10 Plain Wrong Wrestling Myths Perpetuated By The IWC

Cena has improved, to a degree.

His United States Title Open Challenge matches were enthralling, and he transcended his (considerable) limitations when confronted by various flavours of the month in Neville and Sami Zayn.

The problem with Cena is that he all too often fails to play to his strengths. Cena is many things, but he's no acrobat in there. Why, then, does he attempt that awful-looking springboard stunner every now and then? Why does he break out his ugly Frankensteiner in big matches?

There are also fundamental issues with his in-ring game which he's never going to fix at this point. His STF looks weak as p*ss most of the time, which is annoying both because it inhibits suspension of disbelief and because there are occasions on which he does decide to cinch it in, wrapping his bicep tightly around the throat of his opponents.

Why can't he do that every time? It's not as if he's grapevining an ankle lock to exert more pressure. He's performing a more credible version of the worst submission in all of wrestling.

His selling, too, is suspect to say the least. He doesn't have the nous to stall his comebacks ever so slightly to sell the effort he's meant to have spent, or the pain purportedly inflicted upon him.

Cena's execution isn't excellent. His most ardent defenders must admit that. And while he can put on a great match, even without a good opponent, much of that can be attributed to the time he's routinely allocated and the wizardry of WWE's experienced and unheralded road agents.