5. One Move Of Doom
John Cenas reign as United States Champion is an interesting experiment. Fans often complain that hes constantly in the world title picture, so WWE has removed him from that. They complain that the secondary titles dont have enough prestige, so WWE puts the U.S. title on him and have him defend it weekly in matches where he gives his opponents a ton of offense. So whats the problem with all this, other than the fact that some people just hate John Cena? Monday night spotlighted a problem, as a disgruntled Kane answered Cenas open challenge. The corporate monster proceeded to beat Cena from pillar to post for the vast majority of the match. Toward the end, Kane hit a chokeslam and Cena kicked out. Kane called for the Tombstone Piledriver, which Cena immediately reversed to the Attitude Adjustment for the win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzdpsEGwDWI Its one thing to paint it as Cena getting lucky to squeeze out a victory, but taking a beating, kicking out of your opponents finisher and then defeating him with one move is not helping anyone. It makes Kane (who has suddenly become 20 times more interesting than hes ever been in the past 18 months) look even more impotent in the ring. No one is going to suddenly buy Cena as a plucky underdog who lucked out, so just stick with competitive matches that he wins because hes the better wrestler.
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