If You Thought The Cena Turn Couldn’t Get No Worse….

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I definitely put this below the invasion because the invasion at least had that first ppv buyrate, prime Heyman promos and hope that it would get better. None of which exist here
 

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I definitely put this below the invasion because the invasion at least had that first ppv buyrate, prime Heyman promos and hope that it would get better. None of which exist here

Depending on how things go, this might get looked at the same way that Austin's heel turn did. The idea was definitely there and Cena's doing the best he can, but it's not must-see TV. It's not going to pull in any fans that stopped watching. It just blends in with everything else, like ketchup.

Seth's heel turn is similar, especially since nobody was asking for it.
 

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Depending on how things go, this might get looked at the same way that Austin's heel turn did. The idea was definitely there and Cena's doing the best he can, but it's not must-see TV. It's not going to pull in any fans that stopped watching. It just blends in with everything else, like ketchup.

Seth's heel turn is similar, especially since nobody was asking for it.
No he’s not. He’s phoning it in just as he’s been doing since 2018.
 

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No he’s not. He’s phoning it in just as he’s been doing since 2018.

I'm being nice. There are many reasons this isn't working, but Cena's at least getting more comfortable with the character. I just wish he would stop speaking in that weird supervillain accent because it takes away one of his best attributes: His mic skills.

Also, you notice how Cena became more checked out once he was officially part-time? He stopped getting legitimate feuds and started turning into the cool uncle you only see for holidays and family reunions.
 

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I'm being nice. There are many reasons this isn't working, but Cena's at least getting more comfortable with the character. I just wish he would stop speaking in that weird supervillain accent because it takes away one of his best attributes: His mic skills.

Also, you notice how Cena became more checked out once he was officially part-time? He stopped getting legitimate feuds and started turning into the cool uncle you only see for holidays and family reunions.
Yeah, Two of the most looked forward to stories he had in both Orton & Truth turned out💩

Doubt they’re even able to get to Punk, Roman, AJ, Miz, etc. by December with how slow hhh books and Cena’s limited dates
 

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No he’s not. He’s phoning it in just as he’s been doing since 2018.
I’m not going to go as far as “phoning it in”.

He committed to the turn as best he could.

Awful writing and execution is why this died hard at WM. No The Rock walkout, no Cody turn (was working with The Final Boss all along), no Stardust walk in… *NOTHING*
 

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Whole thing is a snooze fest.

Nothing interesting has happened since the turn at WM.

They can’t do anything fun with it because they’re too scared to actually cross that line.

He still has to be regular Hollywood John Cena outside of the story so it’s super uninteresting.
 

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Impossible to ignore that the turn was Hogan nwo level turn and the follow up has been absolute dogshyt. Could have been maybe the second biggest turn ever. Instead it was a crazy turn and then the lamest shyt possible after.

I just want to know what went wrong with the turn altogether? Like how something with such legs that's been long overdue since the Summer of Punk just end up crashing and burning.

Bad enough, the matches are pure ass, Cena looking like dognuts in the ring, and none of his reasonings of turning heel makes any sort of sense.

shyt reminds me of when Hoegan tried to go to the "dark side" by shaving his mustache and wearing black.

Boyyyy boo :camby:
 
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