I have to confess, I do really hate the 5 Knuckle Shuffle - which of course is a euphemism for self pleasure so I guess one can say Cena really is a tosser!
His scripted nonsense that he asked to continually spout I will let him off for as Mrs HHH is acountable for that.
But The Marine he should be shot for, his in ring punches are the reason why most people ridicule wrestling as fake. His only decent matches are against higher calibre or experienced wretlers. When he's the one having to do the work, the matches are awful. Plus the monster pushes he recieves are not working, because he himself is bland and doesn't work well with the core male audience.
He's the Jar Jar Binks of wrestling, only kids and women like him.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Seriously, I'm watching a (very good) comedy DVD and that made me laugh more than aanything on the DVD!
The wanted him as the next Rocky, problem is the guy they picked to replace arguably the most charasmatic wrestlers ever... had no charisma at all.
He'd be fine mid-card. Legends aren't made (or even born). They are grown. And thats the golden rule WWE forgot with Cena (and DAVE). The reason people like The Rock, HHH, HBK etc. have the right to be seen as modern legends is that they have ground their way through the industry (or the industry rulers daughter in some cases...). But seriously they have done the leg work, even HHH might have got to where he is through the backdoor to an extent, but we all remember the shafting he got (and took like a man) after The Clique/MSG incident... Would you want to do those matches with Godwin etc...?
Cena's had it all on a plate. Not all his fault, WWE needed a Rock replacement and tried to force one on the fans. It never has and never will work. Unless Cena has some time out and starts fresh, from the bottom and actually earns the stripes he seems to believe he has he will never be popular.
A bit harsh on john here i think.He does seem to love the buisness genuinly,and gives his all everytime in the ring,on top of that he does seem like a really genuine and good guy away from the ring to, so i have a lot of respect for John.Hes not the most talented of workers or charasmatic,but hes no way near as bad as people make him out to be.Wont comment on his acting skills in the marine as i havent seen it and i probably never will! But i think he deserves a bit of slack.His five knuckle shuffle is pretty rubbish but so was the peoples Elbow, the Worm ect!
You can get away with a move like those when you have charisma. I'm not talking about his love of the business or out of the ring personality. Thats not in question. I love wrestling and I'm a nice guy (I think) but doesn't mean I deserve to hold the WWE title and get pushed so hard that I have to extract WWE creative in order to do my number 2s!