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Originally Posted by KDawg
my issue with Cena doesn't have to do whether or not he'll have longevity (he most likely will due to how he treats his body and wrestling a style that shouldn't bring about any catostrophic injuries), but more with the fact that he just isn't that good. He's great on the Mic, but isn't good in the ring and quite frankly, his biggest feuds have been with guys who can cover him in the ring and talk just as well as him (if not maybe better) on the mic. Cena is a guy who needs to be carried, and isn't as charismatic as other champions in the past that have needed to be carried.
I can certainly name guys who have held the top belt for a Federation and that the federation has had plans to do things with that haven't done all that well later on in their careers
I disagree. I am by far the biggest Cena hater that there is, I truly despise the gimmick that he's saddled with in this new PG environment of the WWE. I cringe now everytime I hear him on the mic and it's a total channel flipper for me. It is what it is, and I do understand that Cena is directly marketed to kids now.
As a performer though he's very underrated. Let's put it this way, had Cena been around during the attitude era, we would be talking about Cena as one of the biggest stars there ever were. We already know that Cena is a fantastic heel with charisma that's on another level. Had he been not tied down in the current PG environment that WWE has mandated and was allowed to be unleashed we'd be talking about him as an all time great.
I respect guys like Cena who started off as a midcarder and made it to become a star on his own by being popular and in tune with the crowd. When he did his heel rapper gimmick and his feud with UNDRAFTED who at the time was WWE's champion the fans took to Cena as a top star. I have more respect for guys like Cena and RVD and UNDRAFTED who the audience loved so much and made them into stars despite what WWE thought, rather than guys like HHH who WWE wanted to shove down our throats until we finally had to accept as a star. I would rank HHH very very low as I always believed HHH was a product of the WWE machine.
As far as workrate of Cena goes, the pro wrestling business and even entire promotions have been made by guys who couldn't work. Millions and millions of dollars have been made by such guys who even though couldn't work had that most important variable MikeyPatriot talked about, and that was the ability to draw money. Would you say someone like Hogan is a good technical wrestler? Fans would come from all over and paid their money to go see Hogan "hulk up" do the big boot and drop the leg drop. They would go crazy and went home happy.
The wrestling business is flooded with guys who are great technically but you put them in front of an audience and they wouldn't be able to draw a dime. As a worker Cena isn't great but it's by no means horrible either. Cena has that charisma, that "it" factor that every wrestler hoped to have. Like I said earlier, had Cena showed up during the attitude era a lot of the Cena haters would think very differently of him.
/end rant. (can't believe I defended Cena)