Just how many times has Cena no-sold death?

[Burst]

Building off of the thread about Extreme Rules 2012... just how many times has Cena undergone a beating that for 99% of all other wrestlers should've resulted in either a stretcher job or a couple weeks off to sell the injury... and either downplayed it on the spot or come back the following Raw like nothing happened?

Off the top of my head, I can think of:

- The aforementioned vs Brock, popping up from a bloody Brock slaughter to drop an unnecessary "I'm totally okay guys" promo
- Summerslam 2010 vs the Nexus: no-selling a DDT onto the bare floor and immediately popping up to defeat Gabriel and Barrett by himself
- Getting chokeslammed into a spotlight, then exploding (my memory on this one is hazy, but didn't he pretty much show up the next show without so much as rib tape to sell it?)

[Push R Truth]

Jesus stabbed the son of a bitch in the damn kidney and Cena squashed his ass for it.

I mean, a period of time elapsed between the stabbing and the squash but I'm not letting facts like that get in the way of a good story.

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Dec 11, 2015 12:44:56 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Jesus stabbed the son of a bitch in the damn kidney and Cena squashed his ass for it.

I mean, a period of time elapsed between the stabbing and the squash but I'm not letting facts like that get in the way of a good story.

When people ask why I watch wrestling I respond with only in wrestling you could have Jesus stabbing John Cena in the kidney in a nightclub and Cena returning at Armageddon burying Jesus once for all in a street fight.

[MrElijah]

Dec 11, 2015 12:48:40 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

Dec 11, 2015 12:44:56 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Jesus stabbed the son of a bitch in the damn kidney and Cena squashed his ass for it.

I mean, a period of time elapsed between the stabbing and the squash but I'm not letting facts like that get in the way of a good story.

When people ask why I watch wrestling I respond with only in wrestling you could have Jesus stabbing John Cena in the kidney in a nightclub and Cena returning at Armageddon burying Jesus once for all in a street fight.

No wonder it seems WWE is getting repeatedly screwed this year: They buried God and his only son!

[Aboutreika18]

He basically brushed off the complete battering Umaga gave him at the Royal Rumble, I don't think it was even mentioned on the RAW the night after.

[Mozenrath]

When's the last time a stretcher job or rib tape happened for most guys? It's not a very commonly employed plot device in modern WWE, and last I remember guys getting taped up, it has often been due to new tattoos with a flimsy explanation.

[JTG Fan]

No sold being run over and killed by JBL on RAW in 2008

No sold being thrown into a glass light and killed by Big Show at Backlash 2009.

No sold being tortured and killed by Miz and Alex Riley at Over the Limit 2011.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 11, 2015 13:04:18 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

No sold being run over and killed by JBL on RAW in 2008

No sold being thrown into a glass light and killed by Big Show at Backlash 2009.

No sold being tortured and killed by Miz and Alex Riley at Over the Limit 2011.

They explicitly said he moved, in the case of the JBL thing, in part because they got flack for it, along with Mark Henry asking Vince how murder is PG.

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Dec 11, 2015 13:05:34 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Dec 11, 2015 13:04:18 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

No sold being run over and killed by JBL on RAW in 2008

No sold being thrown into a glass light and killed by Big Show at Backlash 2009.

No sold being tortured and killed by Miz and Alex Riley at Over the Limit 2011.

They explicitly said he moved, in the case of the JBL thing, in part because they got flack for it, along with Mark Henry asking Vince how murder is PG.

That was also the very first episode of the PG Era.

[Mozenrath]

Also, and I am curious, since it's been a while and I just feel like laughing about this again, did Shane take any time off after Kane splashed water all over his crotch and hooked his crotch up to a car battery?

[jmule]

How bout the time N.W.O crushed the rock with a 18 wheeler and the rock comes back two weeks later with a couple of bruised ribs.

Austin lifts HHH's car with a forklift 25 ft in the air, drops him on his head, the next night HHH appears with a small band aid on his head.

[Eunös ✈]

I remember one raw where Jericho and Big Show beat the holy Jesus out if Cena and leaving him unconscious in the middle of the ring.

Out comes Randy Orton to finish off the beating but the stupid moron is heading down the ring at snails pace, I remember being like "Just get down there you idiot!"

an hour later when he finally does make it to the ring (Yeah that's an over exaggeration but it was stupidly slow) it's like someone threw a Phoenix down in the ring just in time as Super Cena was fully recovered and beat the holy hell out of Orton.

A beating that would put an average man in hospital only tempereoly stops Cena.

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Dec 11, 2015 12:48:40 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

Dec 11, 2015 12:44:56 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Jesus stabbed the son of a bitch in the damn kidney and Cena squashed his ass for it.

I mean, a period of time elapsed between the stabbing and the squash but I'm not letting facts like that get in the way of a good story.

When people ask why I watch wrestling I respond with only in wrestling you could have Jesus stabbing John Cena in the kidney in a nightclub and Cena returning at Armageddon burying Jesus once for all in a street fight.

Posts like these remind me why I love this site.

[mizerable]

I remember the Nexus DDT to the outside that would have left guys 20 years ago off TV for several months can't even stop Cena for a full 10 count.

There was also a time when the announcers said that Cena had ruptured his spleen but was refusing medical attention. Apparently the announcers were eventually clued in thst you would DIE if you refused help, and they switched it to internal injuries.

[sunnytaker]

any time he's being counted out where 1-9 = motionless and dead, then between 9-10 he powers up and sprints/dives back into the ring at full speed, then proceeds to die again until the other guy tries to do something to him and then he's completely healed.

[sdoyle7798]

Re: The spotlight deal...

He did sell it. The next night, he WAS at RAW, but he was moving around like a 90 year old man with full body arthritis. He also sold the after effects for a few more weeks, though not as much as that first week.

[trollrogue]

Easier question to answer would be 'name the times John Cena sold anything like he was legit hurt' I can only name the Brock Lesnar squash.

[Gerard Gerard]

Dec 11, 2015 13:32:34 GMT -5 jmule said:

Austin lifts HHH's car with a forklift 25 ft in the air, drops him on his head, the next night HHH appears with a small band aid on his head.

Hunter was actually out for a week. Granted, not much better than Cena, but still distinctly below Cena in WWE's hierarchy of supermen. It did give Stephanie an odd opportunity to cut a quasi-face promo, yet still utterly a heel, in which she lambasted Austin for potentially ruining their chances of having kids.

[metylerca]

Wasn't he told to "go home" after that DDT? That'd be a reason to kill the spot, PPV satellite time and all..

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

Dec 11, 2015 13:04:18 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

No sold being tortured and killed by Miz and Alex Riley at Over the Limit 2011.

Didn't Randy Orton also manage to capture and torture him nearly the exact same way before magically getting better and making him tap?

Both involved handcuffs and kendo sticks, right?