5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (24 May - Results & Review)

Ups…

5. Truth Acts As A Mirror To Cena

R-Truth has been a “beloved” comedy figure in WWE for years now, playing the role of court jester to get laughs out of audiences for well over a decade.

One of those ongoing gags has involved Truth calling John Cena his childhood idol… despite Truth being five years older than Cena. Big Match John’s heel turn provided an opportunity for WWE to exploit that relationship to really solidify Cena’s villainous character. Though they decided to rush through what could have been a weeks-long or even months-long angle, they arrived at a pretty decent premise on Saturday night.

Cena arrived with his no-frills entrance, but Truth came out to Cena’s music and pantomimed the entire shtick, right down to “three-second tan” portion, when Cena jumped Truth and ripped his shirt off to start the match.

The bout itself was nothing; Cena went for his Five Moves of Doom, but Truth escaped the Attitude Adjustment and hit his own Five Moves of Doom before connecting with an AA for two. That’s when Cena grabbed his title and threatened to wallop Truth with it. He hesitated, and it looked like Cena had resisted the Dark Side… only to kick Truth low when the referee turned around.

Cena would go a step further and smack Truth with the title anyway, drawing even more boos. Truth played two roles here: an avatar for every John Cena fan, and a babyface Cena cosplayer, showing the champ exactly who he used to be. And Cena crapped on both Truths by low-blowing and blasting him with the title. If that doesn’t earn him some more boos, it’s hard to envision what – short of attacking a Make-A-Wish kid – will do the trick.