The Last Days Of Heel John Cena

Ruthless Aggression
WWE

When it's not destroying something you love, it's f*cking funny how much Vince McMahon just hates almost every single thing and person and place in his life.

And never is it funnier than when his official Twitter account pays glowing tribute to 'The Champ' on his birthday while - in side-splitting contrast - offers ice cold birthday salutations to Shane McMahon as if a macro had been written to auto-tweet when it got reminded of the day on Facebook.

For every "Happy Birthday, @shanemcmahon!" there's a "Happy birthday to @WWE’s Babe Ruth, @JohnCena! I really can’t describe in words how much @JohnCena means to me and the @WWEUniverse. #HustleLoyaltyRespectLove" and a "He’s the standard-bearer, the benchmark and the epitome of what it means to be a Superstar in #WWE and in life. Happy Birthday to 16-time World Champion, @JohnCena!"

Yes, this perhaps stands as supporting evidence as to why 'The Money's been jumping from very high places for half of his life, but moreover it highlights just why The Chairman had no interest in flipping Cena again once he was at long last a hero. For all the things and people and places he f*cking hates, he absolutely loves - loves - the babyface John Cena gimmick for all the cash it made him and the high bar it set for every other top guy to follow.

What's magic about that now, is how different it used to be - and how rapidly Cena changed the chairman's perception ahead of a career-defining moment in 2002...

CONT'D...

Advertisement
In this post: 
John Cena
 
Posted On: 
Contributor
Contributor

Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett