John Cena's Next Feud Should Be With Baron Corbin

[BringThePain834]

Think about it, Baron Corbin would be a perfect program for when Cena returns. Corbin keeps beating the crap out of Cena week in, week out, he somehow loses the first match, beats Cena mercilessly after the match in anger, puts Cena "on the shelf again", Cena comes back 2 weeks later, triumphantly, sets up a rematch and Corbin gets the win. Save the rubber match down the road after they each take on a quick one-off in between to build the rubber match. Super easy. Syncs with the character they are pushing Corbin as and makes Corbin as the big deal they see him as working with their Franchise. Not only that, there's no doubt that Cena would be able to get Corbin really over and make him a legit threat on the roster.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Losing to Cena in a feud means you're in mid-card purgatory forever. I mean Corbin will be anyway, but that's besides the point.

 

[Alex]

Losing to Cena in a feud means you're in mid-card purgatory forever. I mean Corbin will be anyway, but that's besides the point.

It would get him over with the smarks at least.

Honestly it's a cool concept. Corbin has come in wreaking havoc and it would be cool to see him run through some low level guys before running into someone like Cena who gives him a challenge.

Although as Jake said if you lose to Cena you tend to end up in midcard purgatory (I'm sure there's exceptions)

 

[Sean Valjean]

Cena/Corbin could be cool, but I fear Corbin would lose in a big way. Not that losing to a 15x world champ is a horrible fate in theory, but up-and-coming heels have a horrible track record of being just demolished by Cena.

Look at Ryback, Wyatt, and Rusev – all big heels looking to make a name for themselves against Cena. It's not that they lost against John, but lost repeatedly. For whatever reason, WWE really likes to hammer it home that John Cena is indeed the better man by having him trounce his adversaries over and over and over until it loses all effect. To quote the Simpsons: "Stop! Stop! He's already dead!"

Based on that history, I have little reason to believe Corbin would be any different. I'd love to be proven wrong, because WWE is in DIRE need of main event heels at the moment and Corbin could potentially help remedy that.

 

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Let's see - NXT rookie who's been on the roster for 2 months vs. 15 year veteran who has won every big match ever and is face of the company.

Does anyone see a problem with this? If not I'll spell it out - Corbin is not on Cena's level and doesn't even deserve to be in the same ring with him.

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were different. They wrestled for years outside of WWE and are a lot more talented than Corbin.

Besides has a feud with Cena benefited anyone except for Owens? Look what happened to Wyatt, Rusev, Ziggler, Ryback, Sandow, and others. There's a very good chance Corbin turns out just like them. This isn't a terrible idea, but it's certainly not great for numerous reasons.

 

[bubalus]

Seems pretty obvious to me that Cena is going to beat Rusev for the US title the second he returns and goes back to his 'open challenge' thing and/or feud with Rusev again tbh.
Don't think they'll feed Corbin to Cena just yet.

 

[NotoriousWWE]

Let's see - NXT rookie who's been on the roster for 2 months vs. 15 year veteran who has won every big match ever and is face of the company.

Does anyone see a problem with this? If not I'll spell it out - Corbin is not on Cena's level and doesn't even deserve to be in the same ring with him.

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were different. They wrestled for years outside of WWE and are a lot more talented than Corbin.

This is a ridiculous argument! So just because Baron Corbin hasn't been wrestling and plying his trade for years like Owens or Zayn, he doesn't deserve to have a feud with John Cena? WWE is an entertainment company, you don't not get a push just because you're new to the profession. Corbin is very good at his job as a heel, gains a good amount of heat especially considering how new to the actual WWE roster he is.

Anyway in response to the OP. I would love a Cena/Corbin feud but I think he needs another big feud first and foremost with someone else who can help elevate him. I'd pair him with either a returning Randy Orton or maybe Dean Ambrose heading into the end of the Summer, once he's done with Ziggler.

Cena vs Corbin would be a nice end of year feud when WWE is starting to think about WrestleMania. I think Corbin will be a midcard champion come this time next year. A feud with Cena for the US Title would be intriguing. Cena epitomises everything a US champion should be while Corbin is the polar opposite. Perfect feud.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I don't think Corbin is ready for a feud with Cena. Whatever positive momentum the guy had has already been severely depleted during his feud with Dolph Ziggler. He spends weeks beating the crap out of Ziggler only to lose to him in his very first match on a WWE ppv. Not only did he lose, but he was booked to look like a complete idiotic tool in the process. I'm of the opinion that Corbin should've demolished Ziggler, maybe taken Ziggler on in a rematch on Raw, beat him with even greater brutality and then moved him onto someone else to repeat the formula, then maybe one more guy using a similar formula and then MAYBE consider putting him into a feud with Cena, depending upon how he's been received and how well he's done in these other feuds.

Right now, Corbin doesn't have the credibility to go against Cena without looking hilariously outgunned before the first punch is even thrown. As has been pointed out, Corbin isn't someone that's spent a good decade or more wrestling in other places and building a reputation like we've seen with Owens, Zayn or Neville; those guys developed a reputation as top guys on the indy circuit before they arrived in WWE whereas Corbin is a product of the WWE Performance Center. Guys like Corbin need to be given strong build with consistency if WWE wants them to be credible opponents to Cena because Cena is still THE guy in WWE no matter what marketing gimmick they're using for Roman Reigns.

 

[dsotm5150]

Id be very surprised to see Cena up against anyone other than Reigns or whoever is holding the WHC when he comes back. I'm sure Vince is dying to get his golden boy back as the face of the company. I'd love to see Cena feud with and get an up and comer over but that's just not going to happen.

 

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This is a ridiculous argument! So just because Baron Corbin hasn't been wrestling and plying his trade for years like Owens or Zayn, he doesn't deserve to have a feud with John Cena? WWE is an entertainment company, you don't not get a push just because you're new to the profession. Corbin is very good at his job as a heel, gains a good amount of heat especially considering how new to the actual WWE roster he is.

Well in my opinion, Corbin isn't on the level Owens and Zayn were when they debuted. He's not even close.

Right now he's in a low-card feud with Dolph Ziggler, and I doubt they could build him up as a viable opponent for Cena in a short time.

Down the road it might be a good feud. I wouldn't mind seeing the US Open Challenge return.

 

[kadroan]

Losing to Cena in a feud means you're in mid-card purgatory forever. I mean Corbin will be anyway, but that's besides the point.

Corbin needs to stay away from Cena. I'd say Corbin should feud with Kane (since he eliminated him to win his debut).

 

[Deoxyribonucleic A.C.I.D.]

The reason talents like Rusev and Bray Wyatt got "hurt" after facing Cena was not Cena's fault. It was because these wrestlers didn't have enough popularity/weren't ready/weren't on Cena's level yet. So when you have somone who isn't on the same level as the face of the company and you have those two collide in a feud, it's obvious that the face us going to win and sometimes in a dominant fashion, because duh, he's the face of the company.

With that being said, I want Corbin to reach an upper mid-card, main-event level first and then, face John Cena, in order for him, not to get "hurt".

 

[Navi]

I would like to see him against Reigns. Reigns needs a feud after this one and who better than heel Corbin. Not saying Corbin would win, but it would be two big guys going up against each other, so why not? With Ryback looking to be on the way out and Owens tied up with Zayn, Corbin is a natural choice.

 

[CyberPunk]

Feud with Cena is not a bad option. Most other heels suffered after feuding with Cena not because of losing the feud itself but what they did after the feud. It seems creative loses interest as soon as someone's feud with Cena is over. Owens survived because of his own talent and because creative still put him in decent programs.

At this point, Corbin needs to establish himself. It's not going to happen against Cena. Give him someone else, like a Neville (when healthy) or put him in the US title race (if Cena's not holding it).

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Corbin should stay low card for a while. Let him feud with the likes of Ryder, Kane, Show, Truth, Goldust. Maybe a one off victory over Xavier, Kofi or some other tag focused wrestlers. Drag these things out as long as possible and see how he does in and out of the ring. He is basically playing a friendless and less wordy version of Bray Wyatt - which is fine at this point. Feeding him to Cena does nothing but make him another notch on Cena's ring post.

Or just feed the guy to Cena. I really don't see that much that is special about him so just get it over with before others figure that out too.

 

[Hoke Hogan]

Most other heels suffered after feuding with Cena not because of losing the feud itself but what they did after the feud. It seems creative loses interest as soon as someone's feud with Cena is over.

Bingo! I was going to post pretty much the same thing. If Rusev had returned to dominating guys on the Raw after Mania last year, it would have been fine. It was creative that decided to go with the Rusev-Lana-Ziggler-Summer Rae mess. Rusev should have pretty much killed Ziggler immediately but we were treated to three months of a terrible love story (which was probably the worst writing I've ever seen creative come up with).