This Roman ReiGOAT heel run makes me wonder how CeGOATs heel run could have been

[puppetmaster]

The Lead up to the Match wit RVD at ONS was a Good Heel Opportunity too

major facts. All the pieces were there

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Tampa Bay CeGOAT. Allow him to come back and work with reigns to have this Hollywood stable that tries to convert wrestlers into movie stars. Sasha can be the first lady.

 

[DANJ!]

The two times they could have easily pulled the trigger on a Cena heel turn would have been Summerslam 2010 and the angle with Ryder (Rise above hate thing) in 2012.

Yeah... the day Vince turned Cena heel at the expense of Zack Ryder woulda been the day I said "this MF needs to give the whole company away". I woulda been happy to see a Cena heel turn at some point, but it woulda had to make sense business-wise, not just on the back of someone that wasn't even close to being positioned as the new top guy.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I feel like Cena turning heel against The Rock would have made perfect sense. And it would have worked both years.

2012: One of the biggest matches in Cena's career, arguably the biggest. Beating The Rock in the main event of WrestleMania is as big as any other accomplishment. Cena knows that nobody remembers second place, and he's desperate to win this match so he cheats.

2013: Cena lost the original match. Went on to have the "worst" year of his career. Wins the Royal Rumble and after finally beating CM Punk, gets another shot at The Rock with the WWE Championship on the line. This is even more critical than the first time, because Cena refuses to accept another loss so he turns heel.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Naw I'm good I don't want this wigger again

Why would he go back to that as a heel
He’d likely just be arrogant Hollywood mega star version of himself

 

[Cartier Murphy]

I feel like Cena turning heel against The Rock would have made perfect sense. And it would have worked both years.

2012: One of the biggest matches in Cena's career, arguably the biggest. Beating The Rock in the main event of WrestleMania is as big as any other accomplishment. Cena knows that nobody remembers second place, and he's desperate to win this match so he cheats.

2013: Cena lost the original match. Went on to have the "worst" year of his career. Wins the Royal Rumble and after finally beating CM Punk, gets another shot at The Rock with the WWE Championship on the line. This is even more critical than the first time, because Cena refuses to accept another loss so he turns heel.

I think originally in 2012 that was the plan but it ultimately didn’t happen:

Ex-WWE writer Kevin Eck discussed how the creative almost got approval from Vince McMahon to turn Cena heel in 2012. He was quoted as saying the following:

“We were very close. We had Vince sign off on it at one point and Cena was on board to do it.

We started making plans for it and then Vince got cold feet “. He further added, “we had signed an exclusive Cena merchandise deal with Walmart”.

Eck stated that the main reason for Cena not turning heel was because Vince McMahon felt that they didn’t have anyone to replace Cena. Punk was over with the fans back then but according to Eck, McMahon felt that he wasn’t the right replacement.

Randy Orton was another big Superstar but due to his hatred for fans, he wasn’t considered as well.

Sheamus was rising at that time and Eck said that there were serious efforts put in to make Sheamus the next top babyface at one point but the booking decisions taken by Vince McMahon did little to help the cause.

WWE News: John Cena almost turned heel in 2012

 

[King Kai]

I feel like Cena turning heel against The Rock would have made perfect sense. And it would have worked both years.

2012: One of the biggest matches in Cena's career, arguably the biggest. Beating The Rock in the main event of WrestleMania is as big as any other accomplishment. Cena knows that nobody remembers second place, and he's desperate to win this match so he cheats.

2013: Cena lost the original match. Went on to have the "worst" year of his career. Wins the Royal Rumble and after finally beating CM Punk, gets another shot at The Rock with the WWE Championship on the line. This is even more critical than the first time, because Cena refuses to accept another loss so he turns heel.

I think the Punk feud was the perfect time. He could have had a Hollywood Rock-style turn where he shytted on the fans for turning on him. It would have made perfect sense from a reasoning stand point.

I don’t know how Cena didn’t get bored or push the issue for a turn all of those years. It’s crazy to me. Years and years and years wasted of the most vanilla shyt ever.

 

[The axe murderer]

Cena could roast people on the mic too

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Why would he go back to that as a heel
He’d likely just be arrogant Hollywood mega star version of himself

Or even go 97 Bret Hart wit it(minus the "THIS IS BULLshyt!!!") element

 

[Silkk]

The night after mania 29 was about as good an opportunity as it gets.

And they chose to turn Ryback

 

[Alfred0Santana]

It would've done huge numbers for the company. Cena has the mic skills to come off as a legit heel, but there was no way Vince was going to pass up on all the money Cena was making for him as a face.

That merch shyt always sounded like a cop out to me. Cena probably would have done the same or maybe even more. Somebody mentioned it earlier but putting Cena with McMahon would have been big heat lol but they missed the boat like usual lol

 

[VegetasHairline]

That merch shyt always sounded like a cop out to me. Cena probably would have done the same or maybe even more. Somebody mentioned it earlier but putting Cena with McMahon would have been big heat lol but they missed the boat like usual lol

I agree with this. I'm pretty sure Reigns is still one of the top in merchandise sales and he's their top heel.

 

[Alfred0Santana]

Lol I mean they literally had Cena heel turn gifted to them.

Fans had a chant to dudes theme. (Still to this day lol)

They had already built the SuperCena narrative. Just run with it and build up a huge baby face but we know Vince can’t book a baby face for shyt anymore. Lol missed opportunities.