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John Cena On Cover Of "Fighting Spirit" Magazine
John Cena is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Fighting Spirit, with the headline reading “Have We Cena ‘Nuff?”. The synopsis reads: “Between his superhero act getting incredibly old and him almost ruining the careers of people like The Miz and Nexus by squashing them completely, FSM has had it up to here with John Cena. But is it really all his fault? FSM examines WWE’s top man and wonders if he’s to blame for ruining WWE for everyone.” Below is a preview of the article:
Why John Cena’s superhero antics are ruining WWE for everyone
In our recent Make The Change? feature in FSM #057, FSM examined how WWE has seemingly evolved overnight when it comes to new talent breaking through at nearly every level of the Smackdown and Raw roster. Just as incredible, however, is the length of time that Cena has been on top in World Wrestling Entertainment, especially since the length of his reign eclipses Steve Austin’s tenure as a WWE headliner and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s entire WWE career as an active competitor. Need another stat to put it into perspective? John Cena, believe it or not, has been winning Heavyweight Championships in WWE longer than WCW Nitro was on the air… which is to say, he’s been doing it longer than the entirety of the Monday Night Wars.
Cena is almost inarguably the leading representative of the post-Attitude era. Out of the ring he stars in WWE’s filmic efforts, garners praise with his numerous charitable appearances and – most importantly – sells merchandise by the truckload. In the ring, he’s the biggest draw in professional wrestling today without question. And you know what? It was designed that way. In a recent interview with the Boston Herald, Vince McMahon talked about a meeting he held for WWE’s new superstars soon after Cena made his first appearance for the company. “‘Step on people on the way [up] if you have to,” Vince recalled saying. “Apologise later. I’m looking for someone with courage that wants to break out and be ballsy enough to take on the responsibility of being the top guy.” At the end of the meeting, someone came over and said, ‘I’m your man…’, and that was John.”
To Vince, Cena isn’t only someone who can carry WWE in the ring, but also a man who can be relied on to espouse the official company perspective at every turn. Listening to Cena speak on topics like actors leaving WWE for Hollywood (he understands why some would, but “just don’t f*** me around and tell me that [they still love the wrestling business]…”) to his thoughts on UFC (“It is what it is. It can be pretty over the top, and it’s not something I’d want my children to watch.”) is to hear a verbally recited version of a Vince McMahon press release. But then, perhaps it’s understandable that after being burned (in his own mind, at least) by the last three men he decided to pin WWE on – those being Austin, The Rock and Brock Lesnar – McMahon would want a malleable company man as the WWE figurehead…
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