The Sad Truth Behind Cesaro’s WWE Career

In an era totally oversaturated by TV rematches, Cesaro Vs. John Cena, on the July 6, 2015 RAW, was perhaps the most anticipated and warranted. There was an in-built storyline reason for it—Kevin Owens had interfered to put an end to their white-hot banger the previous week—but it was so electric that WWE positioned Cena’s seminal midcard Open Challenge in the main event slot.

In front of a molten Chicago crowd, Cesaro and Cena tore the roof off the vaunted Allstate Arena. At every step, Cesaro cut off his legendary opponent’s deadliest weapon: his strength. This was a great story that made for scintillating drama. Cesaro even squatted in a suplex position, in a great, piss-taking spot of psychology designed expertly for the contrarian crowd. The Swiss Superman had SuperCena’s number.

He was stronger, more creative, and faster, capable of propelling into his vicious striking game from all, spectacular angles. Cesaro was so strong that he was able to counter Cena’s flying shoulder tackle with a backbreaker awesome in its fluidity. An exciting back-and-forth template elevated by its awesome, advanced hoss dynamic, this was a 30 minute classic, after which a deeply impressed Cena put over his opponent in front of the live crowd. Cena often sucked up to sway them, but here, no WWE cameras were on him.

“What you can do in this ring is simply amazing,” he said.

The main event was an incredible showcase of Cesaro, the pro wrestler. But WWE was never much interested in that.

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