BigBadMick Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I was reading Power Slam from April 2012 and the write up on the match is critical of Cena's actions in the post match. Apparently, the agreed finish was Cena wins but required help getting to the back, like HHH-Undertaker at Mania 27. That didn't happen, as Cena cut a promo, talked about taking a vacation, and left under his own power. Did Cena go into business for himself? Was he opposed to making Lesnar look strong? Why did nothing come of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted December 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 This was a bit of a storm in a tea cup then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Ultimately, whatever happened after Cena won was just different degrees of retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 John Cena is the only legit draw in WWE. An argument can be made for Lesnar and Taker to an extent, but the year around clear number one guy is John Cena. If Cena does too much selling (or even an appropriate amount) who is positioned as number two to look like Superman? Reigns? I would love if WWE did injury/fired/suspension angles with Cena and other top guys and those guys were out for MONTHS (even if its just two) vs. coming back within 2 weeks which is what normally occurs. So this begs the question, how much is too much? How long should John Cena clear sell an injury? Cena obviously can't be out from a business and kayfabe perspective for 6-8 months after a Lesnar beatdown. When is the right time to return? After Summerslam I think Cena should not have been seen for the rest of August, September, and October. So 2 1/2 months with radio silence and then a big return for Nov leading to a SS rematch or a RR rematch (as Cena could/would have been sidetracked by The Authority which leads to the SS mainevent that we got). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Personally, I don't have as much issue with Cena appearing on TV or not appearing - what bothers me is that he WRESTLES on TV mere days after being kayfabe injured or, in the case of SummerSlam, being destroyed. I get it - you have to keep him on the house show circuit because you can't disappoint the people buying the seats to see Cena wrestle - but the guy is incredibly overexposed on RAW when he participates in 40+ matches a year on TV. What I would've done, after SummerSlam or Extreme Rules (had Cena lost that match as most agree he should have), would be to have Cena come out and give a heartfelt promo about not being sure if he can go on anymore, that he tried his best and now he has to regroup, heal, and that he'll be on RAW in two weeks to announce his next step. RAW can survive 1 week without him, especially with the music videos and montages they could make for him (think "Tell Me A Lie" on steroids). Then, two weeks later, Cena comes out and is ABOUT to make his announcement, but gets interrupted by someone - Authority, Heyman, Rusev, who cares. Cena is almost goaded into fighting, but does not (which draws boos from the crowd). The next week (he has now not wrestled for 4 weeks), he comes out and says that he has been home thinking about how he backed down from a fight and that that is NOT who John Cena is. So, he challenges the heel for a match - but now the heel backs down. At the next PPV, it is hyped that Cena will be back to challenge the heel. At the PPV, he is beaten down through nefarious means. At this point, we've gone 5 weeks without Cena wrestling on TV, but you've really only kept him off-screen for 1 week. What's terrible is that the only time the WWE gives Cena a break is when he is legitimately injured with the potential of being out for multiple MONTHS instead of utilizing storylines to give him a much-deserved break from in-ring involvement for what would amount to be maybe 4-5 weeks (and, again, only TV matches - he could still do house shows without a majority of the fans being the wiser). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 That makes too much sense DMJ. This is a company that claims the brand is the draw but is too stupid to do something that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Did this "breaking from the script" have something to do with Cena's divorce at the time and the possibility that he may have to take some time off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I thought he was knocked a little loopy and his arm looked grotesque so he figured he was out for awhile and decided to address the crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegoodmansdball Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Cena doesn't win. Brock doesn't ever lose matches through his loss to (whoever) at Mania 31. The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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