9 Times John Cena Was The Worst Babyface Ever
Cena's big turn at Elimination Chamber wasn't his first villainous act... far from it.
John Cena turned the wrestling world on its head last Saturday night when he did the unthinkable and turned heel for the first time in more than a generation, abandoning his virtuous persona as he enters the waning months of his in-ring career.
Cena joining forces with The Rock (and Travis Scott) to leave Cody Rhodes a bloodied and battered mess at the conclusion of Elimination Chamber became the talking point throughout the weekend and left fans in a state of shock, confusion and excitement. Immediately, everyone began fantasy-booking how a heel Cena would interact with the rest of the WWE roster and what would be in store for him and the Final Boss heading into WrestleMania 41.
While it’s true that Cena has not officially portrayed a heel character since becoming a face in late 2003, the “Face that Runs the Place” hasn’t always been the most honorable superstar on the roster. Despite being a babyface throughout his entire rise to the top of card and during his dominance over WWE, Cena has displayed heel tendencies or acted out in an underhanded manner multiple times while being billed as the hero.
In some situations, Cena has straight up done things that if considered in a vacuum, most fans would say he’s the villain of the story. And yet, WWE insisted that he was the squeaky-clean superhero, Mr. Hustle, Loyalty and Respect.
Here’s the evidence that Super Cena hasn’t always been so super.
Let’s get to it…
9. Dropping A Deuce On Dolph And AJ
Thankfully, this list does not start off with some sick bedroom habits from John Cena, but rather his childish tactics coming out in full force.
Closing 2012, Cena was feuding with Dolph Ziggler and his girlfriend AJ Lee, who betrayed Cena to join Dolph. On the New Year’s Eve edition of Raw, Dolph and AJ were toasting the new year when Cena arrived to confront them – and show a bunch of badly Photoshopped pics (because that’s what hilarious babyfaces did in Vince McMahon’s WWE).
The two superstars verbally sparred for a while before Cena wished Dolph and AJ a Happy 2013 with “the one thing [they] are full of.”
Cue the poo.
Yep, the virtuous Cena dropped a few gallons of “poop” on Ziggler and Lee, covering them in the brown stuff while the canned crowd cheered. Nevermind how Cena got his hands (figuratively) on giant buckets of crap and had them positioned above the ring, the bigger question is why would a hero resort to dropping feces – which not only smells terrible, but carries diseases – on people? Was his 2012 that bad?
Great lesson for the kids: don’t get your way and lose a competition, retaliate by flinging poo.