Something Vince, HHH, Bischoff, Heyman and many others understood. Whether you love or hated the wrestler/character in the ring as long as they're getting a genuine reaction and get people tuning in every week your doing your job right.
@Alrucards Жыл бұрын
Boos are unique
@sirnoname6943 Жыл бұрын
Exactly! The worst thing is no reaction!
@kennethlodwig4024 Жыл бұрын
Lol k, look at the viewership numbers. People didn't tune in. They tuned out. Those 'genuine reactions' were the last cries of hard working die hard wrestling fans on the way out the door. But hey, at least they packed the (camera side of) arenas
@ericcorcoran5665 Жыл бұрын
That's bullshit. When the Rock was getting that same treatment they turned him heel to match the audience reaction. Wrestling always has been, and always will be an extremely racist genre of entertainment.
@QoQabai658 Жыл бұрын
@@ericcorcoran5665 tv numbers have come down in general but wwe is make highest number of profit
@hiddendagger729111 ай бұрын
Trip giving Cena respect for basically carrying the company for the better part of 20 years.
@Willie_McBride11 ай бұрын
15 but yeah John was the man
@kingtut73669 ай бұрын
More like burying the company
@hydrocy.91659 ай бұрын
@@hydrocy.9165exactly
@nanaadjoapeasah43568 ай бұрын
Nah, Vince McMahon did that job himself
@woobgamer52108 ай бұрын
@@hydrocy.9165cry about it
@Vermkont7 ай бұрын
And now the people that used to boo him want him back 😂
@jasonag61911 ай бұрын
Double standard
@trueraja9 ай бұрын
I don’t think it’s that, I think it’s the generation of kids that loved him that are now adults that want him back
@James-6169 ай бұрын
Used to be a diehard wrestling fan since the In your House days when under taker wore the purple gloves but I lost interest during the Super Cena colorful shirts era. The writing just became lazy and predictable. Moved to MMA and never looked back
@GreenKC9 ай бұрын
Me fr
@themotivatedmaycry91209 ай бұрын
Don't gimme that the old saying goes you don't know what's good until it's gone and now seen as a part-timer if people pretty much begging for him to come back people do stop being so wishy-washy and make up their mind😅
@chaseryan32049 ай бұрын
HUSTLE,LOYALTY& RESPECT
@fernandoortiz-robles8771 Жыл бұрын
Word Life
@gustavojoserodriguez747510 ай бұрын
Cringe!
@misfit293 ай бұрын
@@misfit29 Hah, gayyyyyyyy
@GtheMVP2 ай бұрын
He’s the superman of the wwe
@nerolusith9158 Жыл бұрын
One thing Vince knew was how to get people to watch. John Cena was a character and a huge personality. He did his part so well! Kids wanted to be him. He always kept us watching
@thesamsquatch522411 ай бұрын
Brother vince was horrible His daughter trusted cena and gave him chances and Now Cena is goat
@athletes67245 ай бұрын
@@athletes6724not entirely True. Steph gave Cena his new rap gimmick. But that wasn't what pushed him to be the face of WWE. When Austin retired, Kurt was taking time out, brock and rock left the business. All the big faces were either moving out, injured or retired. Vince asked the locker room if anyone can take up the position as the next baby face. And when everyone was standing silently, Cena stood up and asked to put the trust on him. And Vince started to push Cena as the baby face. What you are talking about takes place when cena's initial gimmick was bad and could have been kicked out.
@sladew97882 ай бұрын
Cena was the reason i became a wwe fan in the first place when i was still a teenager. Started watching around 2006-2007 when Cena was still loved by adults too. I was still a Cena after he changed but still missed the old Cena from 2004-2007.
@Chris-gw2xg6 ай бұрын
Me too, WWE is so boring right now
@rosynystergate24604 ай бұрын
🤝
@danabarber-man46823 ай бұрын
im sorry , lol that would have sucked
@MichealJacksonLegend2 ай бұрын
Me too ❤️🇿🇦 was 6 back then
@nomondetamiamkhwanazi28 күн бұрын
Chain Gang Dr of Thuganomics will never be beaten. Only person more popular than Cena was Austin and Taker
@scotttds916719 күн бұрын
As a teenager I always wanted his physique. He didn't look like a bodybuilder, he looked like a ripped football player and that's the first time I remembered having the realization I wanted the physique of a athlete more than anything. I had Wrestlemania 22 on dvd and the special features had John doing his training with Barbell Back Squats, Front Squats Split Squats, Glute Ham Raises, Deadlift variations, Benching variations, OHP, Rowing, Power Cleans, Snatches, and weighted Pull ups and Dips. Almost everything was a compound movement and I remember him saying he hated Curls and isolation bodybuilding exercises. I was blown away, I had no idea there was a way to lift that wasn't bodybuilding and a way to organize the body to train other than the bodybuilding body part Split. John was somewhat tall at 6'1, for a wrestler a average height. But he was more stocky in his build than shorter guys like Benoit. And more cut up! When Big Show says John had the most control over you than any other wrestler and you felt the safest because John was that strong, then you know John is a beast.
@tylerscott211611 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@RealFootball4511 ай бұрын
Lmao what got me into fitness was the WWE mags with the superstars showing of home workouts in the end pages
@Krakayoa11 ай бұрын
Yeah he was a beast. Benoits traps we’re ridiculous though 😂
@teeboz623711 ай бұрын
I had that one too! Them three disc fold out cases were my LIFE when I was little. I remember that part in particular
@IamBrixTM11 ай бұрын
Same bro, I wanted his triceps, Batista's Quads and overall physique of Bobby Lashley
@ravinderpalsingh772911 ай бұрын
Wether you wanted his ass kicked or to see him kick ass… you still tuned in to see him!
@lexluthor1744 Жыл бұрын
@@chuch541 no he isn't. Shawn and Bret almost killed the wwf being the top guys who didn't draw before Austin came along. You should have said Austin or Rock if you were praising the attitude era
@Richardprior83911 ай бұрын
@@Richardprior839 Shawn Michaels was 10 times the performer in the ring that John Cena was. And he didn’t need to kick you out of 20 finishing maneuvers to do it. Furthermore, Shawn Michaels never performed in front of half empty arena’s, John Cena has. And now I give the final nail in the coffin. Yes, Sean, Michaels and Bret Hart struggled domestically when it came to the television viewership because they had competition, direct competition. John Cena was the top guy of WWE for a decade plus we’re half the audience disappeared, and there was no direct competition. So the product was so bad people would rather not watch wrestling, then watch him…. and you’re going to tell me that he’s better than Shawn or Bret? Who the hell are you trying to impress because it sure as hell isn’t me.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
@@chuch541 If you havent seen one WWE episode How do you know if Cena is good? You haven't seen him
@Motorata66111 ай бұрын
But we can't see him
@tagyabagang11 ай бұрын
Actually i tuned out totally from 2005 to about 2014 thnx to Cena
@cob207611 ай бұрын
If fans don’t want to see someone they will walk out. If they are staying and/or continuously showing up, they want to see that person. Period.
@Ivantheterrible8128011 ай бұрын
Or….hear me out. They’re not there to see John Cena because there’s more than one guy on that roster. What an idiotic argument. Say I’m a big Randy Orton fan and he’s in a current feud that is really heated and I enjoy and WWE finally comes to my town in my local arena and I get a chance to see that Orton feud play out in person, am I gonna not go just because I hate John Cena? Of course not, I’m still gonna go, but not to see Cena. To say that the entire arena is there to specifically see Cena is quite a stretch.
@docproc1442 ай бұрын
@@docproc144 Many people still went specifically to see Cena. Kids liked Cena and parents would bring them to see Cena. Half the Stadium loved Cena. Was the Lead Merch Seller for years. Cena quite literally ran the company
@toomuchmilmkАй бұрын
@@docproc14490% of the crowd was there for cena night in night out
@dghelz6330Ай бұрын
If you wanted someone who basically is real life Clark Kent/superman You can’t see him
@daniellara4376 Жыл бұрын
Mann imagine a prime Stone Cold vs prime Cena. Dream Match for the ages!
@loslakers53011 ай бұрын
We had even better prime stone cold vs the rock undertaker Kane mankind etc etc
@CodenameOliver1012 ай бұрын
John Cena is everything that Hulk Hogan claims to be. John sold tickets, was the man, and treated the business and his coworkers with respect. Edit: For those claiming that I'm "discrediting Hogan", I'm not. I'm just pointing out that others, like John Cena have been able to help the business without stopping the push of other wrestlers, going into business for themselves, and just being aholes in general.
@BullShifter11 ай бұрын
Tell that to Alex Riley.
@thegrimmcommoner220311 ай бұрын
Hey bull shifter what in the hell are you talkin about everything Hulk Hogan claims to be? What planet are you from and how old are you if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan making WRESTLING what it is today !! he's sold tons of merchandise sold-out Arenas and there are more positive stories about him than negative!! Please get a clue before you post anything moronic!
@jessecalarco909111 ай бұрын
Hulk created the buissness
@akshayjannu67811 ай бұрын
The Nexus disagrees
@cob207611 ай бұрын
@@akshayjannu678 He stole Billy Grahams gimmick.
@BullShifter11 ай бұрын
When he was super cena in his prime you knew that cena would be the face of wrestling for decades to come, his promo skills were inspirational and unforgettable he always had some sort of charisma that made u want him to win. Even when he did get booed.
@juniordosnachos9711 ай бұрын
Whether you booed him or you cheered him you still saw him. You know what the real Kiss of Death for a wrestler is? Apathy. When the fans consider his presence in the ring as a good time to hit the bathroom or the concession stand, that's when it's time for him to go.
@FerretJohn11 ай бұрын
I've never seen him once... No one has.
@Majere311 ай бұрын
That's where Austin Theory is at rn and Cena called it months ago
@loregasmic9 ай бұрын
An entire arena booing is just as good as an entire arena cheering. Both are the results of people being invested.
@zane457511 ай бұрын
Bingo
@18hunnit3311 ай бұрын
If that was the case, how come the pipe in cheers and edit out the boos and confiscated signs? I’m sorry, but when you’re announces have to constantly do damage control for you every single week that means you suck at your job.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
And unfortunately, the WWE has done an incredible job of brainwashing a lot of you because if you tell a lie long enough and if you tell it well enough, it becomes fact. The whole reaction thing didn’t become a thing until he didn’t get the right reaction. Why wasn’t getting booed more than cheered good enough for Hogan who is a much bigger star at his peak in pro wrestling than John ever was? Why wasn’t it good enough for the rock? Who at his peak was a much bigger star than John was? All of these guys that when the crowd changed on them, they changed as well. It’s like you guys just forgot lol
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
@@darthdesidus4361 u ass Cena is best he is tha top fish
@stevesmith-er8zd11 ай бұрын
@@darthdesidus4361 Exactly. Cena buried a lot of the stars and now people just forget and moved on. Now he comes back to put over younger stars so that people can say "Ohh Cena is putting young stars over" when he should have been doing that a long time ago. I always consider Taker and Orton the ACTUALL prp wrestling GOATs. Never used back stage politics, loyal to the company, High of praise from ex- Wrestlers, always willing to put ober younger stars (Orton lost to Jinder ffs!), Never went to Hollywood unlike... Cena, Reigns are the GOATs that Vince wanted them to be. Taker and Orton are the true Pro-Wrestling greats.
@saviobenitez471011 ай бұрын
I wanted Cena to turn heel like Hollywood Hogan did. I think it would have been the best heel turn in the history of WWE.
@t3mpomusic11 ай бұрын
I would have to agree.
@ericpivaral474711 ай бұрын
Easily and not just a random heel turn . A massive one where he is like the final boss .
@leonidashitler497211 ай бұрын
@@leonidashitler4972 This is a bit far fetched but they could of had Cena be the leader of the new nWo and he was plotting to take over WWE for months. I think a reinvented nWo would have worked but Vince Mcmahon asked Cena about turning heel and he always refused so blame Cena. The thing about Cena is he has never changed never reinvented his character same old boring Cena, just look at Chris Jericho he reinvents himself all the time to stay relevant and fresh.
@t3mpomusic11 ай бұрын
I think they tried when he beefed with the rock. It just turned into Cena fans wanting Cena and Rock fans wanting Rock
@TheBadGuy1510 ай бұрын
Maybe but Cena was a huge draw with kids. There’s no way he’d do a turn for business when he knew his branding and where his merch sales were coming from. That would’ve crushed him and he was the perfect transition out of the Attitude/ Invasion/ RA era into the PG era.
@ColinPMcEvoy10 ай бұрын
Cena is the goat of the whole game
@ImSoCle21611 ай бұрын
Easily. No question about it
@leonidashitler497211 ай бұрын
He ain’t a 16 time world champ for nothing, Cena’s the best
@deonteharrison77522 ай бұрын
Please give that man one last world title win. He deserves it.
@1on1withJoshua11 ай бұрын
He doesn’t want to surpass Flair
@TheBadGuy1510 ай бұрын
@@TheBadGuy15Nah he deserves to break ric flair's record
@thechamp3010 ай бұрын
@thechamp30 I'm of the same opinion, if anyone deserves to surpass Flair it's Cena.
@loregasmic9 ай бұрын
@@loregasmicCena already surpassed flair in the fact that he won them titles clean and he ain’t have to cheat
@yeetus_deletus69807 ай бұрын
@@thechamp30 No one would say he doesn't deserve it. Cena said he doesn't want to knock Ric Flair off that #1 spot, though. Sharing the record, sure. He won't take it, though.
@maxxam0125 ай бұрын
And this is why John Cena will always be leagues above Roman cos Cena was always entertaining no matter the opponent
@JpDaKing11 ай бұрын
Our grandmothers did not watch Wrestling but they knew and loved Cena. South Africa
@bebelomoketla78953 ай бұрын
Cena carried the wwe as the baby face for a good 10 years.
@DEVILS_advocate0511 ай бұрын
He was positioned as the top guy for 10 years and during that 10 years half the audience disappeared. The people booing him were telling you, “we don’t like him”. They went ignored so they changed the channel and didn’t come back.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
@@darthdesidus4361 really. I didn’t noticed. I was a kid though. I cheered for him. So I guess what they said isn’t true. It doesn’t make sense why they kept him there is the audience disappeared. The real reason is that they went PG.
@DEVILS_advocate0511 ай бұрын
Say what you want, but no one comes close to him and Make A Wish!
@chipwells1352 Жыл бұрын
And thats why hes the goat
@kidislegend5gaming85111 ай бұрын
False
@micah.10099 ай бұрын
for 10 year olds
@hydrocy.91659 ай бұрын
Cena is top 5 of all time
@dominickhayden95 Жыл бұрын
Easy maybe top three . Who’s your five
@p-star767811 ай бұрын
@@p-star7678 I put 1:stone cold 2:the rock 3:triple h 4:hulk hogan but that one is iffy then 5:cena
@dominickhayden9511 ай бұрын
@@p-star7678 im a cena fan ever since he came in so I just wanted to be realistic but I can say 100% stone cold is the best of all time when you heard that glass break shit was over
@dominickhayden9511 ай бұрын
Who in the hell are you kicking out to put him in? Hogan Austin Rock Andre, Savage, Undertaker, Shawn, Bret, Triple H, Foley, Angle, Lesnar. I didn’t even get into Bruno or Bob Backlund or superstar Billy Graham. John was the face of the decline of WWE’s popularity. The rest of the guys I mentioned were at the precipice of when they were exploding, or the most popular brand in the entire world eclipse in all sports and entertainment.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
Cena Undertaker The rock Triple H Hulk Hogan Shawn Michaels Stone Cold just to name a few still got Edge Brock lesnar Randy Orton
@Talesofaweedsmoker11 ай бұрын
Whether you loved or hated him he made you scream his name.
@blackwingdragonmasta11 ай бұрын
John cena ❤ and deserves one more world title 💯🙏
@ganeshpradhan14039 ай бұрын
greatest wwe wrestler of all time
@totheneck23 Жыл бұрын
Lmaoo..are you kidding me. Please stop ✋🏾 sir
@TEAMRED305 Жыл бұрын
Definitely not
@TEAMRED305 Жыл бұрын
@@TEAMRED305 you ever heard of smth like an opinion? 🤦♂️
@Prost81 Жыл бұрын
@@TEAMRED305 buddy the chairman of WWE Vince and triple h said that cena is the greatest WWE superstar of all time. So we should respect their words as they know business more than us.❤
@dr.lakshyamahajan3656 Жыл бұрын
@@dr.lakshyamahajan3656 because they scripted him to be beside that he wasn’t shyt terrible mic skills and ring ability
@sirnoname6943 Жыл бұрын
I think if John Turned heel with a new look or like an anti-hero change like Sting did, people would be interested. And if he could switch his finishers for something else too that would help. Sometimes you have to destroy and rebuild to usher in a new era of interest
@NesVquez11 ай бұрын
I think that wont happen. Maybe because Kids see cena as their hero and It will sure break their hearts. I think he is the only wrestler that didnt switch sides.
@mtj852511 ай бұрын
Exactly
@lancethefilmguy939211 ай бұрын
@@mtj8525he can’t keep lifting 300lb dudes up for his finisher, though.
@elkresurgence7 ай бұрын
People are just crybabies, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it
@yeetus_deletus69807 ай бұрын
If they went the Sting route they Cena would have to come back to WWE full time for Atleast 1 year to build up that story and give him a decent rivalry. But that’s not happening. Not unless Cena’s acting career implodes and forces him out of Hollywood or if TKO pulls some crap. Sting turning into Crow Sting and feuding with the NWO was one of the best bookings in wrestling history. It’s why you praise sting now. In fact WCW’s creative energy probably all went into that. Cause WCW kind of started to plummet after that.
@Kamina15582 ай бұрын
WWE wanted Undertaker's streak ended but they couldn't just turn Cena heel when it was the best time.
@iAiannn11 ай бұрын
It's when you get zero crowd reaction is when you start to worry.
@KTF02 ай бұрын
"The Face who runs the Place" #GOAT #HLR #FU #AA #Cenation #NeverGiveUp #Champion
@tauseefhaider5727 ай бұрын
Love him or hate him, Cena was the single biggest star WWE found in the modern Era. He transformed wrestling and because one of the best of all time for it.
@mitchcavanaugh779611 ай бұрын
5 moves
@stylesyboi72811 ай бұрын
@@stylesyboi728 And?
@lancethefilmguy939211 ай бұрын
Truth is us adults need to acknowledge that the most fans are all the younger generation and these guys are their heroes
@anthonytorres30003 ай бұрын
The difference between a good and a great wrestler is fan interaction good or bad and cena did it better than anyone ever.
@WhiteBreadCrumb11 ай бұрын
regardless of what you thought of him, there was a reaction or chants all the time when he was out there, especially when he had a mic in his hand. Always give the man his flowers “you’ll miss me when im gone”
@user-rq6mq4wu1s4 ай бұрын
John Cena took wwe to a different level ❤
@jatinneema24364 ай бұрын
What Triple H won’t bring up is the fact that when you’re the top baby face, you’re not supposed to get booed. Guys like the hitman guys like the rock guys like hulk hogan for god sake’s proved that. Because when they got the wrong reactions for their character they changed. Furthermore, the only reason WWE got away with not changing him was because they had no direct competition that was threatening enough for them to tighten the belt like they did in the 80s and the 90s.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
Exactly. Man, I have day dreams of what a hrel Cena would have bene like and the amazing storyline it would have brought. The emotion, the rage, the tears... maybe a hero gone stray, or corrupted, etc. So many posibilities. Having kids cry because rhey dont understand why their hero turned bad... and in so, brinfing in a new hero that whiops him straight. Then have a Cena redemption arc. Nothing sells more thn a redemption arc, and Cena couldnt have thar... because the last time he was a heel, he was Doctor of Thuganamics in 2003 and wasnt the top at anything back then 🤷🏻♂️
@maxwella.gamingps463111 ай бұрын
@@maxwella.gamingps4631 professional wrestling is not difficult to understand. And the easiest way to dispel them on this particular. Subject is this; if people were allowed to get sick and tired of hulk, everyone else that came after him is fair game because there’s been nobody other than Steve Austin on the rock that even touches how over hulk hogan was.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
@@maxwella.gamingps4631 John being a bad guy would’ve been major business for them. And here’s why, the people that the crowd were actually behind could’ve gotten their time John would’ve been getting the right reaction for his character and if done correctly, you would’ve had an atmosphere on that show were you wouldn’t know what was shoot and what was work.
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
@@darthdesidus4361 Exactly!
@maxwella.gamingps463111 ай бұрын
So you know better than tripleH LMAO
@prashantgurung26358 ай бұрын
Turn him heel like Hogan or Reigns and he has a more complete legacy.
@beckypro178111 ай бұрын
Cena in my opinion is the greatest superstar of all time because he carried wrestling when wrestling was not as cool.. After Rock and Austin and particularly after Guerrero and Benoit,, Those were the two toughest times Vince faced and who was the man through all that!!
@joemweri361610 ай бұрын
Just think he was the last one to be called up from OVW, and he was going to be released that same year around Christmas time! Now Cena is the biggest household name in history! Not just in wrestling but, also in Hollywood
@WWETHROWBACKWILSON11 ай бұрын
Like the miz said in a segment. The fans don’t know whether to cheer or boo John Cena
@J-wu8nv11 ай бұрын
it's when the people don't react at all you've a problem.
@lee.valley11 ай бұрын
I had stopped watching wrestling around 1999 and what i can say as fact these 3 gentlemen brought me back as a fan well 4 if you count The Rock but mainly Trips Cena and Austin!
@bornwisedistruction11 ай бұрын
The old fans are hypocrites. They boo John for "tired of him" but cheer old ass legends pass their primes and want them to return every fuckin year 😂
@colinnixon773911 ай бұрын
The issue that marks had with John wasn't _John himself_ - no one can claim that he is anything less than a great guy outside of Kayfabe; go look at Make A Wish. They didn't like Creative pushing him over everybody else. John is very kid friendly in character; that's why kids and women (generally) cheered him, vs. men booing him. But everyone can agree that whether he drew cheers or heat, he did it organically. That was the main problem with Roman in '14 and '15. Creative tried to recreate Super!Cena with him, but Roman didn't get over by himself. SHIELD, yes, but not by himself. Not yet at that point.
@maxxam0125 ай бұрын
Old legends tweak it his characters every now and then and evolved. e.g. How many times the Rock, Stone cold, Undertaker changed from Heel to Babyface to tweener? Cena was not bad, but his superhero character got static for way too long .
@carlosjuarez87612 ай бұрын
Damn crazy to think he carried the wwe company for 20yrs solid one of the greats hof without a doubt
@juanvillarreal689210 ай бұрын
Stone cold looked at HHH like he still wanna kick his ass 😂😂😂😂
@Phillygoat198311 ай бұрын
Kids needed their Superman, i was ten years old when Cena was carrying Raw and his storylines about preserving always stuck with me
@PrinceIsot11 ай бұрын
Cena was a monster because you couldn't ignore him. Everyone was buying tix to either boo him or cheer him.
@bluestripetigerАй бұрын
John cena, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton and Jeff hardy all these dudes help me fall in love with wrestling when I was a kid John’s a god damn legend I miss his uncensored era but he’s more then a wrestler he’s a brand now so it’s understandable he plays that pg role
@fysmike19982 ай бұрын
Men hated him, kids and women loved him
@patrickman375514 күн бұрын
Cena and my dad are my two childhood heros. I will forever be grateful I had those role models to look up to. When the rock beat Cena at wm28, I was crying. He meant that much to me.
@PinkNinjaKick11 ай бұрын
Cena was literally a tweener. That being said I feel that turning him heel would have been the biggest thing in wrestling since the nwo. Biggest missed opportunity since the invasion imo.
@Enriki81011 ай бұрын
The heel days ended when Cena feuded with JBL.
@jasondyrkacz827011 ай бұрын
I loved John Cena as a kid and I have a lot of respect for him now. He was entertaining still is.
@thepatriot260311 ай бұрын
The biggest vindication against the Cena "haters" is his ovation at the 2008 Royal Rumble. That crowd pop will give every WWE fan chills.
@PrinceIsot11 ай бұрын
That moment proved that they secretly liked him. It was just the cool thing to hate him
@lancethefilmguy939211 ай бұрын
It was ok but Cena to PC
@micah.10099 ай бұрын
I think HHH is a numbers guy and if the arena is selling out you got to keep the machine running.
@blackswanrevelations11 ай бұрын
Definitely. Whether people want to admit it or not, i think HHH understands the business better than just about anyone. He knows what works and what fills seats, and I believe he learned A LOT from Vince over the years (back when Vince knew what he was doing as well, these days maybe not so much)
@ninja_tony9 ай бұрын
CARRIED THE WWE AFTER ATTITUDE ERA...PERIOD!!!
@breezy876811 ай бұрын
LA Knight is that guy now. PUSH THAT MAN #YEAHMOVEMENT
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan9 ай бұрын
No lie. My great uncle took me and my cousin to Raw, the night when John Cena and HBK beat Rated RKO for the tag team titles. Literally one half of the crowd was booing Cena and the other half would cheer him for the ENTIRE match. Good times.
@mookiedt9 ай бұрын
From experience at those 2000’s shows, most times Cena merchandise was either the most pushed or the only merch they had at the stands.
@IsaiahJohnsoncocoinc11 ай бұрын
Because what sells the most sometimes is not to see ur hero win but to see them lose
@marksigafoos111211 ай бұрын
Cena sold more merch because of hats, wristbands, a custom spinner belt for him (U.S and WWE championship), a marketing team behind him cause multiple colors sold to kids (don’t like red? Here’s a green cena shirt), and a trademark on his birth name. Other than that yeah John cena is the highest seller in merchandise
@Fearthebeard1234511 ай бұрын
And as Vince said “kids buy merch”
@Fearthebeard1234511 ай бұрын
Cena definitely was an exception. He climbed his way up and worked extremely hard. Compared to Roman who does bring that essence cena did
@smazinggamez762811 ай бұрын
John Cena Gave everything to wwe respect man ❤
@nainmehar322528 күн бұрын
People can be such sheep. Many people booing him don't even know why they are booing him.
@johanprx79859 ай бұрын
I miss Cena. He was a hard working, charitable helping, ( the make a wish ) . Thank you Cena
@nathanrobinson77152 ай бұрын
the fact he still carries a crowd the way he does is genuine
@benjirivera70674 ай бұрын
Every time stone cold, or the rock was on the mic I ran over to my tv 📺 & sure enough, they didn’t let me down Best times
@raymondrios190511 ай бұрын
Thus Is the issue with say Austin Theory. Whether he’s a ‘dastardly’ heel or not, nobody cares what he’s doing. Nobody’s reacting. Where as with say Dominic Mysterio, his character work has come so far that people hang on EVERYTHING he does, to the point of peoples booing drowning out what he’s trying to say.
@dylangross370211 ай бұрын
i get the hate for the character, and some of the backstage politicing he did in the middle of his career, but even he's reflected on some of the bad decisions he made and is empathetic about most of it, you cant give Hogan the same credit (which cena is often compared to, being the "hogan of his era"). regardless of all of it though, he's got a literal world record for granting more "make-a-wish"'s than anyone on the planet! makes you realize doing that for that many kids, he's not really a bad guy, but probably let some of his popularity get to his head a bit early on, which is understandable. he's a genuinely stand up guy nowadays, im glad to have seen his evolution as a person over the years.
@ryanakahuss11 ай бұрын
The people who didn't like Cena and wanted him gone were sometimes their own worst enemy...they'd PAY to boo him out of the building and thus kept filling WWE's coffers. Not always the smartest of people.
@bestintheworld56811 ай бұрын
Smarks do what they do best lol #SmarksSuck
@lancethefilmguy939211 ай бұрын
Perks of being the GOAT🎉
@jonathanielquaye37389 ай бұрын
Most impressive thing he has done is the most Make A Wish visits with fans. Awesome guy!
@lukecywalker2 ай бұрын
"LETS GO CENA!!... "CENA SUCKS!" 😂
@danielives37911 ай бұрын
John Cena had become even greater than the rock himself..
@Batum-D-Kakki309311 ай бұрын
How is that so when the rock was on top during times when the product is Hot and John wasn’t?
@darthdesidus436111 ай бұрын
Hes now getting it all. The cheers all over. Best decision ever.
@kritav11113 ай бұрын
He carried wwe for 2 decades, in my opinion the most popular wrestler of all time
@MikeLowrry28 күн бұрын
People will appreciate him now that he’s gone, love or hate Cena carried that company for about a decade
@harrygreb3457Ай бұрын
Fans literally hated him cause of how good he was
@Bilski862 ай бұрын
cena in a well produced war movie would be insane
@Ty2x-7 ай бұрын
When people understand that WWE has constant 10 year plans in place, you'll stop hating on the "now" and you'll appreciate what's coming.
@dubbkenobby654211 ай бұрын
GOAT ✨
@tohitbhowmick2 ай бұрын
Shout out to everyone that works out hard and stays alive passed 65
@jackthe_tripper254410 ай бұрын
Whether you wanted to see him get his ass kicked or wanted to see him win fans still showed up
@jamallapsley849711 ай бұрын
John Cena was THE guy just like Austin and Hogan were
@dazzaMusic14 күн бұрын
Its simliar to Roman now. People are fed up of his title reign but they're tuning in and selling tickets to see if he loses.
@TheGreatRuke11 ай бұрын
Cena is the G O.A.T and a great influence even rko thanked cena for being Cena
@ezradeal10477 ай бұрын
When it's all said and done.. no matter how pure we wrestling fans are about everything else.. John Cena will be the only marquee to do it for more than 10 years straight at that level. Honestly... people my age (30+) continued to watch wrestling because of the hustle, the loyalty and the respect. He is the GOAT among GOATs.
@yudiab12 ай бұрын
Cena by far, along side austin and taker, one of the only guys that could return in a wheel chair and get the biggest reaction that no lesnar hogan flair hbk could ever get
@Niklaus8702 ай бұрын
And now everyone misses him
@mimonas28358 ай бұрын
I think John once said it best is that the company failed to bring up more stars so that it wasnt Cena vs Orten for the 1000th time
@FernandoAR7602 ай бұрын
John Cena is in part a reason WWE got the massive Netflix deal. He's really WWE's greatest and most successful unpopular decision.
@jamirimaj6880Ай бұрын
John Cena was alway’s putting in the effort when he was new, and even till then. He deserves it. I SWEAR
@ItsMelanieM5 ай бұрын
When Ryan Reynolds grows up, he'll be John Cena
@caramel71496 ай бұрын
The GOAT
@LUKERs11963 ай бұрын
John cDNA is such a good dude in real life.
@lockout68964 ай бұрын
John Cena is our emotion lost of love from India
@neeljoshi96142 ай бұрын
It’s weird seeing triple h and stone cold together..growing up I thought they truly hated each other
@tayonlawson11 ай бұрын
John cena is perfect example of you'll realize my worth when I am gone
@rajveer_.singh-000011 ай бұрын
Nah .. he had his run he barely put over the right Guy
@micah.10099 ай бұрын
@@micah.1009shut up crybayb
@simenzewedlamini3608 ай бұрын
Cena is my legend forever so much nostalgia am 23 now
Something Vince, HHH, Bischoff, Heyman and many others understood. Whether you love or hated the wrestler/character in the ring as long as they're getting a genuine reaction and get people tuning in every week your doing your job right.
Boos are unique
Exactly! The worst thing is no reaction!
Lol k, look at the viewership numbers. People didn't tune in. They tuned out. Those 'genuine reactions' were the last cries of hard working die hard wrestling fans on the way out the door. But hey, at least they packed the (camera side of) arenas
That's bullshit. When the Rock was getting that same treatment they turned him heel to match the audience reaction. Wrestling always has been, and always will be an extremely racist genre of entertainment.
@@ericcorcoran5665 tv numbers have come down in general but wwe is make highest number of profit
Trip giving Cena respect for basically carrying the company for the better part of 20 years.
15 but yeah John was the man
More like burying the company
@@hydrocy.9165exactly
Nah, Vince McMahon did that job himself
@@hydrocy.9165cry about it
And now the people that used to boo him want him back 😂
Double standard
I don’t think it’s that, I think it’s the generation of kids that loved him that are now adults that want him back
Used to be a diehard wrestling fan since the In your House days when under taker wore the purple gloves but I lost interest during the Super Cena colorful shirts era. The writing just became lazy and predictable. Moved to MMA and never looked back
Me fr
Don't gimme that the old saying goes you don't know what's good until it's gone and now seen as a part-timer if people pretty much begging for him to come back people do stop being so wishy-washy and make up their mind😅
HUSTLE,LOYALTY& RESPECT
Word Life
Cringe!
@@misfit29 Hah, gayyyyyyyy
He’s the superman of the wwe
One thing Vince knew was how to get people to watch. John Cena was a character and a huge personality. He did his part so well! Kids wanted to be him. He always kept us watching
Brother vince was horrible His daughter trusted cena and gave him chances and Now Cena is goat
@@athletes6724not entirely True. Steph gave Cena his new rap gimmick. But that wasn't what pushed him to be the face of WWE. When Austin retired, Kurt was taking time out, brock and rock left the business. All the big faces were either moving out, injured or retired. Vince asked the locker room if anyone can take up the position as the next baby face. And when everyone was standing silently, Cena stood up and asked to put the trust on him. And Vince started to push Cena as the baby face. What you are talking about takes place when cena's initial gimmick was bad and could have been kicked out.
Cena was the reason i became a wwe fan in the first place when i was still a teenager. Started watching around 2006-2007 when Cena was still loved by adults too. I was still a Cena after he changed but still missed the old Cena from 2004-2007.
Me too, WWE is so boring right now
🤝
im sorry , lol that would have sucked
Me too ❤️🇿🇦 was 6 back then
Chain Gang Dr of Thuganomics will never be beaten. Only person more popular than Cena was Austin and Taker
As a teenager I always wanted his physique. He didn't look like a bodybuilder, he looked like a ripped football player and that's the first time I remembered having the realization I wanted the physique of a athlete more than anything. I had Wrestlemania 22 on dvd and the special features had John doing his training with Barbell Back Squats, Front Squats Split Squats, Glute Ham Raises, Deadlift variations, Benching variations, OHP, Rowing, Power Cleans, Snatches, and weighted Pull ups and Dips. Almost everything was a compound movement and I remember him saying he hated Curls and isolation bodybuilding exercises. I was blown away, I had no idea there was a way to lift that wasn't bodybuilding and a way to organize the body to train other than the bodybuilding body part Split. John was somewhat tall at 6'1, for a wrestler a average height. But he was more stocky in his build than shorter guys like Benoit. And more cut up! When Big Show says John had the most control over you than any other wrestler and you felt the safest because John was that strong, then you know John is a beast.
❤❤❤❤
Lmao what got me into fitness was the WWE mags with the superstars showing of home workouts in the end pages
Yeah he was a beast. Benoits traps we’re ridiculous though 😂
I had that one too! Them three disc fold out cases were my LIFE when I was little. I remember that part in particular
Same bro, I wanted his triceps, Batista's Quads and overall physique of Bobby Lashley
Wether you wanted his ass kicked or to see him kick ass… you still tuned in to see him!
@@chuch541 no he isn't. Shawn and Bret almost killed the wwf being the top guys who didn't draw before Austin came along. You should have said Austin or Rock if you were praising the attitude era
@@Richardprior839 Shawn Michaels was 10 times the performer in the ring that John Cena was. And he didn’t need to kick you out of 20 finishing maneuvers to do it. Furthermore, Shawn Michaels never performed in front of half empty arena’s, John Cena has. And now I give the final nail in the coffin. Yes, Sean, Michaels and Bret Hart struggled domestically when it came to the television viewership because they had competition, direct competition. John Cena was the top guy of WWE for a decade plus we’re half the audience disappeared, and there was no direct competition. So the product was so bad people would rather not watch wrestling, then watch him…. and you’re going to tell me that he’s better than Shawn or Bret? Who the hell are you trying to impress because it sure as hell isn’t me.
@@chuch541 If you havent seen one WWE episode How do you know if Cena is good? You haven't seen him
But we can't see him
Actually i tuned out totally from 2005 to about 2014 thnx to Cena
If fans don’t want to see someone they will walk out. If they are staying and/or continuously showing up, they want to see that person. Period.
Or….hear me out. They’re not there to see John Cena because there’s more than one guy on that roster. What an idiotic argument. Say I’m a big Randy Orton fan and he’s in a current feud that is really heated and I enjoy and WWE finally comes to my town in my local arena and I get a chance to see that Orton feud play out in person, am I gonna not go just because I hate John Cena? Of course not, I’m still gonna go, but not to see Cena. To say that the entire arena is there to specifically see Cena is quite a stretch.
@@docproc144 Many people still went specifically to see Cena. Kids liked Cena and parents would bring them to see Cena. Half the Stadium loved Cena. Was the Lead Merch Seller for years. Cena quite literally ran the company
@@docproc14490% of the crowd was there for cena night in night out
If you wanted someone who basically is real life Clark Kent/superman You can’t see him
Mann imagine a prime Stone Cold vs prime Cena. Dream Match for the ages!
We had even better prime stone cold vs the rock undertaker Kane mankind etc etc
John Cena is everything that Hulk Hogan claims to be. John sold tickets, was the man, and treated the business and his coworkers with respect. Edit: For those claiming that I'm "discrediting Hogan", I'm not. I'm just pointing out that others, like John Cena have been able to help the business without stopping the push of other wrestlers, going into business for themselves, and just being aholes in general.
Tell that to Alex Riley.
Hey bull shifter what in the hell are you talkin about everything Hulk Hogan claims to be? What planet are you from and how old are you if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan making WRESTLING what it is today !! he's sold tons of merchandise sold-out Arenas and there are more positive stories about him than negative!! Please get a clue before you post anything moronic!
Hulk created the buissness
The Nexus disagrees
@@akshayjannu678 He stole Billy Grahams gimmick.
When he was super cena in his prime you knew that cena would be the face of wrestling for decades to come, his promo skills were inspirational and unforgettable he always had some sort of charisma that made u want him to win. Even when he did get booed.
Whether you booed him or you cheered him you still saw him. You know what the real Kiss of Death for a wrestler is? Apathy. When the fans consider his presence in the ring as a good time to hit the bathroom or the concession stand, that's when it's time for him to go.
I've never seen him once... No one has.
That's where Austin Theory is at rn and Cena called it months ago
An entire arena booing is just as good as an entire arena cheering. Both are the results of people being invested.
Bingo
If that was the case, how come the pipe in cheers and edit out the boos and confiscated signs? I’m sorry, but when you’re announces have to constantly do damage control for you every single week that means you suck at your job.
And unfortunately, the WWE has done an incredible job of brainwashing a lot of you because if you tell a lie long enough and if you tell it well enough, it becomes fact. The whole reaction thing didn’t become a thing until he didn’t get the right reaction. Why wasn’t getting booed more than cheered good enough for Hogan who is a much bigger star at his peak in pro wrestling than John ever was? Why wasn’t it good enough for the rock? Who at his peak was a much bigger star than John was? All of these guys that when the crowd changed on them, they changed as well. It’s like you guys just forgot lol
@@darthdesidus4361 u ass Cena is best he is tha top fish
@@darthdesidus4361 Exactly. Cena buried a lot of the stars and now people just forget and moved on. Now he comes back to put over younger stars so that people can say "Ohh Cena is putting young stars over" when he should have been doing that a long time ago. I always consider Taker and Orton the ACTUALL prp wrestling GOATs. Never used back stage politics, loyal to the company, High of praise from ex- Wrestlers, always willing to put ober younger stars (Orton lost to Jinder ffs!), Never went to Hollywood unlike... Cena, Reigns are the GOATs that Vince wanted them to be. Taker and Orton are the true Pro-Wrestling greats.
I wanted Cena to turn heel like Hollywood Hogan did. I think it would have been the best heel turn in the history of WWE.
I would have to agree.
Easily and not just a random heel turn . A massive one where he is like the final boss .
@@leonidashitler4972 This is a bit far fetched but they could of had Cena be the leader of the new nWo and he was plotting to take over WWE for months. I think a reinvented nWo would have worked but Vince Mcmahon asked Cena about turning heel and he always refused so blame Cena. The thing about Cena is he has never changed never reinvented his character same old boring Cena, just look at Chris Jericho he reinvents himself all the time to stay relevant and fresh.
I think they tried when he beefed with the rock. It just turned into Cena fans wanting Cena and Rock fans wanting Rock
Maybe but Cena was a huge draw with kids. There’s no way he’d do a turn for business when he knew his branding and where his merch sales were coming from. That would’ve crushed him and he was the perfect transition out of the Attitude/ Invasion/ RA era into the PG era.
Cena is the goat of the whole game
Easily. No question about it
He ain’t a 16 time world champ for nothing, Cena’s the best
Please give that man one last world title win. He deserves it.
He doesn’t want to surpass Flair
@@TheBadGuy15Nah he deserves to break ric flair's record
@thechamp30 I'm of the same opinion, if anyone deserves to surpass Flair it's Cena.
@@loregasmicCena already surpassed flair in the fact that he won them titles clean and he ain’t have to cheat
@@thechamp30 No one would say he doesn't deserve it. Cena said he doesn't want to knock Ric Flair off that #1 spot, though. Sharing the record, sure. He won't take it, though.
And this is why John Cena will always be leagues above Roman cos Cena was always entertaining no matter the opponent
Our grandmothers did not watch Wrestling but they knew and loved Cena. South Africa
Cena carried the wwe as the baby face for a good 10 years.
He was positioned as the top guy for 10 years and during that 10 years half the audience disappeared. The people booing him were telling you, “we don’t like him”. They went ignored so they changed the channel and didn’t come back.
@@darthdesidus4361 really. I didn’t noticed. I was a kid though. I cheered for him. So I guess what they said isn’t true. It doesn’t make sense why they kept him there is the audience disappeared. The real reason is that they went PG.
Say what you want, but no one comes close to him and Make A Wish!
And thats why hes the goat
False
for 10 year olds
Cena is top 5 of all time
Easy maybe top three . Who’s your five
@@p-star7678 I put 1:stone cold 2:the rock 3:triple h 4:hulk hogan but that one is iffy then 5:cena
@@p-star7678 im a cena fan ever since he came in so I just wanted to be realistic but I can say 100% stone cold is the best of all time when you heard that glass break shit was over
Who in the hell are you kicking out to put him in? Hogan Austin Rock Andre, Savage, Undertaker, Shawn, Bret, Triple H, Foley, Angle, Lesnar. I didn’t even get into Bruno or Bob Backlund or superstar Billy Graham. John was the face of the decline of WWE’s popularity. The rest of the guys I mentioned were at the precipice of when they were exploding, or the most popular brand in the entire world eclipse in all sports and entertainment.
Cena Undertaker The rock Triple H Hulk Hogan Shawn Michaels Stone Cold just to name a few still got Edge Brock lesnar Randy Orton
Whether you loved or hated him he made you scream his name.
John cena ❤ and deserves one more world title 💯🙏
greatest wwe wrestler of all time
Lmaoo..are you kidding me. Please stop ✋🏾 sir
Definitely not
@@TEAMRED305 you ever heard of smth like an opinion? 🤦♂️
@@TEAMRED305 buddy the chairman of WWE Vince and triple h said that cena is the greatest WWE superstar of all time. So we should respect their words as they know business more than us.❤
@@dr.lakshyamahajan3656 because they scripted him to be beside that he wasn’t shyt terrible mic skills and ring ability
I think if John Turned heel with a new look or like an anti-hero change like Sting did, people would be interested. And if he could switch his finishers for something else too that would help. Sometimes you have to destroy and rebuild to usher in a new era of interest
I think that wont happen. Maybe because Kids see cena as their hero and It will sure break their hearts. I think he is the only wrestler that didnt switch sides.
Exactly
@@mtj8525he can’t keep lifting 300lb dudes up for his finisher, though.
People are just crybabies, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it
If they went the Sting route they Cena would have to come back to WWE full time for Atleast 1 year to build up that story and give him a decent rivalry. But that’s not happening. Not unless Cena’s acting career implodes and forces him out of Hollywood or if TKO pulls some crap. Sting turning into Crow Sting and feuding with the NWO was one of the best bookings in wrestling history. It’s why you praise sting now. In fact WCW’s creative energy probably all went into that. Cause WCW kind of started to plummet after that.
WWE wanted Undertaker's streak ended but they couldn't just turn Cena heel when it was the best time.
It's when you get zero crowd reaction is when you start to worry.
"The Face who runs the Place" #GOAT #HLR #FU #AA #Cenation #NeverGiveUp #Champion
Love him or hate him, Cena was the single biggest star WWE found in the modern Era. He transformed wrestling and because one of the best of all time for it.
5 moves
@@stylesyboi728 And?
Truth is us adults need to acknowledge that the most fans are all the younger generation and these guys are their heroes
The difference between a good and a great wrestler is fan interaction good or bad and cena did it better than anyone ever.
regardless of what you thought of him, there was a reaction or chants all the time when he was out there, especially when he had a mic in his hand. Always give the man his flowers “you’ll miss me when im gone”
John Cena took wwe to a different level ❤
What Triple H won’t bring up is the fact that when you’re the top baby face, you’re not supposed to get booed. Guys like the hitman guys like the rock guys like hulk hogan for god sake’s proved that. Because when they got the wrong reactions for their character they changed. Furthermore, the only reason WWE got away with not changing him was because they had no direct competition that was threatening enough for them to tighten the belt like they did in the 80s and the 90s.
Exactly. Man, I have day dreams of what a hrel Cena would have bene like and the amazing storyline it would have brought. The emotion, the rage, the tears... maybe a hero gone stray, or corrupted, etc. So many posibilities. Having kids cry because rhey dont understand why their hero turned bad... and in so, brinfing in a new hero that whiops him straight. Then have a Cena redemption arc. Nothing sells more thn a redemption arc, and Cena couldnt have thar... because the last time he was a heel, he was Doctor of Thuganamics in 2003 and wasnt the top at anything back then 🤷🏻♂️
@@maxwella.gamingps4631 professional wrestling is not difficult to understand. And the easiest way to dispel them on this particular. Subject is this; if people were allowed to get sick and tired of hulk, everyone else that came after him is fair game because there’s been nobody other than Steve Austin on the rock that even touches how over hulk hogan was.
@@maxwella.gamingps4631 John being a bad guy would’ve been major business for them. And here’s why, the people that the crowd were actually behind could’ve gotten their time John would’ve been getting the right reaction for his character and if done correctly, you would’ve had an atmosphere on that show were you wouldn’t know what was shoot and what was work.
@@darthdesidus4361 Exactly!
So you know better than tripleH LMAO
Turn him heel like Hogan or Reigns and he has a more complete legacy.
Cena in my opinion is the greatest superstar of all time because he carried wrestling when wrestling was not as cool.. After Rock and Austin and particularly after Guerrero and Benoit,, Those were the two toughest times Vince faced and who was the man through all that!!
Just think he was the last one to be called up from OVW, and he was going to be released that same year around Christmas time! Now Cena is the biggest household name in history! Not just in wrestling but, also in Hollywood
Like the miz said in a segment. The fans don’t know whether to cheer or boo John Cena
it's when the people don't react at all you've a problem.
I had stopped watching wrestling around 1999 and what i can say as fact these 3 gentlemen brought me back as a fan well 4 if you count The Rock but mainly Trips Cena and Austin!
The old fans are hypocrites. They boo John for "tired of him" but cheer old ass legends pass their primes and want them to return every fuckin year 😂
The issue that marks had with John wasn't _John himself_ - no one can claim that he is anything less than a great guy outside of Kayfabe; go look at Make A Wish. They didn't like Creative pushing him over everybody else. John is very kid friendly in character; that's why kids and women (generally) cheered him, vs. men booing him. But everyone can agree that whether he drew cheers or heat, he did it organically. That was the main problem with Roman in '14 and '15. Creative tried to recreate Super!Cena with him, but Roman didn't get over by himself. SHIELD, yes, but not by himself. Not yet at that point.
Old legends tweak it his characters every now and then and evolved. e.g. How many times the Rock, Stone cold, Undertaker changed from Heel to Babyface to tweener? Cena was not bad, but his superhero character got static for way too long .
Damn crazy to think he carried the wwe company for 20yrs solid one of the greats hof without a doubt
Stone cold looked at HHH like he still wanna kick his ass 😂😂😂😂
Kids needed their Superman, i was ten years old when Cena was carrying Raw and his storylines about preserving always stuck with me
Cena was a monster because you couldn't ignore him. Everyone was buying tix to either boo him or cheer him.
John cena, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton and Jeff hardy all these dudes help me fall in love with wrestling when I was a kid John’s a god damn legend I miss his uncensored era but he’s more then a wrestler he’s a brand now so it’s understandable he plays that pg role
Men hated him, kids and women loved him
Cena and my dad are my two childhood heros. I will forever be grateful I had those role models to look up to. When the rock beat Cena at wm28, I was crying. He meant that much to me.
Cena was literally a tweener. That being said I feel that turning him heel would have been the biggest thing in wrestling since the nwo. Biggest missed opportunity since the invasion imo.
The heel days ended when Cena feuded with JBL.
I loved John Cena as a kid and I have a lot of respect for him now. He was entertaining still is.
The biggest vindication against the Cena "haters" is his ovation at the 2008 Royal Rumble. That crowd pop will give every WWE fan chills.
That moment proved that they secretly liked him. It was just the cool thing to hate him
It was ok but Cena to PC
I think HHH is a numbers guy and if the arena is selling out you got to keep the machine running.
Definitely. Whether people want to admit it or not, i think HHH understands the business better than just about anyone. He knows what works and what fills seats, and I believe he learned A LOT from Vince over the years (back when Vince knew what he was doing as well, these days maybe not so much)
CARRIED THE WWE AFTER ATTITUDE ERA...PERIOD!!!
LA Knight is that guy now. PUSH THAT MAN #YEAHMOVEMENT
No lie. My great uncle took me and my cousin to Raw, the night when John Cena and HBK beat Rated RKO for the tag team titles. Literally one half of the crowd was booing Cena and the other half would cheer him for the ENTIRE match. Good times.
From experience at those 2000’s shows, most times Cena merchandise was either the most pushed or the only merch they had at the stands.
Because what sells the most sometimes is not to see ur hero win but to see them lose
Cena sold more merch because of hats, wristbands, a custom spinner belt for him (U.S and WWE championship), a marketing team behind him cause multiple colors sold to kids (don’t like red? Here’s a green cena shirt), and a trademark on his birth name. Other than that yeah John cena is the highest seller in merchandise
And as Vince said “kids buy merch”
Cena definitely was an exception. He climbed his way up and worked extremely hard. Compared to Roman who does bring that essence cena did
John Cena Gave everything to wwe respect man ❤
People can be such sheep. Many people booing him don't even know why they are booing him.
I miss Cena. He was a hard working, charitable helping, ( the make a wish ) . Thank you Cena
the fact he still carries a crowd the way he does is genuine
Every time stone cold, or the rock was on the mic I ran over to my tv 📺 & sure enough, they didn’t let me down Best times
Thus Is the issue with say Austin Theory. Whether he’s a ‘dastardly’ heel or not, nobody cares what he’s doing. Nobody’s reacting. Where as with say Dominic Mysterio, his character work has come so far that people hang on EVERYTHING he does, to the point of peoples booing drowning out what he’s trying to say.
i get the hate for the character, and some of the backstage politicing he did in the middle of his career, but even he's reflected on some of the bad decisions he made and is empathetic about most of it, you cant give Hogan the same credit (which cena is often compared to, being the "hogan of his era"). regardless of all of it though, he's got a literal world record for granting more "make-a-wish"'s than anyone on the planet! makes you realize doing that for that many kids, he's not really a bad guy, but probably let some of his popularity get to his head a bit early on, which is understandable. he's a genuinely stand up guy nowadays, im glad to have seen his evolution as a person over the years.
The people who didn't like Cena and wanted him gone were sometimes their own worst enemy...they'd PAY to boo him out of the building and thus kept filling WWE's coffers. Not always the smartest of people.
Smarks do what they do best lol #SmarksSuck
Perks of being the GOAT🎉
Most impressive thing he has done is the most Make A Wish visits with fans. Awesome guy!
"LETS GO CENA!!... "CENA SUCKS!" 😂
John Cena had become even greater than the rock himself..
How is that so when the rock was on top during times when the product is Hot and John wasn’t?
Hes now getting it all. The cheers all over. Best decision ever.
He carried wwe for 2 decades, in my opinion the most popular wrestler of all time
People will appreciate him now that he’s gone, love or hate Cena carried that company for about a decade
Fans literally hated him cause of how good he was
cena in a well produced war movie would be insane
When people understand that WWE has constant 10 year plans in place, you'll stop hating on the "now" and you'll appreciate what's coming.
GOAT ✨
Shout out to everyone that works out hard and stays alive passed 65
Whether you wanted to see him get his ass kicked or wanted to see him win fans still showed up
John Cena was THE guy just like Austin and Hogan were
Its simliar to Roman now. People are fed up of his title reign but they're tuning in and selling tickets to see if he loses.
Cena is the G O.A.T and a great influence even rko thanked cena for being Cena
When it's all said and done.. no matter how pure we wrestling fans are about everything else.. John Cena will be the only marquee to do it for more than 10 years straight at that level. Honestly... people my age (30+) continued to watch wrestling because of the hustle, the loyalty and the respect. He is the GOAT among GOATs.
Cena by far, along side austin and taker, one of the only guys that could return in a wheel chair and get the biggest reaction that no lesnar hogan flair hbk could ever get
And now everyone misses him
I think John once said it best is that the company failed to bring up more stars so that it wasnt Cena vs Orten for the 1000th time
John Cena is in part a reason WWE got the massive Netflix deal. He's really WWE's greatest and most successful unpopular decision.
John Cena was alway’s putting in the effort when he was new, and even till then. He deserves it. I SWEAR
When Ryan Reynolds grows up, he'll be John Cena
The GOAT
John cDNA is such a good dude in real life.
John Cena is our emotion lost of love from India
It’s weird seeing triple h and stone cold together..growing up I thought they truly hated each other
John cena is perfect example of you'll realize my worth when I am gone
Nah .. he had his run he barely put over the right Guy
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Cena is my legend forever so much nostalgia am 23 now