John Cena versus Samoa Joe. Find the UPW footage of the two of them feuding in 2000, and it's money. It's a simple concept. They started together in training school, and Cena got all of the advantages that Joe wanted. Joe's not mad though about his career, but he still has that nagging idea in the back of his head where he wonders if he could beat John Cena. Cena's similar in the sense that he's wanting to prove that he "CAN" wrestle. Joe beating Cena could be the thing that pushes Cena the closest to being a heel as he's ever been. Adding more color to Cena's oftentimes bland presentation is necessary. A feud like this would do just that.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.