I've been wondering exactly why there seems to be a double standard with Cena and the rest of the people on the roster.
If the claim is that Wrestler X sucks in the ring- it's his fault. And maybe in some cases it is their fault.
If the claim is that CENA sucks in the ring- it's that he is limited and is a Superman character and that's how he is booked.
Maybe if WWE gave the wrestlers more freedom on what to use with their moves, we might see good matches out of Alex Riley and Wade Barrett.
If it's the claim that might attack Cena for mic skills, I will say, his promos can sound forced but people don't find fault in that.
What it is fault of is somebody else. It's John Morrison's fault for not being good on the mic. There are guys who can be good on the mic if given the opportunity to shine. Kofi Kingston got promo time on RAW and I'll be damned if that wasn't a good promo by somebody who gets little to no mic time and has a reputation for not being that good.
If Cena portrays the silly Cena who cracks lame ass jokes people may blast him for it but they still expect him to main event and all because he is the top guy.
But heaven forbid John Morrison smile like that one time he did on the titantron. Zack Ryder sure as hell cannot do the Woo Woo Woo thing AT ALL!!! I mean guys Cena is huge but have you seen Ryder's arms? I may be in the minority here but if going by his build alone he could be a believable champion.
But the point is- people take Cena despite smiling and cracking jokes. If anybody else does it, they are denounced. Big time.
When Cena does something good, I will credit him for it. I credit both Punk and Cena for putting on a terrific match last night as both held their own quite well.
I liked Cena's promo where he talked about the Montreal Screwjob and the TNA reference. That was good.
But I just cannot understand the contradiction between Cena and everybody else and I am hoping somebody explains this to me.
uhh, not that was NOT a good promo by Kofi. The words were good (likely the writer) but his delivery was awful. Looking at Josh, lookng at the ground in front of the camera, looking at josh, looking at the ground. If you don't look into the camera, it doesn't convey confidence, it makes you look nervous and makes your words seem less meaningful. With work he'll be good, the voice was good and the words, but the delivery sucked.
I don't think cena is limited by the office in the ring. I think he's smart enough to realize that chain wrestling and doing fancy moves on a nightly basis is downright stupid given his character. Anyone who thinks a bunch of fancy moves=great match needs to ask themselves. Which is more timeless? The Dragon Gate 6-man in ROH 2006 or Flair/Steamboat? The answer is Flair/Steamboat. Which was almost non-stop fancy flipity moves and which told a story that got people emotionally involved? Flair/Steamboat.
Contradiction between Cena and everyone else? What do you mean? the fact that cena puts on better matches than most the roster, matches people actually give a shit about even though he doesn't do the flipity bullshit? that contradiction? The fact that Cena can do a cheesey promo that has kids eating out of his fruity pebbles bowl one minute and do a serious, intelligent promo (all the ones against Rock, Punk, and Vince) the next?
People just need to admit it that even though it's not cool to like John Cena, he's pretty fuckin awesome. He puts on great matches of all types (hardcore vs JBL and Umaga, straight up wrestling vs Angle, HBK, and Jericho, superstar clash of the titans vs Batista, and a war of ideologies vs Punk) and is versitile on promos too.
Just admit it, the reason people want Cena to turn heel is so it'll be cool to like him. Because there are facts that lead to 2 conclusions.
The fact is he sells the most merch, sells the most tickets, likely gets the highest quarter hour ratings for his segments, and gets the loudest reactions (boo or cheer doesn't matter, just loudness).
Now this means either that 1) people love this guy and the people who boo him love to boo him OR 2) the people that boo him actually are sick of him, but there really aren't that many of them to actually matter or else it'd hurt the bottom line.
Either way Cena is either liked by enough people that it more than outweighs the people who don't, or the people who say they don't like him just love to hate him.
I think that Cena is the anti hero of this (the anti hero) generation. In a generation where all heroes are good guys but with a rough side or with a little bit of a drinking problem, or a womanizer, or someone who cusses and maybe gets a little too violent. Cena doesn't do any of that. Usually it isn't geniune when a guy is a goody two-shoes. However, with Cena you believe it. Which makes people love to hate or love to love him even more.