The REAL Reason John Cena And Daniel Bryan Are Missing WWE Crown Jewel

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“The Champ Is Here” an awful lot less than he used to be these days, and it’s beginning to trigger some rather awkward echoes of his most financially fruitful programme.

His 2010 and 2011 pre-WrestleMania gabfests with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson were predicated on the pair having entirely different philosophies about “THIS BUSINESS”, pal. Cena literally wore the company on his sleeve, and his torso, and his head and his wrist. The walking merch stand was everything the contemporary version of the company stood for, and used that as a platform to boost himself to Rock’s lofty level after ‘The Great One’ had made the Silver Screen his permanent abode.

The angle only worked because it was so believable. For one of the only times in his career, Rock was left stammering and speechless by a verbal combatant because the truths were so hard. He may have been 'The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment' but he was shocked to the core by Cena's takes on his limp loyalty.

Few would have been permitted to even get that close to verbally touching such a nerve, of course. Just how even fewer will be allowed to lob the same bombs at John Cena on live television now he's making movies. If they were, his Crown Jewel cancellation could and should be top of their hit list.

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