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Post by KobashiChop on Jun 24, 2013 8:28:47 GMT -5
To me, Cena is the new Triple H. He is the guy who is great, and history will be kind towards him. But he is gonna be the guy, who the WWE will tell you was an icon of his time. That he was on the level of The Rock, or Hogan etc. He is HHH. Even has the ability to put out a crappy show opening 20 min promo too. As well as the absurd number of title reigns. As for drawing money, Cena has international shipping on merch and touring, TV every week, PPVs every month, the DVD market, music and video downloads on demand, the current gen video game industry etc. He has so many more tools from which to draw in money for the company. Of course he will have made big money. I honestly can believe he has drawn more money than Hogan, Rock or Austin. But he has had more time as the face of the company than Rock/Austin combined, and the current business model is just set up to expand further than it possibly could've in Hogan's era. Doesn't make him as big of a name though. Despite all this, Hogan and Austin made wrestling cool. Cena hasn't done that. He is the antithesis of cool. Cena is way better than triple h On what basis? How do you determine that? Im not saying you're right or wrong, but I need a little more to go on. Cena is the guy who came in during a time of solid downtime for the business and held the fort down providing a solid "top guy" that would never truly break out into the mainstream, yet provides a credible drawing name. Straight after HHH did on the back of Rock and Austin disappearing. Only difference is that HHH did it as a heel. But they both get that company rub of the WWE telling us that they are these stratosphere-smashing global icons, when it actuality they're both just guys who drew well in their respective time periods and kept strong interest in the company. Neither one has anything to be ashamed about. They just arent Hogan/Rock/Austin level.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jun 24, 2013 8:52:53 GMT -5
With the right gimmick and promotional machine behind him, it could have been Johnny Curtis.
Curtis can take elephant dung and turn it to gold.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jun 24, 2013 10:37:01 GMT -5
Joke Answer Freight Train
Serious Answer I really think it would have been Punk or Daniel Bryan
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 24, 2013 12:44:00 GMT -5
No one. The Attitude Era wasn't about one singular talent. Austin may have been at the top of the wave, but wrestling was, sooner or later, going to be huge again. Someone else would've been the star that Austin was. Austin didn't draw, the WWF drew, with Austin as the biggest reason.
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Post by Brian Suntan on Jun 24, 2013 14:28:15 GMT -5
This is a genuine question, what would constitute a boom period?
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Post by Package Piledriver on Jun 24, 2013 15:56:23 GMT -5
Cena is way better than triple h On what basis? How do you determine that? Im not saying you're right or wrong, but I need a little more to go on. Cena is the guy who came in during a time of solid downtime for the business and held the fort down providing a solid "top guy" that would never truly break out into the mainstream, yet provides a credible drawing name. Straight after HHH did on the back of Rock and Austin disappearing. Only difference is that HHH did it as a heel. But they both get that company rub of the WWE telling us that they are these stratosphere-smashing global icons, when it actuality they're both just guys who drew well in their respective time periods and kept strong interest in the company. Neither one has anything to be ashamed about. They just arent Hogan/Rock/Austin level. I would say cena is he is he's the only guy that i still see allot of people wearing shirts and stuff for and if you ask someone who john cena is they at least know him and what he does he has also proven he will put people over if they need it something triple h seems to have trouble with
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Post by Chairman of the Board on Jun 24, 2013 16:14:34 GMT -5
Wait ONE minute!!
The answer is easy.
Here is a future Wrestlemania main event!
Next BOOOOOOOM!!!
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Post by Sam Punk on Jun 24, 2013 16:45:43 GMT -5
xema ion
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