10 WWE Superstars With The Worst T-Shirts EVER

4. John Cena

John Cena
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Though it feels something of a tired assault to take aim at John Cena's multicolour ensembles at this point, the mega merch selections still justify much of the malaise that has deeply embedded itself into the company as a result of his extended dominance.

Hulk Hogan flogged yellow shirts by the bucketload because audiences wanted to pretend to tear them off just like him. Stone Cold Steve Austin's mantras were adorned by ordinary folk because that was who 'The Rattlesnake' aimed to represent. Children dress head to toe like John Cena because John Cena dresses like a child. The nuance, subtlety and understanding between character and consumer is lost to neon nightmares designed with cynical science of profit in mind.

His most recent effort was a particular irritant for the time of its release - Cena debuted a lime green effort on a night where virtually everybody else wore Red or Blue depending on their brand. 'The Champ' may now be a 'free agent', but he couldn't have looked more like he no longer belonged.

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