with no backstory or anything apart from Cena being angered by the cash in and that was ages ago now.

Think about this. John Cena, classic babyface without fancy moves, ADR, classic heel without fancy moves (well, like 2). the IWC doesn't like either. Also, the crowd reactions for this feud haven't been amazing but they haven't been awful either.

The reason for the LMS is because Cena wants to beat the shit out of ADR, Cena was able to pick a match he wanted, he feels that because ADR is spineless, he can't survive a LMS. It fits the match from a storytelling perspective because a non-gimmick match would be going backwards. Plus you don't know the whole story. They know what they're going to book after LMS, so it probably fits into their long-term scheme. My thinking is, if ADR survives LMS with Cena, it's a big deal and makes ADR look better.

My hate for the IWC doesn't cloud my logic, my logic is why I hate the IWC. the IWC thinks you reward guys with lengthy title runs to "build crediblity" and every 5 seconds there is a "bring back such and such from the attitude era" whether that's a wrestler, move, mask, or story. The general IWC (not the smart ones like Headman who were actually watching BEFORE the tude era and understand that it's a goddamn business and always has) pisses me off because they are selfish in their wants. Which it's okay to be selfish, but to legitimately say "WWE is stupid for not doing this" when the ONLY person it would benefit would be them is a dumb idea.

ADR vs Cena isn't that bad. The IWC doesn't care that much for it. However, they'll be in Houston, lots of Latinos, plus Cena is always over and his PPV title matches are always over too. Cena will make ADR look like a million bucks and the match will be good.

 

[Alittude]

Mate you obviously haven't even read people's opinions in this thread and you're just making stuff up. People have explained why they don't like this feud and are not interested and they have valid reasons. You choose to ignore this and make up your own stupid reasons. It's nothing to do with who the IWC likes and that doesn't make sense because there's parts of the IWC that are fans of both. The IWC now includes lots of the mainstream with the growth of social media and such so your claims don't even make sense. There is no logic at all in what you're saying. This feud is not interesting and there has not been that much build and people are not emotionally invested in the slightest. If you can't realise that you then you have very low standards.

 

[Dagger Dias]

I care about it in the sense that it will be good for Del Rio in the long run to do this feud because working with Cena can be good for a heel that needs to get more over. Other than that, WWE has not really done enough to make me care about this feud. It feels like less of a big deal due to both guys having bigger feuds coming up after this PPV to move on to. Cena will be teaming with The Rock and Alberto should be entering a feud over the world title with Punk. This angle should be a big deal but it does not feel like one with those two huge feuds on the horizon.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

Mate you obviously haven't even read people's opinions in this thread and you're just making stuff up. People have explained why they don't like this feud and are not interested and they have valid reasons. You choose to ignore this and make up your own stupid reasons. It's nothing to do with who the IWC likes and that doesn't make sense because there's parts of the IWC that are fans of both. The IWC now includes lots of the mainstream with the growth of social media and such so your claims don't even make sense. There is no logic at all in what you're saying. This feud is not interesting and there has not been that much build and people are not emotionally invested in the slightest. If you can't realise that you then you have very low standards.

If by low standards you mean I enjoy pro wrestling and don't watch something and then bitch about it, sure. Most of the IWC bitches about everything. Punk had a recent tweet, someone asked him for Raw spoilers, he said "people will complain about everything and then watch next week". That's the IWC culture I hate.

"No logic" in what I'm saying? For months I've read nothing but how bad Del Rio is on the mic and in the ring and the same (from less people) about Cena. I'm not surprised people on here aren't interested. How does that lack logic? Makes perfect sense.

There has been build to this, like I've said a million times, I don't think it's great, but I don't think it's awful, just normal, classic good guy/bad guy stuff.

 

[TeetsWenger]

I feel the in ring action is superior to the feud/story telling. Their match at Vengeance was highly entertaining, in my opinion. Del Rio called CM Punk a dog on Raw, etc, etc. so I suppose that feud will take precedence over the Cena one for now. There seems to be no animosity besides the fact that Del Rio has the title and Cena doesn't.

I think Cena would be better suited strictly dealing with the Miz, R-Truth, Kevin Nash type of thing. Obviously with Raw this past week Cena proved he could defeat Truth and Miz alone. This feud is weakened due to Raw...I see both of Cena's "feuds" right now as quite uninteresting. The IWC may be onto something with heel turn but I tend to believe Vince loves the profit of the merch and the parents buy tons for the kids and some adults buy it also. A heel turn might only appeal to teens and adults. It's a catch-22 situation but I hope for a breakthrough from somewhere or The Rock's involvement to ramp up its intensity. The Rock could turn on Cena at SS which would be exciting perhaps but they need to tie up these story lines and progress to some fresher material.