John Cena hosting Saturday Night Live on December 10th

[Rell84shots]

Casey Affleck is hosting too. Cena is going to have some big shoes to fill, because Rock has killed every time he's been on there. Cena was pretty good at the ESPYS, but he is kinda corny on other shows.

 

[NoMorePie]

Well the man about to hit 40 with all that mileage.

At least he ain't like someone who leaves in the prime of his career




*prepares for the negs*

 

[Ironman]

The eventual Cena/Dwayne buddy cop movie is going to be

...................................

 

[Michael's Black Son]

this is like chance's 10th snl performance in the past year

LMFAO

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Well this is no surprise, I knew eventually he'll be a SNL host after I seen him do a sketch making fun of the Hulk Hogan sextape

Damn I never even heard of this show before

 

[SAJ!!]

Folks better enjoy Cena while they can because he is going to Hollywood and there's nothing that can be done to stop it.

 

[JuvenileHell]

"B-b-but Cena will never be able to hack it outside WWE!"

Rock gave him a style to run with

 

[Prince Akeem]

But The Coli told me John Cena wasn't mainstream.

Pretend NBCUniversal doesn't have a vested interest with WWE brehs.

 

[The Rainmaker]

 

[mrken12]

This is gonna be the big test.
I said for months we'll know if Cena is a hit with mainstream and pop culture media and tastemakers if he gets an SNL gig and knocks it out the park like Rock in 2000.
We knew he could have gotten it cause WWE been had a great relationship with NBC/Universal for 35 years, so they could get any wrestler to cross over if they wanted (Even better than WCW's Turner/Time Warner relationship sadly) and it was just a matter of time of which guy they wanna get behind

Only way I could see people rejecting him on this and future movies is if he's too much of a gimmicky straight white guy to be taken seriously as a leading man in an era where Hollywood is looking for more diversity. In that respect, Rock's ethnically ambigious profile is more appealable (Plus he's just way more naturally charismatic). Like SNL and Tina Fey in her movies will feed him funny stuff to do but I wonder how audiences will react the instant they see him trying to wear a suit

I think he may pull it off because staying this long in WWE and building his kid friendly PG Walmart audience to me in fact means there are people in middle america's households that will embrace him. And we've seen even he is more interesting when away from WWE promos (As seen from his appearance on Kimmel last year to promote Wrestlemania 31)

Im for him winning though. I actually think they are a lot of guys in Wrestling who could have crossed over and been character actors that never got the chance (Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerro, CM Punk) so Im for more guys having success and seeing all the personalties in Wrestling.

 

[dh86]

Pretend NBCUniversal doesn't have a vested interest with WWE brehs.

Peoples choice awards and American Grit are on FOX. The ESPYs aired on ABC.

 

[dh86]

this is like chance's 10th snl performance in the past year

Yet he doesnt get the industry pl....nvm

 

[dh86]

Folks better enjoy Cena while they can because he is going to Hollywood and there's nothing that can be done to stop it.

Its for the best. Him not being full time anymore by force stretches out the time period they can use him now. He can stick around for the next decade now with this schedule instead of his body turning on him. No kids to be home for either.

 

[TripleAgent]

 

[CM_Burns]

I could see him having a fanbase with a certain crowd. Maybe some indie movies.

Cena wont be some major headlining star like Rock has been the last 4 or 5 years, but i could see him getting some good 4th or 5th billing roles in big movies consistently like Batista is now.

And like him or not this isnt hypocritical, his criticism of Rock, legitimate or not, was that Rock didnt come back at all for 7 years. Not just that he did movies.