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Post by Old Jack Burton on Dec 10, 2013 1:08:01 GMT -5
Seeing Stephanie introduce Cena tonight had been thinking back over his career, and his legacy. And the question came to mind. If CM Punk is a "Paul Heyman guy", who is Cena?
To my knowledge, he is a Jim Cornette guy, with a strong dose of Stephanie McMahon, and maybe a little Heyman too.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 10, 2013 1:09:41 GMT -5
Isn't he also a Heyman guy? I recall hearing that Stephanie was big on him too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 1:10:07 GMT -5
Vanilla Ice.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Dec 10, 2013 1:10:47 GMT -5
Stephanie was supposedly the one who told him to go with his rapper gimmick. If that's true, I'd say he's a Stephanie McMahon guy.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Dec 10, 2013 1:11:45 GMT -5
Stephanie was supposedly the one who told him to go with his rapper gimmick. If that's true, I'd say he's a Stephanie McMahon guy. She has the best track record in the business then. John Cena and Triple H!
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Post by Error on Dec 10, 2013 1:12:03 GMT -5
Steph is the one who "discovered" him on the Euro tour and saved him from getting fired according to legend so I'd think she deserves the credit if true.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Dec 10, 2013 1:12:43 GMT -5
Michael Rapaport. Hip hop white boys look out for each other.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 1:13:13 GMT -5
Cena's parents after having sexual intercourse
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Post by Starshine on Dec 10, 2013 1:14:02 GMT -5
Stephanie was supposedly the one who told him to go with his rapper gimmick. If that's true, I'd say he's a Stephanie McMahon guy. She has the best track record in the business then. John Cena and Triple H! But she also has that big goofy looking blonde tough enough guy who crashed and burned big time.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 10, 2013 1:16:56 GMT -5
She has the best track record in the business then. John Cena and Triple H! But she also has that big goofy looking blonde tough enough guy who crashed and burned big time. Daniel Rodimer. Wow. Haven't thought of that guy in years.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 1:20:58 GMT -5
According to Jericho he pushed for Cena as well. Perhaps he brought it up as he was banging Steph. It all makes sense now.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Dec 10, 2013 1:22:05 GMT -5
Cena did come out of that magic year of Smackdown in 2003. Which I consider to be one of the best years of WWE programming of all time. And that year is a Stephanie year. So maybe, yes, John Cena is a "Stephanie McMahon guy".
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Post by Crimson on Dec 10, 2013 1:22:43 GMT -5
Steph is the one who "discovered" him on the Euro tour and saved him from getting fired according to legend so I'd think she deserves the credit if true. Stephanie/Cena affair storyline. Book it But yeah, from what Cena said, he was rapping backstage and Stephanie overheard him and made it into his gimmick.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Dec 10, 2013 3:16:01 GMT -5
John Cena is a Rick Bassman guy. He's the guy who discovered him, taught him promos and pushed hard to get him into OVW. He's also the one who got him on television first in a discovery channel documentary. It's hard to say someone "discovered" him when another guy was shopping him around because he saw the dollar signs from the start.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 5:08:01 GMT -5
Cena was groomed from the beginning to be a big deal. He loses to Angle in his debut and has that "what's your name, kid?" thing with bikertaker in the back.
They just rolled on with it, for good reason. He was HIRED to be a big deal.
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 10, 2013 5:13:40 GMT -5
John Cena is a Rick Bassman guy. He's the guy who discovered him, taught him promos and pushed hard to get him into OVW. He's also the one who got him on television first in a discovery channel documentary. It's hard to say someone "discovered" him when another guy was shopping him around because he saw the dollar signs from the start. But Cena's also said that Bassman trained him so poorly he had to re-learn the craft from the ground up in OVW, so Bassman guy is overrating it. Stephanie McMahon Guy seems the best for Cena.
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Post by Allison Reynolds on Dec 10, 2013 5:14:44 GMT -5
Steph is the one who "discovered" him on the Euro tour and saved him from getting fired according to legend so I'd think she deserves the credit if true. Stephanie/Cena affair storyline. Book it But yeah, from what Cena said, he was rapping backstage and Stephanie overheard him and made it into his gimmick. This reminds me of one of the WWE game storylines where Stephanie had a crush on John Cena and was fixing everything in his favor until she found out John Cena was a player and was flirting with all the Divas. .... It's just like real life. O__O
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Post by Boo! on Dec 10, 2013 6:50:48 GMT -5
So we're ruling Vince out of the equation completely?
I guess he really does only get credit for things that go wrong.
Something that's been a success? Oh that must have been Heyman or Cornette. A complete failure? Damn you Vince *shakesfist*
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Post by Citizen Snips on Dec 10, 2013 6:54:48 GMT -5
She has the best track record in the business then. John Cena and Triple H! But she also has that big goofy looking blonde tough enough guy who crashed and burned big time. Justin Credible was a Paul Heyman guy. They can't all be winners.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Dec 10, 2013 7:42:28 GMT -5
Steph and Heyman.
Heyman was the one that booked Cena's entrance into the company and wanted to create an instant star. Steph gave the go-ahead to run with the rapper gimmick.
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