Mouthy Idiot
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I hate to even do a John Cena post but I felt compelled by the timing and the current situation with his injury and surgery and time off. A couple of years ago I posted on here that I felt Cena should at some point , take some time off and change his look and image. Of course a lot of people found it idiotic "ironic considering my username" but nevertheless some people understood where I was going with the idea. I felt he should do a "Sting" Steve Borden style change where he changes his tired predictable look and image.
I originally felt Cena could become kind of an 'emo" Cena , he could grow his hair out , maybe lose alittle bulk , not a lot of weight but enough to make him look alittle slimmer and maybe some facial hair and some new ring attire. A darker color , maybe some black.. I felt this idea might work in reigniting his character. Now this injury happens and its the perfect time to make a change. He wont be back most likely until 2014 , unless they use him on tv in a non wrestling role. I feel 4-6 months is a decent amount of time off to change his image alittle and reinvent him. I know its radical and possibly even pointless but its also a big risk that could pay off big time. Society is very dark these days with a lot of teens and kids and even adults more geared toward the darker more vampy emo style. I think Cena is hated a lot because of his "marine robotic" approach.
He seems so bland at this stage of his career, over a decade and counting. At some point you have to change alittle. Its not like he has to do a complete 180.. But what is so wrong with a darker image at this point. Technically he doesn't even have to become "heel" he could just become darker. I think people would probably be interested in this new Cena. I just think hes already accomplished everything he can as his current incarnation. Again I know a lot of you will say its stupid and they wont do it because hes a marketing dream and the little cena fans wont be happy with his new image. Sting was the John Cena of his time and his darker crow character made him even more popular. History DOES repeat itself in this life. I believe it would work for Cena. Its just a hunch.
Vince and Paul and Stephanie probably don't have the balls to do this so it wont happen but I wish somebody would just pitch this idea and really try to open their eyes to a risky bold career move for Cena. Again what do they have to lose,, yeah yeah lots of "cash" right from cenas t shirt sales. Well again those fruity pebbles shirts are getting stale. Imagine the revenue for a John Cena black colored emoish shirt. It COULD work big. The only major concern would be if he went darker how long would it last.. I mean say it flopped he could go back to his old self pretty quick. 3 easy steps. haircut , shave, throw on fruity pebbles colored shirt and jean shorts.
In final I just wanna know if this is a good concept or am I insane for even pitching this. At least its something new and different, Hogan did it and it made more money than any wrestling angle ever and Hogan was the Cena of WWF back in the day. Kids loved him. The dark Hogan made a lot of money and changed the business. I know its a different time and era but cena is so boring to so many people this could be the key to his next 10 years. Or again it flops and he goes back to his clean cut marine image. If he stays the same forever he will never be anything more than what he is now. I always thought Vince wanted to "push the envelope" to reacher Higher Highs and be even better. This would do that. In a big way.
I originally felt Cena could become kind of an 'emo" Cena , he could grow his hair out , maybe lose alittle bulk , not a lot of weight but enough to make him look alittle slimmer and maybe some facial hair and some new ring attire. A darker color , maybe some black.. I felt this idea might work in reigniting his character. Now this injury happens and its the perfect time to make a change. He wont be back most likely until 2014 , unless they use him on tv in a non wrestling role. I feel 4-6 months is a decent amount of time off to change his image alittle and reinvent him. I know its radical and possibly even pointless but its also a big risk that could pay off big time. Society is very dark these days with a lot of teens and kids and even adults more geared toward the darker more vampy emo style. I think Cena is hated a lot because of his "marine robotic" approach.
He seems so bland at this stage of his career, over a decade and counting. At some point you have to change alittle. Its not like he has to do a complete 180.. But what is so wrong with a darker image at this point. Technically he doesn't even have to become "heel" he could just become darker. I think people would probably be interested in this new Cena. I just think hes already accomplished everything he can as his current incarnation. Again I know a lot of you will say its stupid and they wont do it because hes a marketing dream and the little cena fans wont be happy with his new image. Sting was the John Cena of his time and his darker crow character made him even more popular. History DOES repeat itself in this life. I believe it would work for Cena. Its just a hunch.
Vince and Paul and Stephanie probably don't have the balls to do this so it wont happen but I wish somebody would just pitch this idea and really try to open their eyes to a risky bold career move for Cena. Again what do they have to lose,, yeah yeah lots of "cash" right from cenas t shirt sales. Well again those fruity pebbles shirts are getting stale. Imagine the revenue for a John Cena black colored emoish shirt. It COULD work big. The only major concern would be if he went darker how long would it last.. I mean say it flopped he could go back to his old self pretty quick. 3 easy steps. haircut , shave, throw on fruity pebbles colored shirt and jean shorts.
In final I just wanna know if this is a good concept or am I insane for even pitching this. At least its something new and different, Hogan did it and it made more money than any wrestling angle ever and Hogan was the Cena of WWF back in the day. Kids loved him. The dark Hogan made a lot of money and changed the business. I know its a different time and era but cena is so boring to so many people this could be the key to his next 10 years. Or again it flops and he goes back to his clean cut marine image. If he stays the same forever he will never be anything more than what he is now. I always thought Vince wanted to "push the envelope" to reacher Higher Highs and be even better. This would do that. In a big way.