Could it be that all of the things which have transpired in recent history in WWE, up to and certainly including Summerslam 2014, finally trigger the one thing that so many guys on here (and at least one girl) would love to see, yet just as many others insist we will never see? I am referring, of course, to the ever speculated John Cena heel turn. Granted, I predict this about every other month, so I guess I eventually have to be correct, right?
The simple fact of the matter is, there's no one on the current roster, or on the horizon from elsewhere, who could pose a credible threat to the current incarnation of Brock Lesnar. By virtue of his total annihilation of Cena at Summerslam, who himself has been pretty dominant when compared to the rest of the roster, who else currently employed by WWE would be seen as being able to defeat the beast incarnate? Because despite the fact that there are several guys in WWE right now who I love, I don't see any one of them being anything more than another rag doll for him to throw and suplex around. I mean, if Cena gets decimated by Lesnar, mounting no offense whatsoever in one of the, if not the most, lopsided title victories in WWE history, how can we imagine any of the other guys can get it done. Guys like Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, they're simply too small to mount a plausible challenge to Lesnar. The bigger guys are not believable either. He's already destroyed Mark Henry and Big Show. Reigns is far too green. Rusev is even greener and is a hated heel. Cesaro lost to RVD of all people on the pre show, can anyone imagine him with a title shot, much less against someone like Lesnar, and can anyone think it could ever be successful, because I don't.
I can't see any returning superstars being granted the honor of doing what the current face of the company and the generation was so grossly incapable of doing. No one from NXT is ready for such a task. Guys like Sting, Hogan, or the Undertaker are too old and decrepit to be plausible. And there's no way it will be the Rock. For one thing, he's not appearing at a PPV like Night of Champions. If he returns, it will be at WM31 or not at all. And even then, I don't see the point in having a part timer who has no intent of sticking around long term on a weekly basis, being defeated by a different part timer who has no intent of sticking around long term on a weekly basis. Plus, there's no way Rock himself, or his people in Hollywood, are going to risk his cushy Hollywood gig by facing someone as dominant, as stiff, and as physical, as Lesnar. Too much on the line. The Rock was hurting after his last encounter with Cena. You know, the Cena who just got tossed around like a rag doll last Sunday.
So who does that leave? A darker, angrier heel Cena. A Cena who realizes that his goody two shoes version won't be able to get it done. A Cena who is pissed off at the response he has received from the WWE Universe. Cheering the beast, who is a part timer who thumbs his nose at everyone, including the fans, who is clearly a mercenary only there for himself. While Cena toils day in and day out for the fans, only to be booed and jeered out of the ring after Summerslam. Who is constantly being told he sucks by a significant portion of the crowd, while Lesnar comes and goes as he pleases. A Cena who just got the beating of a lifetime and who knows he will bet another one if the status quo is maintained, which will elicit the same response from the Universe as last time. It's enough to make even the toughest guy out there snap. And that snapping could be the heel turn.
Unrealistic? Perhaps. But personally I'd much rather see that than see an underdog face Cena take another beating at the hands of Lesnar at NoC, only to magically overcome the odds once again, to rise to the occasion and defeat Brock Lesnar in a feel good (and played out) moment.
