8 Reasons Why John Cena Is The Problem With WWE

WWE's golden goose is also its rotten egg.

By Jack Morrell /

First of all, we need to get one thing out of the way. This isn€™t your usual, John-Cena-can€™t-wrestle, 5-Moves-Of-Doom IWC article. We€™re not jumping the smark with this one. Just as jobbers €“ sorry, we meant €˜enhancement talent€™ €“ like Heath Slater and Zack Ryder have their place in a modern day pro wrestling organisation, and just as comedy workers like Santino Marella and Hornswoggle have a role to play, so too does John Cena€™s kiddie-friendly Superman character. And it€™s not just down to the vast amount of merchandise that the man sells, or the proven drawing power Cena brings to house shows and pay-per-views alike. Even in 2014, there€™s a cache to the persona of the never-say-die clean cut babyface that€™s survived the Attitude Era€™s blood and thunder approach to booking a pro wrestling angle. Cena€™s over like clover. But it€™s been a looong time since Cena turned babyface: over a decade, in fact. In that time, a lot of things have changed in WWE, not least the move to PG-13. In 2014, there are a lot of things wrong with WWE€™s programming. And the worst of them is John Cena.