is cena the best wrestler working today?

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he has the moves, the skill and even the style to pull of his rediculouse thuganomics bullshit (well almost)

lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 14 October 2004 11:29 (twenty years ago)

The moves and the skill - nonsense. He hardly has any moves, and executes a lot of them very poorly. I can't think of any lamer finishing move. He has plenty of style and looks and mouth, and he has the build and, it seems, the stamina and strength, and reasonable agility, so I think if he can really learn to wrestle say a tenth as well as a Benoit, he'll be really huge.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 14 October 2004 13:14 (twenty years ago)

fair enough but he has panache. And moves wise he aint hopeless

lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 14 October 2004 14:07 (twenty years ago)

No, but he doesn't have many, and messes up pretty frequently for a big name. He needs to develop a few more, and especially a more plausible finisher than something which has less impact than a bodyslam, a routine part of everyone's repertoire. He does sell some useless moves very well - the five-knuckle shuffle is the best sell of not-much since Scotty's Worm, maybe even the Rock's People's Elbow. But the Rock has the Rock Bottom, which looks like a finisher. Cena has the strength to go for some kind of power slam variant. I think if he could add at least 20% more decent moves, and a good finale, he could be a star on the Rock's level over the next few years.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 14 October 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago)

I think he's the best chance WWE have at the moment of a mainstream crossover wrestler, a la Hogan, Stone Cold, or The Rock. Note how their strong periods always coincide when they have a guy who can go on talk shows, or appear on the cover of Rolling Stone, or do his own trainer commercial, or whatever.

But he's not a good worker. At all. Admittedly, the aforementioned three were never in danger of being confused with Kenta Kobashi, but they all had psychology. That's why Hogan Warrior WMXI is a good match, or the second WM match between Rocky and Austin (the Austin turn one). Because they can tell a story. Cena cannot tell a story yet. Maybe he'll learn. Or maybe we have a new Warrior on our hands. I'm not calling for them to shoot the horse yet, put it that way, but I'm not clamouring for it to win the Derby either.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 October 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago)

When does his rap CD come out? Will it really be any better than Macho Man's? Heh.

AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 15 October 2004 02:07 (twenty years ago)

Anyone (Dom?) know more about the stabbing incident mentioned on Smackdown, assuming it's real?

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 17 October 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago)

He's going to make a movie called the Marine. Why this necessitated a marine-related kayfabe injury, I don't know.

Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Sunday, 17 October 2004 20:11 (twenty years ago)


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