Now, I think we all can admit the booking of last week's Raw was a bit odd to be honest. In a matter of 2 hours everyone swapped storylines and everything that was once on the show was all driven into a new direction. All of sudden, we now have Smackdown guys competing for a number one contender's spot at the WWE title, Brock Lesnar now has an issue with Triple H, and Johnny Ace doesn't like Cena for some odd reason.
I understand that they want Brock to feud with a certain exclusive amount of guys on the roster to get the most use out of him, hence the new Triple H angle and I understand that they needed to get Bryan away from Sheamus immediately because of his mixed reactions every week, but the one new angle that has most questioning it is the John Cena/Johnny Ace feud. Of course Bryan competing for the WWE Championship is great for him because he is still in a main event spot, but this post is about the mystery behind the newly booked Johnny Ace/John Cena feud.
It would obviously make more sense for CM Punk to still be feuding with Johnny Ace because of all the history the two have shared since last year's big shoot promo done by CM Punk. The Punk/Laurinaitis angle never really got the most mileage out of it that it could have had to benefit CM Punk as a top babyface. I understand the reasoning of why they want Cena to feud with Johnny Ace and Lord Tensai all of sudden because they want Cena to become more popular with the older crowd by taking the employee vs. boss route. The same route that was majorly successful for Stone Cold in the Attitude Era. I am not saying I hate the idea of this new angle because I don't. I think this could possibly work in favor of John Cena if done right. For years, Cena has been the top babyface of the company and he has indeed grown stale, but I certainly believe if he is not going to take time off as he said he would that this storyline could be exactly what Cena needs to get some more edge back in his character.
I think the question most people have behind this newly made storyline is why Johnny Ace all of a sudden is targeting John Cena rather than CM Punk? This could be explained properly by maybe breaking the wall a bit. What I would do is have someone interview Johnny Ace before Over the Limit and get an answer from Johnny Ace as to why he dislikes Cena so much and wants him gone from his show. Ace could come out and say that he hates Cena so much because none of his talent that he has signed have ever had the success of the talent that JR has signed. He has brought back big names like Brock Lesnar and still they are unable to rid the WWE of John Cena. He can say that he is sick and tired of everyone questioning his role as VP of Talent Relations and everyone saying that JR is better than him because he knew what talent was. Ace could say that he knows what talent is. He knows Brock Lesnar and Lord Tensai both have talent and that he brought them back, not JR. Johnny Ace could play up to the fact that even though I lost my potential new face of the company, Brock Lesnar, because of Triple H that does not mean that this show will still have Cena as the top star. Ace could add that Cena as the face of the company has made the WWE a shadow of its former self and that he needs to be removed immediately. Ace could say that he intends to permanently remove Cena from the spotlight at Over the Limit and he tends to do it with the help of Lord Tensai. Ace officially makes the match at Over the Limit a handicap match. Cena could then come out and defend JR and his all his work over the years of bringing in guys like himself, Triple H, The Rock, Stone Cold, etc. The show would end with Tensai cheap attacking Cena and the heels standing tall.
Now to make this work, Cena would need to lose at Over the Limit because once Ace is defeated, there would be no point for the feud to continue. The goal is to get as much heat as possible on Ace and Lord Tensai for as long as possible until someone like a Mr. McMahon returns to give Cena an edge over Johnny Ace at a future PPV. In the meantime, Cena could do some edgier actions to try to get over with the older crowd, but he can not defeat Ace until a more powerful authority figure returns to put Ace in his place and remove him from power by having Cena defeat him and/or Lord Tensai at a future PPV. This would hopefully lead to Edge becoming the new GM of both shows. What do you guys think? How would you make this new feud work to benefit Cena's character?
