10 Reasons Why John Cena Heel Turn Would Be ‘Best For Business’
4. He Actually Has The Makings Of A Great Heel...
Being a heel is the ultimate experience in living vicariously writes legendary NWA Champ Harley Race, in his 2004 autobiography King of the Ring, You get to throw the normal rules of etiquette out the window while you strut around the ring, cheat behind the referees back and generally act like an egotistical SOB. And you get paid to do it It actually sounds like fun, doesnt it? The funny thing is, Cena has fans riled up for a lot of these reasons already. From a personal viewpoint, as a smart wrestling fan, I get annoyed when Cena loudly calls spots in Pay Per View main events, effectively telling the audience at home what they are going to see next - they dont even do that on NXT. Consider the normal rules of etiquette out the window (and descending quickly to the pavement below) each and every time he does that. In fact, as a smart wrestling fan, I get annoyed by almost everything he does. I get annoyed when he shrugs off (or flat-out no sells) a formerly devastating finishing manoeuvre and thereby strips it of any/all threat level for future matches. The Stone Cold Stunner, The Atomic Legdrop, The Mandible Claw heck, even a move as flat-out ridiculous as The Peoples Elbow only ever worked because the opponents sold them. You want an egotistical SOB? Look no further than Cena practically laughing off an RKO or getting up thirty-five seconds (or less) after a supposedly career-threatening Pedigree. Strutting around the ring? the guy can get booked to go over five or six guys in one night. Bray may sing the song, but its John that has the whole world in his hands and he damn well knows it. Perhaps this is why Cena elicits so much unwanted heat? Hes already doing heelish things without even meaning to. There are heels that work their entire lives and fail to generate the level of heat that Cena draws on any given night, purely by accident.
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