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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 7, 2022 12:30:14 GMT -5
Bret Hart did with sunglasses. Rey Mysterio did it with masks. Cody Rhodes does it with his belts.
It's that personal touch with the younger fans that gets them over. Look at all the Bret videos of all the glasses he gave away over his career.
How come Cena didn't just go out to ring side and put a hat on a kid instead of being cool and tossing it in the crowd?
The Cody thread with him being the babyface WWE needs made me wish Cena had a more personal touch with his fans at ring side too.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on May 7, 2022 12:37:20 GMT -5
He threw his hat and his shirt into the crowd before the match so whoever caught it got to keep it but after his matches he would always make sure to give his wristbands to a kid on his way to the back.
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Post by Nosnorb on May 7, 2022 12:37:49 GMT -5
Because in kayfabe, Cena was a bit of a twat?
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Post by Fade on May 7, 2022 12:46:55 GMT -5
And give his jorts to some fortunate middle aged man.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on May 7, 2022 13:26:48 GMT -5
Oh hell no. The will of a champion is like 40% head lice keeping you awake. You can't do that to a kid.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 7, 2022 17:40:31 GMT -5
And give his jorts to some fortunate middle aged man. What’s that guy gonna do with two pair?
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 7, 2022 20:48:58 GMT -5
And give his jorts to some fortunate middle aged man. Only if he plays Kiss From a Rose while doing it.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on May 7, 2022 23:54:11 GMT -5
Again those kids are rich brats who's family can afford front row seats. He should have went up into the nose bleeds and gave it to a kid there
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on May 7, 2022 23:57:07 GMT -5
He should've put his brain in a robot spider, but you didn't hear that from me.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 8, 2022 7:10:38 GMT -5
Because in kayfabe, Cena was a bit of a twat? He was a “twat” only to whiny fans who couldn’t handle seeing their favorites lose. Even though everyone can’t be on top. Give me a break, dude.
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Post by Nosnorb on May 8, 2022 7:26:07 GMT -5
Because in kayfabe, Cena was a bit of a twat? He was a “twat” only to whiny fans who couldn’t handle seeing their favorites lose. Even though everyone can’t be on top. Give me a break, dude. And to Ryback, who had a totally valid reason for beating up Cena and WWE knew it. Or to Zack Ryder.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 8, 2022 7:35:49 GMT -5
He was a “twat” only to whiny fans who couldn’t handle seeing their favorites lose. Even though everyone can’t be on top. Give me a break, dude. And to Ryback, who had a totally valid reason for beating up Cena and WWE knew it. Or to Zack Ryder. Nobody cares what Ryback thinks anymore and they didn’t then. Wasn’t the salute on the ramp enough? I mean, it would have been cool if he gave the fans a cap, but his fans knew they were behind him anyway.
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Post by mrtuesday on May 8, 2022 8:05:49 GMT -5
And to Ryback, who had a totally valid reason for beating up Cena and WWE knew it. Or to Zack Ryder. Nobody cares what Ryback thinks anymore and they didn’t then. Wasn’t the salute on the ramp enough? I mean, it would have been cool if he gave the fans a cap, but his fans knew they were behind him anyway. You're forgetting the words "In Kayfabe". In Kayfabe, Ryback was in the right when he turned on Cena. In Kayfabe, Ryder had a beef with Cena over Eva. In Kayfabe, Cena was a prick. But was shown to be the hero because of it.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on May 8, 2022 11:20:04 GMT -5
Nobody cares what Ryback thinks anymore and they didn’t then. Wasn’t the salute on the ramp enough? I mean, it would have been cool if he gave the fans a cap, but his fans knew they were behind him anyway. You're forgetting the words "In Kayfabe". In Kayfabe, Ryback was in the right when he turned on Cena. In Kayfabe, Ryder had a beef with Cena over Eva. In Kayfabe, Cena was a prick. But was shown to be the hero because of it. Cena in kayfabe did nothing wrong in those cases though. A lot of this stuff ends up being misremembered or key details left out which makes it sound way different. Kinda like "a fresh Cena demanded a title shot against a tired Mysterio." That's not at all how it transpired but it's how you often see it described over the years. Or the time Cena AA'd Batista through a car after an i quit match. You'll see people describing it as heelish without any context but it was classic pro wrestling payback. Batista screwed Cena out of the title and basically tried to kill him and Bret Hart. He deserved it. Him begging off and leaving relatively unscathed wouldn't have been satisfactory comeuppance. Ryback was a member of Nexus who debuted by brutally attacking Cena and trying to end his career. Cena owed him nothing. Ryback was a crybaby who was bitter because he had spent 6 months losing to Punk/Shield/Henry. Eve was a grown woman capable of making her own decisions. She told Ryder again and again that she just wanted to be friends but he wouldn't let it be and kept begging her to date him like a desperate puppy dog. If that storyline happened 5 years or even a a year or two later I'd like to think even wrestling fans would view Ryder as a creepy heel. He was the walking definition of the "nice guy" trope who thought he was owed the girl simply because he wanted her. And the whole peak of Ryder's career was kayfabe due to Cena too. Cena willingly gave up a spot in a WWE title PPV main event at TLC 2011 in exchange for Zack getting a US title shot. Then even after making that deal John Laurinatis made Zack fight peak hall of pain Mark Henry to keep his title shot and he was getting killed until Cena came out and helped him win. Cena went above and beyond to help the dude. It's not his fault Eve was more into him than Zack. One of the only times I agree with Cena actually being heelish didn't even involve another wrestler. It was just one of those quick clips of someone walking backstage hyping that his match/promo was coming up after the break. He walks by a random backstage worker talking on the phone, takes the guys phone and drops it in a cup of water or something. It was just so hilariously random and out of place for a babyface. Like something peak asshole but still babyface Rock would do to bully Kevin Kelly or Jonathan Coachman.
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Post by Squirrel Master on May 9, 2022 21:41:20 GMT -5
If John Cena started to put his hat on an excited kid and then said “Not for you” and walked away, it would be such a heelish thing to do.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 10, 2022 17:14:17 GMT -5
I think one of my favorite asshole Cena things was that time Nexus kicked the shit out of Yoshi Tatsu for saying Cena was his friend and I don't think Cena ever even once subsequently acknowledged his existence.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on May 10, 2022 17:19:54 GMT -5
I'm imagining Cena at ONS 2006 trying to physically put his t-shirt on members the ECW crowd as the wriggle around.
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Post by The Warthog on May 10, 2022 20:00:22 GMT -5
Speaking of jorts, I hope Cena isn't secretly a never-nude.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 21:31:41 GMT -5
What if he gave an AA to a kid at ringside?
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on May 10, 2022 21:34:40 GMT -5
The Godfather should've thrown condoms into the audience.
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