beefthelegend
The Beefiest Legend in all the Land
Okay, first off, this is not an April Fool's joke, and has nothing to do with the fact that today is April 1st, save for the fact that that is when I am posting.
Second, I'm sure i have people foaming at the mouth due to the title. Hear me out.
I am not comparing John Cena in terms of overness, legend status, match quality, technical ability, etc, etc to Bret Hart. I am speaking of them being in similar positions.
After watching Monday's Raw ( I dunno why i put it off so long- it was great) I got goosebumps during Cena's promo. I'm not a Cena guy, quite the antithesis. I am huge Rock fan. But Cena's promo rang true, and i could tell how emotionally charged he was, because was being attacked personally. He attacked the Rock professionally (ish- calling him out for flat leaving the Millions...and millions). But the Rock chose to personally attack him.
At first, Cena made it sound like he was likening it to a Race issue. He danced the line, and made some valid points. But I am not here to rave about Cena's mic skills, or this particular promo. He said a line: "You damn right I do it for the kids" (Paraphrasing-apologies). And immediatly this popped into my head: Bret Hart's feud with Steve Austin.
The quintessential feud that illustrates the passing of the torch from the new Gen to the attitude era, where the bad guy became the hero (or anti-hero) and the man with "good moral values" was always booed, because he was a stick in the mud-no fun. Bret's pops disappeared like a Honeysuckle Ham at an Overeaters Annonymus meeting. At least in America.
And my point is coming, stick with me.
Bret still got pops all over the world, especially anywhere north of the American border. That's not to say that Austin wasn't over as well (except in Canada), but Bret still received the hero's welcome.
And here's the corrolation with John Cena: He is in it for the kids. That is is audience. Much like Bret knew his audience was international venues, and he played up the anti-american sentiment hardcore (and was literally hated here for it-almost to the point of physical violence, if memory serves). And after seeing Cena's actions Monday, and the crowd response, I saw the same thing. Cena still played it up for the kids and women...but he clearly didn't give a shit about any male over the age of 12, his little smirk told me that.
I'll go a step further. Refer back to me referring to the Hart/Austin feud as the "The quintessential feud that illustrates the passing of the torch from the new Gen to the attitude era". Could this be the same type of feud for the Attitude/PG (or whatever era we're in now)?
This isn't a thread about Cena/Rock. You can find numerous other threads about that. This is about Cena's current angle, and the corraltion between that and the Bret Hart "Anti-American" angle and how this feud is similar to Hart/Austin. Please be focused on that, and not the feud with the Rock.
Second, I'm sure i have people foaming at the mouth due to the title. Hear me out.
I am not comparing John Cena in terms of overness, legend status, match quality, technical ability, etc, etc to Bret Hart. I am speaking of them being in similar positions.
After watching Monday's Raw ( I dunno why i put it off so long- it was great) I got goosebumps during Cena's promo. I'm not a Cena guy, quite the antithesis. I am huge Rock fan. But Cena's promo rang true, and i could tell how emotionally charged he was, because was being attacked personally. He attacked the Rock professionally (ish- calling him out for flat leaving the Millions...and millions). But the Rock chose to personally attack him.
At first, Cena made it sound like he was likening it to a Race issue. He danced the line, and made some valid points. But I am not here to rave about Cena's mic skills, or this particular promo. He said a line: "You damn right I do it for the kids" (Paraphrasing-apologies). And immediatly this popped into my head: Bret Hart's feud with Steve Austin.
The quintessential feud that illustrates the passing of the torch from the new Gen to the attitude era, where the bad guy became the hero (or anti-hero) and the man with "good moral values" was always booed, because he was a stick in the mud-no fun. Bret's pops disappeared like a Honeysuckle Ham at an Overeaters Annonymus meeting. At least in America.
And my point is coming, stick with me.
Bret still got pops all over the world, especially anywhere north of the American border. That's not to say that Austin wasn't over as well (except in Canada), but Bret still received the hero's welcome.
And here's the corrolation with John Cena: He is in it for the kids. That is is audience. Much like Bret knew his audience was international venues, and he played up the anti-american sentiment hardcore (and was literally hated here for it-almost to the point of physical violence, if memory serves). And after seeing Cena's actions Monday, and the crowd response, I saw the same thing. Cena still played it up for the kids and women...but he clearly didn't give a shit about any male over the age of 12, his little smirk told me that.
I'll go a step further. Refer back to me referring to the Hart/Austin feud as the "The quintessential feud that illustrates the passing of the torch from the new Gen to the attitude era". Could this be the same type of feud for the Attitude/PG (or whatever era we're in now)?
This isn't a thread about Cena/Rock. You can find numerous other threads about that. This is about Cena's current angle, and the corraltion between that and the Bret Hart "Anti-American" angle and how this feud is similar to Hart/Austin. Please be focused on that, and not the feud with the Rock.