5 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 2)

2. Cena Gives Reasons

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The idea that John Cena didn’t have a Road to WrestleMania seemed ridiculous to outside observers.

Sure, if Undertaker didn’t accept his challenge, it would close off a major match avenue, but surely there were others Cena could take. Monday, Cena shot them down, using Michael Cole as an avatar for the fans.

He said Cole asked why Cena didn’t just enter the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (the most obvious choice) or volunteer to be Braun Strowman’s tag partner, or even try to get in on one of the other multi-man matches taking place.

Cena calmly shot them all down, noting that he’s had numerous chances, losing to Roman Reigns, at Royal Rumble, at Elimination Chamber and at Fastlane and that it wouldn’t be fair to just take a spot away from a full-time wrestler, hence his challenge to Taker.

It was a rare mixing of storyline, reality and fan gripes all at once, and it worked.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.