He spray painted "JBL IS POOPY" on his limo. That's a man without an edge.
But JBL was totally poopy as fuck.
Fuck, this made me remember the short lived CTC. Which made me then think of the short lived Cena/Bourne team. Which then made me think of Ryder getting paired up with Cena.
It's actually incredible that no one (besides Punk and Edge or people established before Cena's run) who has been paired up with Cena either as an opponent or ally has come out better afterwards. You go down the list and everyone has come out worse. It really isn't just an internet hating on Cena thing.
Major feuds or partnerships with John Cena since 2005:
JBL: retired about a year later, became a good commentator, came back to wrestling, retired again, came back as a terrible commentator.
Kurt Angle: Left WWE about 6 months later, went to TNA, lost his wife, was arrested multiple times, has been to rehab multiple times.
Chris Jericho: Left wrestling for years directly after, came back with one good run, and then came back repeatedly for worse and worse runs. Became a complete and utter tool outside of wrestling.
Edge: One of the only guys to get over on Cena at all, spent years anchoring Smackdown in terrible feuds, retired when he found he would be paralyzed if he kept wreslting.
Umaga: Never recovered. Sent to the mid card, became a drug addict. Died.
Mr. Kennedy: Very short. Cena got injured, Kennedy never recovered, ended up maybe kind of injurying Orton, fired. Went to TNA.
Randy Orton: Orton was dead in the water for 3 years after, though partially do to his own doings.
Batista: Left immediately after, came back as a permagassed guy with a botoxed face
Nexus: Entire group turned to midcarders. Tarver: Released. Skip Sheffield: Injured for 2 years. Daniel Bryan: Fired and brought back as a mid carder for 3 years. Justin Gabriel: Superstars exclusive wrestler. Heath Slater: Gimmick changed to be the king of the jobbers. Otunga: Became comedy character and then vanished for 2 years. Wade Barrett: Literally buried by Cena, took nearly 4 years, a gimmick change, and an internet show to semi-recover.
Miz: Never recovered. His status as being terrible and sucking became a part of his character afterwards.
R-Truth: Never recovered. Became a modern day Virgil.
CM Punk: Became the number two guy in the company for 2 years, currently off TV.
Tensai: Never recovered. Sent back to the mid card before becoming a comedy face shortly after. Retired.
Brock Lesnar: I would argue legitimately suffered as a draw from losing to Cena (plus a bad HHH feud) and didn't recover until Bork/Punk
Johnny Ace: Taken off TV immediately afterwards
Dolph Ziggler: Momentum was crushed, cashed in MITB, had a concussion, basically became a jobber.
Ryback. Never recovered. Sent to die in a tag team with Curtis Axel.
Alberto Del Rio: Never recovered. Has been an upper mid carder at best since.
Bray Wyatt: Bray looked worse in a win than he did in a loss over Cena, had fans laughing at him due to the stupid angle. Status is in limbo for as long as the angle goes.
Cryme Tyme: Broke up. Shad was fired. JTG became a jobber and hasn't been on TV in about a year an a half.
Evan Bourne: Multiple Wellness Violations and injuries have kept him off TV for over 2 years.
Zack Ryder: All momentum halted. Became a full on jobber who almost never gets on Raw or Smackdown even to job.
John Cena has been TOXIC for nearly a decade now. Only two people have come off better after an angle with him, and they're both off TV now. Compare that to guys who feuded with or teamed with Hogan who had their careers made from it, even in losing the feud. It's really kind of amazing. He's been a straight up curse for guys being associated with him for 9 straight years. And what's really bad is that Cena is capable of great matches. Probably more than Hogan/Warrior ever were. Yet he very rarely does even a good match. With a good opponent, he can put on a great match. This is a guy who put on a shockingly good match with THE GREAT KHALI. Yet 95% of the time when he's needed to put on a great match, he puts on a match that is embarrassing to watch. I don't get it. John Sina is one of the strangest cases in wrasslin history. He's been on top for 9 years (at a rate that is the equivalent of Hogan's first WWF run being 70 years), yet only 2 people have come out as good as they went in or better after being paired with him.
Yet when you look at Hogan's career, the majority of people who worked with him ended up having their careers made even if they weren't main event guys. And Hogan is a guy who everyone talks about as someone who buried guys. Even guys that TEAMED with Cena ended up worse.