10 Times Wrestlers Abused Their Power On TV
2. John Cena Banters Off The World
John Cena was afforded the opportunity to riff during his promos, and with good reason. His delivery was outstanding.
The content was almost invariably horrendous. Fudge, baloney, mustard, Star Wars references, it was all so awful that you wished at times that you were trapped in his STFU, just to feel the sweet release of death. You'd die of dehydration first, of course, because he never cinched the f*cker in. But even the slowest and most painful demise was preferable to his victory dance celebrating the end of the Nexus.
He was a children's entertainer in a sports entertainment conglomerate that the adult fans were still watching. The dissonance was always weird. But children's TV hosts tend not to be spiteful, homophobic men cruel in their verbal jibes. No Blue Peter presenter ever told a colleague that they called kids little bastards in their personal time, but John Cena did expose Alberto Del Rio's gimmick as a sham, never gave the Miz a bloody thing, and treated the Nexus like hecklers at his stand-up comedy act.
They weren't allowed to respond, of course. Only John Cena may dance, and he danced on their graves.