Cena will forever be remembered as the guy who was in the right place at the right time, and it just shows that you can have near to zero wrestling ability, incredibly boring promo skills, zero charisma, zero edge, zero creativity and know only 5 moves but as long as you are booked as a US marine rip off/superhero gimmick for the kids you can get over, well he did get over for a few years with the rapper thuganomics gimmick but after that played out he never evolved his stale character and kept force feeding us the same stick over and over again. We went from Hogan’s, Austin’s and Rock’s level to Him, and I don’t agree with people saying “oh but he’s been the face for 10 years he has proved he is on there level” Not a chance in hell, whoever the marketing machine decide to choose and pick as there company man will strive to success and eventually the sheep will jump on board and ride him because WWE will continue to force it down your throats, Cena was chosen at a time where there was no one else to choose from, he was in the right place at the right time.
I blame Cena for the demise of wrestling, I blame Cena for the todays low ratings when comparing to the middle to late 90’s, I blame Cena for the minimal crowd noises and reactions, I blame Cena (because he was picked) for not excelling and taking the WWE product to even greater heights than it was in the 90’s. Cena’s influence on the company through the years is the reason WWE is now considered laughable when comparing it to the Attitude era.
This is why I dislike Cena and this is why even comparing him to one of the greatest of all time is nothing but humours.
This thread honestly made me sick to my stomach. The fact that people are actually using drawing ability and popularity in the same category as wrestling skills, mic skills, and charisma to base someones greatness boggles me. People really need to stop rounding up talent and business like it is all one thing. Being marketable only means that you were chosen by the authority for fitting the perfect standards. Being talented means that you are actually good and have payed your dues for the wrestling business. Yeah, Cena does all this Make a Wish stuff(which is awesome) and works hard(I don't even know how but you guys should know since you know him personally. Right??) but what does any of this crap have to do with wrestling, the actual product, the product that's supposed to entertain us, that we are supposed to judge by entertainment value, not by how successful they are? I mean what the h3ll do you guys appreciate in wrestling, the ones who showcase their talent or the ones that are getting booked such a way just to get over with casuals? In terms of the business aspect, of course Cena has to be one of the greats since he's been the face of the company for 10 years. If he wasn't the face of the company or being booked like Superman, he would be nothing but an average wrestler. If only it was someone more talented than him with the right look to get that oppurtunity, i bet $1,000,000 this company would have been more successful. You know what? Since you guys get such a raging boner when we talk about the business aspect, let's see what Cena has really done. Even with all this marketing, the catering to the young audience, the booking, inflation, more tv access, the internet getting more popular, web shopping, huge tv deals, web shopping, WWE Network, and etc.., Cena has done nothing as the top guy for 10 years but keep it the same and benefit the wwe's fall to social irrelevancy. With all these benefits, the ratings and stock should be a lot higher to how it was by now but it isn't. Why??? Because it plain sucks. And don't give me that bs about you can't blame 1 person because i'm not. I'm just saying that as the top guy, he has paled in comparison to the predecessors and he is supposed to play his role better. If we are considering guys like Hogan, Rock, and Austin as the guys who impacted the business in their reigns as the face of the company, Cena should be too because he is getting the same kind of booking they were getting. Just look at how down the E has went. It used to be cool to be a fan, now it's a downright embarrasment. It has come to the point where fans who happen to appreciate talent more than casuals are just waiting for their once beloved product to be good again. In terms of entertainment value, ring skills, mic skills, and charisma, he's not even the best today IMO. As of entertainment value, we all know he's been extremely stale and boring. As of ring skills, in my opinion, he's average at best. The man can't take a normal bump, has a subpar moveset, still a bad seller, horrible storytelling, and botches a lot. As of Mic skills, I admit he is good but not "great" or "stellar" as others who like him say. As of charisma, oh please. What work has he put into his character? So, he puts his arm up and does a lame "You can't see me" chant. Don't even get me started on the acting *cough*His facial expression after winning Money in the Bank 2012*cough*. It's a real f#cking shame that people overlook charismatic wrestlers who put much work into their character like Ambrose with his psycho character or Bray with his gimmick just to praise this man who is nothing more than a product of the machine(if we're judging talent). It's even worse when they put this guy over HBK and Taker. Explain yourself if you actually think this, and judge their ability to entertain, not marketability. And to the people mentioning great matches, I know this sounds old but he gets carried or outperformed on 99% of them.
