7 Times John Cena Was A Terrible Human

For over 10 years now, John Cena has been the number one babyface in World Wrestling Entertainment. Despite frequent calls for him to turn heel from sections of the audience, he has worn the biggest of white hats for an entire decade and this won't be changing anytime soon. Sure, the traditional face/heel roles aren't as clear these days, but there's no denying that on paper Cena is as face as it gets. He rises up against the dastardly heels, overcomes the odds and saves the day. Whether it is against the evil foreigner, the rampaging gang attacks, the cultish hillbillies or even R-Truth, if there's a pernicious evil afoot in the WWE Universe the chances are Cena will rise above the hate to destroy it.

At the same time, John Cena (the character) is prone to acts that one would usually associate with the pits of humanity. Nobody is perfect, of course, but Cena is a fictional character that is firmly on the side of good, and therefore his character stooping to the lows listed here is especially hard to swallow. He preaches of Hustle, Loyalty and Respect, but often falls short of his own creed. What good a leader who doesn't respect his own mantra?

Truth be told, I'm not entirely sure how serious this article is. Even so, here are seven times that John Cena was a terrible human.

I'm not entirely sure how, but the widow of one of the most beloved personalities in the history of wrestling ended up becoming one of the most despised characters on WWE TV during her on-screen tenure. Despite this, her on-screen position of power didn't really lead to her gaining any respect from the majority of people on the show, and it seemed that Vickie Guerrero's time on WWE TV was spent constantly as the butt of jokes.

Most of these jokes revolved around her appearance of course, because WWE frequently has the sense of humour of a nine-year old child. WWE's opinion of females without what is assumed to be society's vision of a perfect body is well documented, and anyone who dare not follow that vision of setting themselves up for ridicule. We all remember the utterly preposterous Piggy James storyline, but even that pales in comparison to the barrage of abuse Vickie Guerrero received. 

Now, such jokes have a place on scripted TV obviously, but in a show of WWE's structure surely they should come from the bad guys, leading to them receiving their eventual comeuppance? This was the case in the Mickie James/Lay-Cool story mentioned above. The whole thing was distasteful, but at the very least it ended with McCool and Layla getting their asses handed to them. Where was Vickie Guerrero's retribution? 

John Cena was one of the guiltiest parties in this particular arena. In the clip below (from a RAW at the end of 2010), Jerry Lawler is laying into Vickie following the playing of a clip from the Slammy Awards show. So what does our anti-bullying poster boy John Cena, he of the word 'respect' in his mantra, what does he do? He joins in, instigating a call and response joke competition with Lawler as they take turns to make fat jokes towards Vickie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuCHwalZN_U

I believe the quote is 'the prostitution of dignity for a sense of humour, I'm amazed'. 

As the number one good guy in WWE history, John Cena is supposed to be a paragon of virtue. His entire gimmick these days is essentially of him being a role model, so what does this say to young folk around the world? That making fun of another's appearance is funny and should be encouraged? Pardon my language, but f*ck that. This was Frat Boy Cena at his worst, bullying a widow based on his opinion of her appearance, and leading thousands into ridiculing her. Awful John, awful.