Poop Master Flex
Mid-Card Championship Winner
Throughout the history of wrestling there have been top guys who deserved it, top guys who didn't deserve it, top guys who that were on top with an amazing talent core and top guys who were on top because they were the only ones who could actually bring in money. Today I'm gonna focus on top guys and their talent core.
Guys like Hogan and Austin had an amazing talent core with numerous guys who could draw money with them, then there were guys like Bret Hart. Now Bret was a great wrestler and the most over guy in the New Generation but a lot of his time on top had to do with the simple fact he had no one to compete with him as a top draw as either the talent wasn't that good or they weren't built up as of yet. This brings me to John Cena.
I think its safe to say that Cena more than deserves the spot he's had, no matter who has challenged him as top guy he has always risen to the occasion and asserted his dominance as it were to stay on top of the WWE mountain. With that said I can't help but think a lot of the reason why he's had such a long stay on top has more to do with the fact of who his competition is than it has to do with the greatness of John Cena.
I'm not trying to downplay Cena's success by any means but honestly, I think if anyone on the current roster had even the slightest ability to draw consistently then there's a good chance Cena wouldn't be on top right now. As good as Cena is I don't see him on the level of a Hogan, Austin or Rock and I feel it's a big reason why the Cena hater's say "he sucks". I truly think Cena is great, I don't think there is any doubting that but at the same time I think he's the best of a bad situation.
There is some really good talent on the roster (Orton, Punk, Bryan, Sheamus to name a few) but none of them are consistently strong draws, they aren't the guys that will make the casual fan pay attention and watch wrestling (or buy PPV's) and none of them are the guy you want following John Cena after his time is done. You could argue it's because of creative, you could argue they aren't marketable and you could argue they aren't good enough and all point have merits, but the fact is they still aren't strong draws.
With all that said I ask 1 question:
Is John Cena on top because he's "that good" or is he on top because he's the best of a bad situation.
I don't expect a long drawn out answer (although it's welcome) but I would like to see what you think on the matter.
Guys like Hogan and Austin had an amazing talent core with numerous guys who could draw money with them, then there were guys like Bret Hart. Now Bret was a great wrestler and the most over guy in the New Generation but a lot of his time on top had to do with the simple fact he had no one to compete with him as a top draw as either the talent wasn't that good or they weren't built up as of yet. This brings me to John Cena.
I think its safe to say that Cena more than deserves the spot he's had, no matter who has challenged him as top guy he has always risen to the occasion and asserted his dominance as it were to stay on top of the WWE mountain. With that said I can't help but think a lot of the reason why he's had such a long stay on top has more to do with the fact of who his competition is than it has to do with the greatness of John Cena.
I'm not trying to downplay Cena's success by any means but honestly, I think if anyone on the current roster had even the slightest ability to draw consistently then there's a good chance Cena wouldn't be on top right now. As good as Cena is I don't see him on the level of a Hogan, Austin or Rock and I feel it's a big reason why the Cena hater's say "he sucks". I truly think Cena is great, I don't think there is any doubting that but at the same time I think he's the best of a bad situation.
There is some really good talent on the roster (Orton, Punk, Bryan, Sheamus to name a few) but none of them are consistently strong draws, they aren't the guys that will make the casual fan pay attention and watch wrestling (or buy PPV's) and none of them are the guy you want following John Cena after his time is done. You could argue it's because of creative, you could argue they aren't marketable and you could argue they aren't good enough and all point have merits, but the fact is they still aren't strong draws.
With all that said I ask 1 question:
Is John Cena on top because he's "that good" or is he on top because he's the best of a bad situation.
I don't expect a long drawn out answer (although it's welcome) but I would like to see what you think on the matter.
