10 Reasons Why It Took John Cena 16 Years To Get Good At Wrestling

4. He Was Pushed Super-Hard Out Of The Gate

In John Cena's WWE debut he wrestled Kurt Angle. I mean, in The Giant's WCW debut he wrestled Hulk Hogan, but Paul Wight was seven feet tall, and as Enzo Amore says, you "can't teach that." However, John Cena was a 240 pound guy who just had "ruthless aggression." In contemplating potential main event draws, that's a huge difference. Within one year of his WWE debut, Cena had wrestled Angle, first Unified Champion Chris Jericho and all-time in-ring legend Chris Benoit in feuds. That's significant and shows the level of learning curve Cena was on and talent gap he was expected to successfully leap. Thus, there's a solid argument to be made that Cena's level of push never quite meshed well with Cena's level of in-ring tools and savvy he was equipped to showcase. In finally having the jets on his career cooled for the first part of 2015, John Cena was able to sit back and take the time to truly showcase what he's learned over the past decade-plus in WWE. It's amazing what not having the weight of the company on your shoulders does to a man, right?