Cena puts Cesaro over in Munich

[Steveweiser]

Not sure where this report is from, but this happened at the end of the house show in Munich last night...

After the match Cena called out Cesaro to translate for him. After saying some nice words about the German crowd, he then wanted to say something about Cesaro which Antonio wouldn’t translate so Cena did it in English saying that Cesaro “went from small shows year after year [..] and is finally standing here in Germany [..] and has earned the respect of the WWE! [..] I also want to thank you for believing in Antonio Cesaro, his first night on a main stage in front of a German crowd! I have been around the world many times and know a good thing when I see one… Claudio… and yes I call you Claudio [..] you know I am talking for real! Congratulation for coming home, this guy has the makings for a future champion.[..]” Then he asked Claudio to hold on to his belt and threw the Title it to him. Claudio was humbled but said there is the wrong name on the plate and gave it back, but promised he would be back in Germany one day as the WWE Champion. Also he finished off by saying whenever he says “we the people” he means the German fans, where he started his career 12 years ago here in Germany. Then he went to the fans and signed several autographs until the staff dragged him away so they could clean the ring.

Well if Cesaro's a Cena Guy, that bodes tremendously well for him.

[Wolfaga]

Now that is awesome, props to Cena.

[The Beast Disincarnate]

vintage Cena pandering to the crowd to make us think he's a nice guy.

[thirteen3]

That's nice of him.

...so is Claudio actually from Germany this whole time or what? Was the whole Swiss thing a gimmick all along? I feel deceived.

[cruiserfan]

He's Swiss. He wrestled a lot in Germany in his early career because there's more wrestling (catch) in Germany than Switzerland.

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I read the thread title as Cena actually putting Cesaro over clean in a match, which would be crazy. Still, pretty cool.

[celticjobber]

Here's the promo on Youtube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Jc1YZ10b0

[hossfan]

Why didn't Cena learn German to put Cesaro over like he learned Mandarin to promote a WWE tour? The guy's so gefälschten.

[Emmet Russell]

This will definitely go well for Cesaro. I remember when Cena gave his endorsement to Zack Ryder, that young mans career has blossomed ever since ....

This means nothing. Wrestlers in the company have been high on Cesaro for ages, but it hasn't changed anything. Unfortunately I don't see that changing at any point soon; Cena is just endorsing him to get a positive reaction from people while he continues to be on top & Cesaro goes back to swinging Khali.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

Clearly a desperate attempt to make people like Cena. No possible way the guy's are really friends. I mean, Cesaro was in ROH! No way he'd associate himself with someone with less than 10 moves.


It's a joke. Before people get all uppity.

[pepsitwist]

Just hurry up and turn Cesaro face.

[Hawk Hart]

As cool as I think this is, it kinda sucks that for a few minutes this thread was directly above the one regarding Ohno's release. Two such vastly different trajectories.

[cahuette]

Nov 10, 2013 6:30:39 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Well if Cesaro's a Cena Guy, that bodes tremendously well for him.

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Nov 10, 2013 9:19:18 GMT -5 cahuette said:

Nov 10, 2013 6:30:39 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Well if Cesaro's a Cena Guy, that bodes tremendously well for him.

Good point!

But no offense to Zack Ryder, but he is nowhere near the level of skill as a ringworker that Cesaro is at. Ryder is, at best, a middling talent. Cesaro, on the other hand, is in the same boat as Punk, Bryan and Cena.

Ryder's thing was that he was an underdog with a funny catchphrase. Cesaro's thing is that any time he wrestles is a MOTN candidate.

[Abdullah]

Nov 10, 2013 9:19:18 GMT -5 cahuette said:

Nov 10, 2013 6:30:39 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Well if Cesaro's a Cena Guy, that bodes tremendously well for him.

I think Carlito, and now Big E apparently, are 'Cena guys' more than Ryder is/was. I think people backstage just admired Ryder's drive as opposed to really supporting him and then, like most fans, that turned into mild annoyance at his whining.

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I wouldn't read much into this it's like that once a year when the WWE goes to Japan and they pretend like Yoshi matters for a week.

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Nov 10, 2013 10:01:45 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I wouldn't read much into this it's like that once a year when the WWE goes to Japan and they pretend like Yoshi matters for a week.

The difference is that Yoshi was never seriously pushed and hardly ever featured on TV. Cesaro is on the most prominent show on a weekly basis and he's the star of the team he tags on, rather than Swagger.

[Yami Daimao]

It's a nice gesture, sure, but I wouldn't read into it, much less hold my breath for a Cesaro super push.

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Nov 10, 2013 10:03:16 GMT -5 @mightykretzler said:

Nov 10, 2013 10:01:45 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I wouldn't read much into this it's like that once a year when the WWE goes to Japan and they pretend like Yoshi matters for a week.

The difference is that Yoshi was never seriously pushed and hardly ever featured on TV. Cesaro is on the most prominent show on a weekly basis and he's the star of the team he tags on, rather than Swagger.

The similarity is that nothing that happens on international tours really matters. I have no doubt that Cesaro will get to the top but until he's there on WWE TV it's just one of those things that happens on an international tour to pop the crowd. It will probably happen again Zurich and that will be that.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Nov 10, 2013 6:38:44 GMT -5 The Beast Disincarnate said:

vintage Cena pandering to the crowd to make us think he's a nice guy.

This is a parody post, right?

Also, if Cesaro was better on the mic/more over, I'd be well behind him heading up the card. He's just not there yet. Give it time.