Striker said:
I hope its a name change and guys like Christian, Shelton, and Regal get put on legitimate shows so they can have viable competition. Guys like Tatsu, Ryder, Zeke, and Archer still have much room to grow. Ryder's gotten better, though, as at first I didn't care for his character.
I think Shelton and Regal benefit from being on ECW, we've seen them both on Raw and Smackdown, and they hardly go far. I mean at best, usually in the IC/US title picture, at least on ECW they are in the main event scene.
re: Cena
My problem with him/his persona is how a wrestler, let's name Big Show because this happened, beats down Cena all match, and in the final minute he'll lock on an STF or lift up Show in the final draw to capture the victory. Basically no selling all the effects and holds throughout the match. This is not an isolated event, as it happens frequently.
The same thing could be said of Hogan, The Rock and even Stone Cold.
Its not a thing with Cena, its how the WWE... hell how most of wrestling book their faces. It would make NO SENSE for the face to be on the offensive the entire match, and then win nor do people wanna see a heel make a comeback.
Just for some examples, Hogan had his ribs broken by Bundy two weeks before Mania 2, and he still won a cage match. The Rock was tombstoned on a limo and made it back in 2 days, he was ran over in an ambulance by a semi-truck, Triple H was dropped from "40 feet" in a truck and still made it back.
So I never get why people act like Cena's Superman act is a new thing or that other popular faces haven't had it before.
As for his matches, I personally rarely enjoyed his stuff with HHH or Orton. Maybe its the watered down feeling of this angle sucks, or this feud has gone on far, far too long.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge Cena and HHH have only fought each other 4 times in the span of what 5 years? How is that watered down?
I don't like HHH but I never thought his storylines with Cena were boring.
I can see the point with Orton, but that began to be a problem near the end of THIS year, does it negate all their matches before hand?
But personally I just can't get the feeling of satisfactory in that. He can go well with guys like Teddy Graham and Swagger, but they're also up and coming guys who also deserve more limelight themselves (Vince's mindset on Swagger is fucking baffling). My favorite match he's had was probably with Michaels back a year ago when JBL/Michaels courtship was going on. To be fair, though, it's extremely uncommon to find a bad Michaels match. The best laid plans are to put him with guys that are more suited to him. He isn't Michaels, Bret, or Jericho who can make any match enjoyable, no matter if they're facing a cruiserweight, some average joe, or a big guy like Umaga or Mark Henry.
I am so confused by the first part of this, who is Teddy Graham? And why does it go on a mini-rant about Swagger?