Kasey
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^In actuality Prax, Cena was REVILED for nearly a year during the better portion of 2005. They had more than enough trouble trying to get him over with anyone outside of Massachusetts. Hence, their re-shuffling of Angle and Christian into other programs as they scooped pops right out from under him. The demand for Cena is due to McMahon's oversaturation of Cena until the standard masses just gave in. When McMahon cuts a promo telling the people that they like what he tells them...he's pretty much right. The Rock is twice the performer on the mic and in the ring, he just had to establish a character first. Cena has had a character in mind for a few years now and only after the WWE marketing machine completely got behind him did it take. Hell, half of the fans were asleep for his first World Title win at WM 21 (I still want my money back for paying for that crap). Besides, it's very sad when your supposed "face" champion gets booed so badly he has to acknowledge it in promos and the best thing that J.R.'s befuddled ass can say is that "some fans don't take a shine to such an unorthodox competitor like Cena." What that really means is that they saddled their hopes on a dud and had to do everything within their power to get him over, even if it meant re-arranging rosters and squelching potential angles.
As for RVD, he is limited these days in terms of his offense, but no worse than Cena is by a longshot. RVD has plenty of skill, when he can get in the ring with some people who can actually work past a three move spot. RVD's supposed to be obnoxious. That's his legit character since 1996. WWE just wanted him to be like Bill and Ted because they didn't know what the hell to do with his character. Just like when Cena and Rock debuted and they had the most bland characters possible and the fans didn't give a rat's ass about either guy. The difference is that the company focused on getting them something better to work with. RVD never really needed that as his character was already established and finely honed in ECW. They tried to fix what wasn't broken, and instead of letting RVD do his thing and get over, they saddled him in wonderful angles like a tag team with Kane.
As for RVD, he is limited these days in terms of his offense, but no worse than Cena is by a longshot. RVD has plenty of skill, when he can get in the ring with some people who can actually work past a three move spot. RVD's supposed to be obnoxious. That's his legit character since 1996. WWE just wanted him to be like Bill and Ted because they didn't know what the hell to do with his character. Just like when Cena and Rock debuted and they had the most bland characters possible and the fans didn't give a rat's ass about either guy. The difference is that the company focused on getting them something better to work with. RVD never really needed that as his character was already established and finely honed in ECW. They tried to fix what wasn't broken, and instead of letting RVD do his thing and get over, they saddled him in wonderful angles like a tag team with Kane.