For many wrestling fans, the ability to wrestle minimally involves being able to do a standing switch from a headlock to an armbar. Instead it's all about doing impressive moves. In actually breaking out so many of these "moves" in 2015, he's impressively kept up with a shifting WWE in-ring expectation. The piggyback stunner was first, and for many fans wasn't necessarily impressive enough, as not many of Cena's opponents really understood how to effectively a) catch Cena and then b) take the move. So, Cena went back to the drawing board and pulled out Amazing Red's flipping "Code Red" powerbomb, which, when done by a 250 pound man is more impressive than when it's being executed by someone almost literally half of Cena's size. At a point where your possible opponents are doing herculean feats of strength, twisting shooting star presses, double jump moonsaults, and possibly even backflip enziguris, death-defying no hands dives and top-tope double stomps, you've gotta up the ante. Cena has done just that and deserves commendation for doing so.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
