3 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE 205 Live (Dec 20, 2016)

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3. Dorado > Cena

As mentioned, the Lince Dorado Vs. Ariya Daivari match evidenced the widely-held belief that Vince McMahon has intercepted the division, and decreed that the Crusierweights must tone down their style.

A deathly dull procession of rest holds, it operated within the standard WWE mode of psychology. The only drama was unintentional; Dorado almost broke his neck attempting to land a nearly aptly-named suicide dive.

In a listless match, with an incongruous winner, a faint ember of hope glowed dimly through the shadows, indirect though it was. Dorado’s springboard stunner was a thing of beauty - but even more beautiful is the implication that John Cena has retired it from his repertoire. Cena’s version of it was horrendous - an ugly and defensive attempt at proving that he was capable of performing more than five moves.

Tyler Reks was disallowed from using his tame variation of Kenta Kobashi’s Burning Hammer because it too closely resembled Cena’s Attitude Adjustment. WWE wrestlers, in the main, aren’t allowed to share moves. Hopefully, this means the days of Cena gracelessly falling on his a*se are long gone.