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Is Cena being phased out gradually due to Stephanie & HHH's growing influence in WWE?

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Let me first say this is merely speculation based on what we see every week.

Between Bryan's triumphant main event push since past summer and the upcoming Roman reigns' super push as the face of the company this summer, it quite appears Cena's time on top, atleast as a face, is nearing a true end. Now it's well known fact that Cena is/was always a Vince Mcmahon guy. As well all know Vince was practically obsessed with him staying in the main event scene forever, he even brought back the fucking Rock to job to him at wrestlemania.

However ever since Stephanie and Triple H *allegedly* have gained more power within the company it seems they wanna move past Cena's dominance on WWE, by creating newer stars and positioning them above him to see how well they do. Ofcourse John Cena with over 9 years of solid push, would always have his top-tier value as a star, however his face run maybe running thin. His heel turn may be happening sooner than we expect, which would naturally put him back in the main event spot again. How do you see this move by Hunter and Steph? is it "best for business"? or do you see John Cena as the face of the company still?
 
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Cena has been THE GUY from about ten years now, its time for another top face. You can't only do it with Cena.

Its always been Just Cena and everyone else where in other eras in the WWE there were more than just one top guy.

Hogan had Andre, Savage and Warrior.
Then it was Rock and Austin (and even Vince)
Then you had HHH, Lesnar, Angle and a ton of other top guys.

The WWE needs to get back to having more than just one top guy.
 
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Cena is still being pushed down our throats, come on, he won at Mania! if he lost, I'd say yes. but dude isnt going away for a longggg time.
Trust me, he'll be back with the title by Summerslam/Mania.
Sadly...
 
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I certainly hope so, but I think even Cena realizes it

In the Daniel Bryan documentary around the 44 minute mark, Cena is giving Bryan words of encouragements and shakes his hand, but he doesn't seem too happy while doing it. You'd think he would be more excited to see his future brother in law finally make it. The segment was awkward to watch.

He couldn't even get upper management to let Edge take the title off of him & you expect me to believe he can just walk in & say I'm done with this gimmick? It's not that simple.
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#39 ·
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Far too early to tell, he took a back seat at this years WrestleMania certainly which is kind of a big deal but in hindsight with Taker bowing out and Bryan needing his moment you can see why that worked out the way it did.

Lets see were he is in 6-8 months from now, he could very well be WWE Champion heading into WrestleMania 31, he might even beat Bryan for that championship in complete babyface mode.
 
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Millions of children around the world will be mourning the day Cena turns heel
 
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Don't know, but personally I'd be giving Cena a few months off once the feud with Wyatt ends, have him come back just before Summerslam, I'd really like to see how Bryan, Shield and co draw without him.
 
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Nobody can be at the top forever. Hopefully John Cena gives way to the next generation, because I have never liked him and he has become so boring over time. It is well and truly an overdue time for a change.
 
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I hope so, Cena is garbage, not entertaining, annoying to watch.

His thing just needs to end, get him away from Bray Wyatt & have him face jobber tag teams in handicap matches every week & squash them (teams like 3MB, Rybotch & Axel, Los Fuckadores).

That way Cena's fans can see him overcome the odds every week, and since they like the same old shit it will be no problem for them to have Cena face the same teams every few weeks.

And it gives other fans (the majority that are tired of Cena) a nice spot in the show to go to the bathroom or make food or take a nap. (Well, come to think of it, most the show is a bathroom break, oh well, atleast he would be away from Bray Wyatt)
 
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I don't know if phased out is the correct term or maybe repurposed is better. He should be winding down, after all. The dude's been in the spotlight and working his ass off for over a decade and deserves a bit more smooth sailing with up and coming heels just as much as the fans deserve something fresh and new. Have no idea if it directly has to do with Triple H and Stephanie Mcmahon though.
 
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You guys are silly.

There's no one for Cena to face at the main event level right now.

Wait a couple of months for Cesaro/Sheamus/Reigns to be up there.

Wait for Reigns / Cena at WM 31 for the title.
 
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Phased out? It's only been 6 months.

He'll be back in the title picture bothering all of us.
 
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The only reason we feel like Cena is being phased out is due to the lack of top tier talent, or notable angles outside of the WWE World Title. It's good to know that the title actually means more than Cena for now. I said many months ago that Rey Mysterio vs Cena angle should have happened and Rey should have come back as a heel, or basically a tweener who is fed up with Cena's shit the last decade.

Not only does Rey Mysterio come back heel/tweener, but he has a monster of a friend that remains heel, Mark Henry. Henry and Rey were both out of action the WWE could have easily debuted one and then the other. Let's face it Henry, Rey and Cena are all vets. With Mark and Rey having more time in the ring than Cena, but we can still agree that they are all main stay names and future WWE HOF. This could have been a solid high profile feud between two names who have been the top babyface stars outside of Taker, Rock and Austin that this business ever seen.
 
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Well he's been top of the deck for so many years now, it can't last forever. I mean, he'll no doubt drift in and out of the main event scene for the rest of his career, but there's enough crowd unrest and upcoming talent that Cena doesn't need to be the last match/segment every week.
 
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Although I had jumped on the "he'll never turn heel" bandwagon, after witnessing the streak end to a part timer ANYTHING is possible. Heel Cena, depending on how it is handled, would be a huge draw for quite some time. Like Hollywood Hogan was.

Like I say it depends on how they handle it. But I do firmly believe Triple H will push for it AND it will happen when you expect it. As for now there is mileage in feuds with Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan.
 
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There's only two things that Cena can do at this point in career and they are: either turn heel or fuck off for a long while. If they were to turn him heel however the most they could get out of that run would probably be about 3 years tops and after that he's pretty much finished regardless anyway.
 
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