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

3. Kevin Owens Is Actually *That* Good

Not since wrestling Edge has John Cena had a heel that's a step ahead of where he is as a worker in the way that Kevin Owens is. Owens wrestles smartly, and does so much of "less is more" than any other WWE heel in recent memory that he's more of a bizarre anomaly than anything else. As well, when it's actually time to deliver just a bit more than the less he gives viewers on Raw and Smackdown, he does in spades, seemingly not having to go above the call of duty at all, but just doing his job. In working Owens, Cena gets a fresh canvas on which to paint his fresh new character. Cena's now this tough athlete who has weathered the storm and -- similar to CM Punk -- is addicted to the thrill of competition. Owens brings the fight every time, and does so with a level of brash, yet assured presence that makes him wholly different than Cena, but since day one, definitely on Cena's level. In Cena not just meeting and catching up, but in getting a shot at the World Championship at SummerSlam, exceeding the challenge, he's finally the wrestler he should've been (to have the role in which he was cast) some 15 years prior.