No. Once they put the belt on him, they stripped away everything that got him over, fed everyone who was over to him, and made sure nobody ever came out of a feud with him looking better than when the feud started with the possible exception of edge in 2006. That pattern has followed with him in every feud except Roman last year. If anything, his push was the precursor to what they’ve done the last 4-5 years with Roman. The blueprint of force feed a cardboard cutout baby face to the crowd while feeding the whole roster to him doesn’t work. Not entirely Cena’s fault, but he could have spoken up about stuff as well. A promotion with a clue would’ve booked him much more effectively.In retrospect, was John Cena the MC Hammer of wrestling? Did we just hate just to hate and only realized it after everybody else ran with the blueprint and failed?
No. Once they put the belt on him, they stripped away everything that got him over, fed everyone who was over to him, and made sure nobody ever came out of a feud with him looking better than when the feud started with the possible exception of edge in 2006. That pattern has followed with him in every feud except Roman last year. If anything, his push was the precursor to what they’ve done the last 4-5 years with Roman. The blueprint of force feed a cardboard cutout baby face to the crowd while feeding the whole roster to him doesn’t work. Not entirely Cena’s fault, but he could have spoken up about stuff as well. A promotion with a clue would’ve booked him much more effectively.
He was hated because he was always champion or never lostIn retrospect, was John Cena the MC Hammer of wrestling? Did we just hate just to hate and only realized it after everybody else ran with the blueprint and failed?
Save us Big Match John.
Give him another title run.