WWE: 5 Reasons Why William Regal Should Be Champion
2. The Feud With Cena Practically Writes Itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQmP-9UH_RM To revisit (Read: kick the crap out of) an earlier point...It really does. If the rise of Mark Henry as a monster main eventer, or the ascension of JBL to championship status proves anything, its that if promoted and booked correctly, it doesnt matter how long a wrestler has been with the company (or how many crap gimmicks/embarrassing losses hes been saddled with during that time). Anyone can be re-tooled and re-packaged as a monster. Now, I remember when Mark Henry was doing the Sexual Chocolate routine (and playing the part of boyfriend to an octogenarian Mae Young), but I watched him on RAW the other night and I got chills. Id been saying that Mark Henry should have been built up as a monster heel for a very long time by that point. Now he looks good in the role. The transformation has been so complete that its hard to imagine him any other way. WWE is looking for heels to 'feed' Cena, this much is screamingly obvious as you watch any WWE show lately. Cena, the all-conquering babyface, needs his SGT Slaughters, his Earthquakes, his King Kong Bundys. If Regal was promoted as the master wrestler he is (following a string of cruel, submission victories and title match interferences), the eventual PPV showdown could draw big money. As I mentioned earlier, with Cena as the cool, all-American G.I Joe hero and Regal as the dastardly, treacherous English villain, WWE cant really go far wrong. Regal has good chemistry in the ring with pretty much anybody he faces and Cena would really shine as he taunted and played off against Regals stuffed shirt character. The end results would probably be a lot of fun, as Regal stretched and suplexed the champ endlessly, right before the inevitable superhuman comeback. As I said, the feud pretty much writes itself.
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