JaKyL25 posted...
I don't think doubts about the fanbase can actually put dents into Cena's armor.
We've established for 6 years now that Cena hears the haters and that they don't bother him. This is not a new phenomenon that Rocky is exploiting here. He's stared down Canadian crowds when up against Jericho, Hammerstein crowds when facing RVD, smark crowds in general while fighting Triple H and HBK, and now he faces a Chicago crowd soaking in that CM Punk kool-aid. None of this has ever even begun to bother him. Nothing Rock can say about it should either.
There are ways to change Cena's character, but we're long past the "fans have turned on him and he feels slighted by that" opportunity.
But see, that would be the brilliance of it! Six years we haven't see Cena crack under the anti-Cena pressure. Six years he's gone up against hostile crowds and overcome them. Six years and it hasn't affected him.
Until now.
The difference? The Rock won't let it go. The Rock continuously and relentlessly attacks him about it. The Rock takes every ounce of venom and directs it towards this one aspect of Cena with laser focus. And reason why it matters so much? Cause The Rock is the People's Champ. He is (kayfabe) the living embodiment of the People's Will. It's one thing to shrug off the raging hatred of a nameless crowd. It's another thing when the crowd has a representative, a man long know to represent the people themselves, a man with a name and face, go up to Cena and go after him about this.
This is the one and only time I could picture this getting to Cena, because it's that now the fan hatred of him is no longer just an idea, but has actually taken form of person.
Like I said, it's the WWE's ball to drop here. Of course they can f*** it up real easy (and I expect them, too), but they could have struck solid gold with this one.
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