Every WWE Gimmick Match And The Wrestlers That Defined Them
10. I Quit Match
Through sheer volume, and synergy with the character, John Cena - though Mick Foley's work at Royal Rumble 1999 remains the most unforgettable display of awful violence and neat, creative booking.
You will arrive at the elusive positivity imminently, the reader, but for now, no. John Cena used the I Quit formula to present the worst version of his character and his most rank performances. On offence, he practically snarled in his quest to make his opponents quit. He took the "Submission match, but more intense" pitch too seriously, dragging it down to B-movie depths of ham. On defence, he sold as if actually dead.
Can't quit if you're dead, head tap.
The match played into the two extremes of John Cena, his worst impulses.
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