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I mean, where was the fallout for John? He moved on, as if nothing ever happened. It took away from the spectacle and importance of the match. In the end, he came out, gave a troll speech, then went on to "beat" Lesnar, which in itself was a travesty.
And now, people act like the Rock loss never happened. He spent an entire year in what was his most important and biggest match ever, talking all this shit, ended up getting his ass handed to him, and, that was that.
I understand the wrestlers need to move on, but there's been no net negative for that loss. When Hogan lost to Rock at WM, he came back to his biggest fan fare since the 80's.
When Bret lost to Shawn at WM12, it was slow burn to him eventually going crazy about being screwed and turning heel in early 1997.
When the Mega Powers got too powerful, Macho Man split up, turned heel, and formed a great rivalry with Hogan, which led to a great match with a ton of meaning behind it.
When Austin lost to Rock at WM19, he walked away (legitimately due to injury), but point is, there was a fall out.
What was John's fallout? Really, he was rewarded for the loss. And so be it, he's worked hard, always shows up, does the Make a Wish thing more then anybody else, thus he was given Lesnar on a silver platter.
But it's as if the WWE has erased this loss from happening, no mention of it, no reaction from John himself, no motivation, no asking for a rematch, nothing.
I just don't see the point of it all if this is how it ultimately ends. It would have been a great opportunity to turn around Cena's character. And if not after the loss to Rocky, then maybe being squashed by Lesnar would have given John some "time off" to re-evaluate his life and goals, train harder then ever, and come back with a new and revitalized character. But I guess the WWE can seldom keep Cena off TV, he's their cash cow.
Again, we're back to square 1, as usual, but I've never seen a flame die as quickly as Cena/Rock, especially considering they spent an entire year hyping it up and the "greatest match ever". I understand it was supposedly a match that was a one off, never to be done again, but even then, you would think there would be a fall out on Cena's end. Nope, never happened. So if a match of that caliber, that big, doesn't phase John, then what the fuck does? Do we have to strangle his family member to get his attention?
And now, people act like the Rock loss never happened. He spent an entire year in what was his most important and biggest match ever, talking all this shit, ended up getting his ass handed to him, and, that was that.
I understand the wrestlers need to move on, but there's been no net negative for that loss. When Hogan lost to Rock at WM, he came back to his biggest fan fare since the 80's.
When Bret lost to Shawn at WM12, it was slow burn to him eventually going crazy about being screwed and turning heel in early 1997.
When the Mega Powers got too powerful, Macho Man split up, turned heel, and formed a great rivalry with Hogan, which led to a great match with a ton of meaning behind it.
When Austin lost to Rock at WM19, he walked away (legitimately due to injury), but point is, there was a fall out.
What was John's fallout? Really, he was rewarded for the loss. And so be it, he's worked hard, always shows up, does the Make a Wish thing more then anybody else, thus he was given Lesnar on a silver platter.
But it's as if the WWE has erased this loss from happening, no mention of it, no reaction from John himself, no motivation, no asking for a rematch, nothing.
I just don't see the point of it all if this is how it ultimately ends. It would have been a great opportunity to turn around Cena's character. And if not after the loss to Rocky, then maybe being squashed by Lesnar would have given John some "time off" to re-evaluate his life and goals, train harder then ever, and come back with a new and revitalized character. But I guess the WWE can seldom keep Cena off TV, he's their cash cow.
Again, we're back to square 1, as usual, but I've never seen a flame die as quickly as Cena/Rock, especially considering they spent an entire year hyping it up and the "greatest match ever". I understand it was supposedly a match that was a one off, never to be done again, but even then, you would think there would be a fall out on Cena's end. Nope, never happened. So if a match of that caliber, that big, doesn't phase John, then what the fuck does? Do we have to strangle his family member to get his attention?
