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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Mar 13, 2012 13:03:15 GMT -5
I'm fully on the Cena hatewagon but last night was awesome.
It was great seeing the "old" Cena come back out.
When I heard...."so...you think you're untouchable?" I marked.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Mar 13, 2012 13:33:13 GMT -5
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Post by machomuta on Mar 13, 2012 13:43:08 GMT -5
It was awesome to see the Dr. of Thuganomics back.
The Dr. of Thuganomics is way better then SuperCena,
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Post by Essential1 on Mar 13, 2012 13:54:14 GMT -5
It was great, nice to see that he still has it and could be that guy again.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Mar 13, 2012 14:00:36 GMT -5
I marked out for real. I forgot just how much I enjoyed Cena back then. Dude should have never changed his character up. Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker, and just about every other huge star has had a gimmicked character that they always portray, but for some reason they decided that having Cena just be himself was the way to go with him. I really do think that he would be much bigger with the rap character since it was relatively original and much more entertaining. If nothing else, I think the crowd wouldn't have completely turned on him until much later.
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Post by Tiger Maskooo on Mar 13, 2012 14:28:10 GMT -5
I marked out for real. I forgot just how much I enjoyed Cena back then. Dude should have never changed his character up. Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker, and just about every other huge star has had a gimmicked character that they always portray, but for some reason they decided that having Cena just be himself was the way to go with him. I really do think that he would be much bigger with the rap character since it was relatively original and much more entertaining. If nothing else, I think the crowd wouldn't have completely turned on him until much later. Ya know,I often have thought about that but honestly I think they kinda turned on him when he was still doing it. Like he was still rapping in 2005. He even released a rap album. The entirity of his feud with christian was basically built around raps. I remember him coming out and rapping on a group of people in the ring. I remember the jericho/cena dual concert. I think if anything in some ways,that gimmick was part of what made people turn against him. It seems to me that the cena backlash kinda coincided with the backlash against Kevin Federline and the backlash against the suburban wannabe type white rapper in general getting really pronounced. I think it was a babyface gimmick at the wrong time. Last night,when I saw thuganomics cena. It felt like the time for that persona had long passed. It felt dated to the era in which it came.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 15:25:49 GMT -5
Man, did I marked big when I heard Basic Thuganomics hit the speakers.
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Post by Malcolm on Mar 13, 2012 15:29:36 GMT -5
I marked. Hard. I've always loved Basic Thuganomics more than My Time is Now.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Mar 13, 2012 15:33:57 GMT -5
I marked. I like Cena but he is just so much more entertaining when he raps. They're always a little fun and even if the insults aren't much different than stuff he usually says, they just sound better in a rap.
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Post by HBL on Mar 13, 2012 15:47:34 GMT -5
I knew that he would come up with the old school attire,but I really didn't expect Basic Thuganomics.Although the rap wasn't so good,the old school feeling was enough for me.
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Post by Indiana Miz on Mar 13, 2012 17:36:28 GMT -5
It was...attitudinal.
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Post by Cronant on Mar 13, 2012 17:37:05 GMT -5
WWE 13 alternate attire please.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 13, 2012 17:38:35 GMT -5
I'll always love the opening to Word Life.
It was nice to see him with a bit of an edge as well; though I think the rap persona would wear thin now that he's so far beyond that.
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Post by percymania on Mar 13, 2012 21:57:13 GMT -5
It was...attitudinal. What a horrible line.
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Post by 543Y2J on Mar 13, 2012 21:58:27 GMT -5
I miss the theme most, it brought back memories. Now I feel old
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 13, 2012 22:00:08 GMT -5
It was awesome.
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Post by SeVeN: #TheBadGuy. on Mar 14, 2012 21:12:53 GMT -5
I like Cena either way, but I marked...like a 9 year old girl. He didn't even look like the same guy. I thought his facial expressions topped it off, he looked pretty mean. His rap was kinda iffy but it was way better than the gargled queen performance from Rocky.
It was also odd to see a crowd that didn't outright hate him, Raw felt kinda strange without the everlasting chants. Hopefully next week will. Be the same.
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Post by celtics543 on Mar 14, 2012 21:59:04 GMT -5
I loved when Cena would come out with the throwback jerseys, lock and chain, and pump shoes. He would throw down a rap and was entertaining. God I miss when Cena was awesome.
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Post by Starshine on Mar 14, 2012 22:02:41 GMT -5
Regardless of my feelings toward Cena, he should definitely keep this sort of character going forward. It's a lot more engaging than the saluting Mr. Howdy Doodie.
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Post by Juice on Mar 14, 2012 22:04:13 GMT -5
I loved it and thats exactly why a heel turn just wouldn't work
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