What if Cena LOST at Mania though?

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Logic says he should get his win back from the Rock, true, but I don't think the E is finished with the Worst Year of Cena's Career. After all, wrestling tradition tells us that the more you guarantee an outcome on-screen, the less likely it is.

[xCompackx]

It really would make sense for Cena to lose since he said this year would be his. Though that kinda works best with a heel turn involved and I don't know if that'll happen at this point.

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Considering how they've treated Rumble winners the last few years I'd not be surprised to see Cena lose to Hornswoggle in the youtube pre-show.

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{Spoiler}'Swoggle wins.

But yeah, I think there's a good chance he'll lose again. I mean, I know Cena's entire character is that he's polarising but having a megastar face lose to an oft-hated face in the main event of Wrestlemania in a particularly smarky place...

It doesn't take a genius to know it'll end badly as far as crowd response.

[Fade]

He should. Then Evolve his character. I'm not saying turn him "heel", cause he's already the biggest tweener ever. But let's see what happens if Cena abandoned "Loyalty, Hustle, Respect".

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

I just wanna see if they have the balls to actually stand triumphant over the f***ing Rock in New York. Like, I get it, business and all, but it's gonna look HORRIBLE with the last shot of him being booed and trolling the people who forked over their hard earned money to see...that.

[Marvelously Mediocre]

Then The Rock wins. Either way I lose.

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He'd put on a pouty face to end the show, the next night come out joking and smiling like always, then beat Austin at Extreme Rules to make up the difference.

[Free Hat]

Cena has to win though. I mean to have him to lose again sends a pretty clear message to the audience that today's stars aren't as good as yesterday's. Losing last year only made sense insofar as it set up the rematch. You can't do that twice.

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Feb 1, 2013 17:27:40 GMT -5 Free Hat said:

Cena has to win though. I mean to have him to lose again sends a pretty clear message to the audience that today's stars aren't as good as yesterday's. Losing last year only made sense insofar as it set up the rematch. You can't do that twice.

The same audience members who'll happily cheer a CM Punk or Triple H or Brock Lesnar or Dolph Ziggler or Edge etc etc over Cena.

It's not making the other guys look bad if Cena loses considering there are a handful of guys who regularly get cheered over him on the full time roster.

He's a bizarre face in that he's pretty much the most hated good guy character in main event history, so in that way he's not representative of this generation of superstars. He's an anomaly, a talented in ring, great on the mic anomaly, who has the character depth of a burst paddling pool.

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Feb 1, 2013 17:27:40 GMT -5 Free Hat said:

Cena has to win though. I mean to have him to lose again sends a pretty clear message to the audience that today's stars aren't as good as yesterday's. Losing last year only made sense insofar as it set up the rematch. You can't do that twice.

Meh. HHH and Shawn Michaels had been around WAY longer than Cena, and they were booked as on par with the rest of New Generation 2.0

[BigWill]

Cena has to win though. And not not just because he needs his win back, but because Rock needs to lose the title sometime soon as he won't be around long after Mania. So at the latest he'd lose it would be at Extreme Rules, but it wouldn't make much sense to delay it for a lesser PPV.

[HBL]

The only upside to Cena losing would be a heel turn. Rock beating him just like the last time would be a TERRIBLE decision. Though as mentioned,so would having Cena triumphant over Rock in NY...this scenario seems screwed both ways,honestly.

[Straight Edge Scrotum]

That fat kid who was mad that CM Punk lost, would probably throw himself into traffic...and his girlfriend would post the video to Youtube shortly afterwards.

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The only way that match could be saved? Brad Maddox as the ref. Otherwise, I don't really care which of them wins this time. Last year I was Team Cena... this year... slight Cena lean.

[cabbageboy]

Who really cares what the NYC crowd thinks of the main event? Look, the building will likely sell out. WWE won't have trouble filling MSG or anything in future visits. The crowd has to go in knowing that Cena is likely going over, so they'd have to be pretty naive smarks to be THAT upset.

The entire pretense of this match is that Cena is going over. It's the entire point of Rock getting the belt in the first place, since Cena can't beat Punk in storyline for whatever reason and he needs the win back from Rock.

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Feb 1, 2013 18:20:16 GMT -5 Straight Edge Scrotum said:

That fat kid who was mad that CM Punk lost, would probably throw himself into traffic...and his girlfriend would post the video to Youtube shortly afterwards.

I don't know man, stereotypes say that dude HATES John Cena. He'll probably have a conniption figuring out who to root for.

[Rican]

Then there would have been no point to having Punk losing the title at the Rumble.

[Spider2024]

Something to consider: Wrestlemania 30. You have to wonder what they have planned, or what they've considered so far. You know it's gotta be big, or at least feel big. It's hard to think of too many big matches, so one thing I think they've considered (and a lot of you won't want to hear this) is Rock/Cena III. How will they do it, will Cena win this year and #3 will be the rubber match, or will Rock to beat Cena again, making Cena wait another year for revenge? I actually think it would take more balls for Rock to beat Cena, because a lot of people would react with a collective groan over the long fued not being resolved and going even longer. Oh and we'd still have a part time champion.

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Unless Stone Cold Steve Austin comes out of retirement there is no wrestler in the world right now more popular than Rock (and at this point Rock is probably bigger than Austin actually). So should Rock just never lose a match ever again? Maybe he should beat Cena again at Wrestlemania then forfeit the title the next night on Raw before disappearing again while Cena and Punk and co are left to pick up the pieces and have a tournament or something to determine who gets the belt none of them were good enough to beat Dwayne for ?

Rock has won more than enough since he came back to re-establish himself as a guy who can still go with the best of today and isn't just a nostalgia act. He already stood tall the last two years then left the next day. 3 years straight of that would be bordering on ridiculous though. Surely he has to finally lose this year. And Cena is the person who has to beat him. He's the biggest star of today and he has more fans than any other active or semi-active wrestler in the world not named Dwayne Johnson. If he's not worthy of beating Rock then they may as well just let Rocky retire with the title because no one else will be.

And people are exaggerating how hostile the crowd will be. Cena will get boos. It's a smark crowd. Trust me, Rock will get his share too with that crowd. People said the same thing last year about how it would be an ECW One Night Stand type atmosphere with Cena going against Rock in his hometown in his first singles match in nearly a decade on the biggest smark filled night of the year. Then the night came and it was nothing of the sort. It was no different from any regular Cena PPV match. Immediately after the opening bell rang both the let's go Cena and Cena sucks chants were as loud as they are any other night. Of course you could make the argument that people just enjoy the chant and join in with both parts of it even if they're against him but then you could also make the argument the opposite way.

Feb 1, 2013 18:45:56 GMT -5 Spider2024 said:

Something to consider: Wrestlemania 30. You have to wonder what they have planned, or what they've considered so far. You know it's gotta be big, or at least feel big.

Barring injury to anyone involved I'd bet good money on Cena/Undertaker and Rock/Brock happening at 30. WWE will want to hype that one as the biggest 'Mania of all time and those are the matches they could do and realistically make it exactly that.