10 Reasons Why John Cena’s WWE Legacy Is Disastrous

7. No Nostalgia

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If you weren't a fan of John Cena, nostalgia for entire eras is borderline impossible.

On the History of WWE Wikipedia age, the editor lists the timespan between the 'Ruthless Aggression' and 'Reality' eras as the 'PG Era'. It was - but it was also the era of SuperCena. His "You can't see me" catchphrase became drenched in irony. You could not avoid him.

Everything centred around Cena, to boring and stultifying effect. Slowly, many of the stars at or just below Cena's level departed: Shawn Michaels, Edge, Batista, The Undertaker. Nobody replaced them. No replacements were necessary; for all of the man's (subjective) flaws, he was by the standards of the time a major draw, and even if he succumbed to injury, he overcame it with supernatural ability. Part of the fun of being a WWE fan in the digital era is the easy accessibility to its rich past.

For so many, entire years of RAW reruns pose no risk whatsoever to bandwidth limits.

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