Joined
·
3,844 Posts
It's been obvious that Cena has been a borderline household name and eaisly WWE's biggest and most marketable star for a few, but since when?
Because when he first won the strap in 05, he wasn't nearly as well known on a worldwide scale, exactly the same when WM 22 rolled around. If anything, Trips, Batista(?) and Taker were arguably alot more well known than Cena by WM 22, and even for about a year after that he wasn't quite the main face/poster boy of the comapny (DX, Batista wre still very very big).
In my opinion after Wrestlemania 23 was when he really became the Cena of today, and in retrospect that's when Batista's star wasn't shining (nearly) as bright as what it once was. As from then if you asked someone to name a wrestler they would say Cena more than likely, and when his merchandise was getting hot. But I still find it hard to kind a clear idea of when he truely became the Cena of nowadays.
(I'm not saying in 05-06 he wasn't big he was certainly one of E's faces and biggst star's but not up to the level he's worked up to now)
So 2007 ;D
Because when he first won the strap in 05, he wasn't nearly as well known on a worldwide scale, exactly the same when WM 22 rolled around. If anything, Trips, Batista(?) and Taker were arguably alot more well known than Cena by WM 22, and even for about a year after that he wasn't quite the main face/poster boy of the comapny (DX, Batista wre still very very big).
In my opinion after Wrestlemania 23 was when he really became the Cena of today, and in retrospect that's when Batista's star wasn't shining (nearly) as bright as what it once was. As from then if you asked someone to name a wrestler they would say Cena more than likely, and when his merchandise was getting hot. But I still find it hard to kind a clear idea of when he truely became the Cena of nowadays.
(I'm not saying in 05-06 he wasn't big he was certainly one of E's faces and biggst star's but not up to the level he's worked up to now)
So 2007 ;D