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What Cena said in the promo was for the most part the right message, but the delivery was pretty awful. If he’s going to be a heel, then don’t have him whining. It was as though he was on the verge of tears.
 
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les Habs said:
What Cena said in the promo was for the most part the right message, but the delivery was pretty awful. If he’s going to be a heel, then don’t have him whining. It was as though he was on the verge of tears.
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Except story wise, it makes sense to be like that. You apply Cena's story to any real life situation and Cena is the right in every scenario. 20+ years in a business and getting booed/treated like "shit" then he does something for the betterment of his career and he's second guessed.
 
ZachaFlockaFlame said:
Yeah, he 100% was on it lol

Heel Cena is going to be the most understandable heel in WWE history, everything in that promo he said was right lol
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Kevin Owens is right.

But they've said it for a long time, the best characters are real but dialed up to 12. So the fact KO and Cena are this entertaining as heels just reaffirms that.
 
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ZachaFlockaFlame said:
Except story wise, it makes sense to be like that. You apply Cena's story to any real life situation and Cena is the right in every scenario. 20+ years in a business and getting booed/treated like "shit" then he does something for the betterment of his career and he's second guessed.
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I get it, but it was too “whiny”. Cody capped it off perfectly with the “whiny bitch” comment.
 
les Habs said:
What Cena said in the promo was for the most part the right message, but the delivery was pretty awful. If he’s going to be a heel, then don’t have him whining. It was as though he was on the verge of tears.
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The psychology of what they did made complete sense. It was very clearly crafted to make him completely unlikeable and fully turn him heel, rather than give the fans the fake "cool heel" where they are in on the joke so to speak.

WWE's audience generally plays along with face/heel dynamics more than AEW, but at the end of the day if he went heel how everybody wants him to, he would basically be turning face and while the match would still have interest, Cena playing along and being the cool heel everybody wanted him to be for 20 years doesn't help maximize the interest in Cody VS Cena.

They need him to get the upper hand physically on Cody going into WrestleMania, and they have to present him as a viable threat to the title reign, but in terms of character work to make him completely hated, what they did was perfect psychology.

It was a bit cliche "you people", etc. But he had a very clear job, which was to go out there and have everybody wanting to see Cody kick his ass. Up until this promo, the fans were in on the joke so to speak. The heel turn was a big news story, but it was a cute thing they were playing along with. Now he actually has heat after that promo that they can use to maximize interest in the Cody match.
 
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"You have made me the butt of an invisible joke for 15 years" didn't get nearly the reaction it deserved.

Whiny Cena isn't what I was expecting... It does make sense as far as booking heels with a justified reason for being a heel, but it also feels like another move to ensure Cody stays protected as a babyface. You can't give Cena new music/look/attitude going against Cody because fans would likely latch onto that and get behind him.

His promo suggests it wont happen, but it'd be nice to see him get a new look/music if only for a short while.

I think there's very little chance he wins at WM after that promo. Everything he said screams an "I'm sorry I lost my way. I need to do it the right way." story leading to #17.
 
I enjoyed the Cena promo. It could've been the same exact lines at any point in the last 10 years and still would've worked. Delivery was fine too. It has to be over the top. The crowd was extremely hot for it, and a lot of it was because Cena's delivery kept the emotions running hot in the building. If the crowd wasn't into it, I anticipate that Cena's delivery would've been adjusted on the fly. He's a pro with that sort of thing. That goes for his ring work too.

Then Cody came out and f***ing ruined the segment lol
 
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<mod edit> I'll just be blunt and say that Alistair Black absolutely sucks and bringing him back to WWE is a mistake and waste of TV time.
 
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TD Charlie said:
I enjoyed the Cena promo. It could've been the same exact lines at any point in the last 10 years and still would've worked. Delivery was fine too. It has to be over the top. The crowd was extremely hot for it, and a lot of it was because Cena's delivery kept the emotions running hot in the building. If the crowd wasn't into it, I anticipate that Cena's delivery would've been adjusted on the fly. He's a pro with that sort of thing. That goes for his ring work too.

Then Cody came out and f***ing ruined the segment lol
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Shocker.
 
Chuck Testa said:
That's a couple of times very recently that wrestlers have hooked their feet on the ropes as they've tried to dive out of the ring at their opponent(s).

IIRC, it happened to Jacob Fatu very very recently.
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It's such a common spot that really can go south in a hurry, and really doesn't have a great payoff. I prefer the up and over dives instead of through the ropes. Usually looks better in the air, and on impact, and somehow seems safer.

Then you got guys like Darby going full tilt running the ropes on a suicide dive, and smashing into the barricade.
 
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