This next statement may cause eyebrows to be raised and angry comments being posted, but I do need to say something. John Cena… is a damn good wrestler.
The reason I started with that seemingly controversial comment is because this feud with Seth Rollins confirmed what I thought all along about John Cena. Cena is somebody that can step up and keep up with just about anybody on the roster. Even with the likes of Daniel Bryan, Cesaro and CM Punk, Cena’s been able to pull off some quality matches in the past with some of the best technical wrestlers in the business. You can chalk that down to wrestlers he’s in the ring with but it’s up to Cena to keep up to their speed and standards for the matches to be as effective as they are. That’s signs of a great worker.
Now that’s not to say Cena can have great matches with EVERYONE. Few people can. Hell, remember his feud with John Cena that I discussed in an old blog post? If anything, the only person that I thought could do was Jericho until his feud with Bray Wyatt happened. But against some of the most advanced wrestlers in the biggest stages there is, no one puts in the work like Cena to make it as good as he can be.
This is probably coming off as a Cena love-fest right now! However, I just wanted to point this out before I run down his feud with Seth Rollins, probably the best worker in WWE right now. With the potential a top main event match like this could have, it really boggled my mind why when Rollins and Cena feud last year, they never had a one-on-one main event PPV match?
Yeah, they were opposing captains at Survivor Series, but that match was mostly about The Authority losing power more than anything. So the rivalry between Cena and Rollins wasn’t really focused on. However at TLC, the two eventually squared off in a tables match with Cena’s WWE World title shot on the line.
I was actually really looking forward to this match at the time. These two could have a very creative match and they certainty did. I remember during the TLC review, I said I liked the initial draw finish but now looking back, I really don’t. For those of you that don’t remember, let me break it down.
The match goes on and then there’s a ref bump… during a tables match.
While this ref is down, Cena put Seth through the table with an AA off the top I think. But the ref is down, so apparently nobody is able to call it. They fight for a bit and then they both go through the tables on the outside at the same time. THEN, two referees and the original referee began arguing about who went through first. The original ref says screw it and restarted the match. After a while and the likes of Big Show and Roman Reigns interfering, Cena wins the match.
Now let me just state that I liked the draw finish a great deal. But WHY didn’t one of the refs that came out to argue about the draw finish come out earlier to declare Cena the winner after he clearly put Rollins through the table initially?
Other than that, the match itself is good. Great work by Rollins. A very creative match. I would recommend that you’d go back and watch this match.
This feud continued for a while as Rollins made Cena bring back the Authority. I’ll admit, Cena is the best person to help Seth become more of a serious and menacing villain. Rollins had to battle the superhero John Cena mentally rather than physically by holding somebody like Edge hostage. And if you can’t remember what angle I’m on about, click on this link for more…
Seth then got added to the Brock Lesnar and John Cena match at the Royal Rumble, and deliver QUITE the match. This match was just all kinds of quality and was perhaps the only redeeming quality of this REALLY bad PPV. Excellent work and I… actually wanna go back and watch this match! I actually was not able to watch this live which really annoyed me! However, it’s still a top match whenever you watch it…
And that about wraps up this feud. I really wish this feud developed a bit more because it would have been more fitting and noteworthy if it ended at Wrestlemania or something. I’d love to see these two have one last blow-off match at the big dance. Cena going over also wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world as Seth would have cashed in Money In The Bank that night anyway!
However, Cena and Rollins still provided us a very interesting program in the few months that they were feuding! Hats off to them…
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I’ve actually thought for sometime that Cena is a very good technical wrestler; the man can pull off almost any move in the ring.
I think the issue with Cena is that he doesn’t exactly make any of those moves look stylish. He has a very stiff, clunky way of wrestling that makes him look very ungraceful. And the fact that he tends to only use a limited amount of moves in most of his matches doesn’t help him at all.
But against the likes of Rollins, Punk or Bryan, it’s clear that he can wrestle! I think the crowd just want to get under his skin anyway possible because the cookie cutter/superman character is not the peoples choice.
Yeah, I think the only that bothers me about Cena is how they book him to beat people that he really didn’t need to beat like Bray Wyatt. But I still find on Facebook people posting on wrestling pages saying “Cena, you can’t wrestle.” Those guys have no idea what they’re talking about.
Yeah I think the biggest issue is the way he’s booked. If they focus more on booking him in matches against great technical wrestlers like his match against Sami Zayn last RAW then it only proves how good he is as a mat technician but when he’s in matches against the likes of Wyatt or just the big guys; showing a feat of strength, all feels a little circusy.
But I totally agree that the people claiming Cena can’t wrestle – Need to take off their hater goggles and actually witness him in the ring. Now, I’m not exactly a Cena fan but I can certainly acknowledge that he can wrestle
Yeah bro. That’s why I kinda like the Cena Open Challenge thing. Everybody’s got a chance to step up against him and we’re actually seeing a lot of guys like Ambrose, Zayn and Stardust put on good matches with him.