Is John Cena Finally Over

By Adam Bradley

Never before in the history of the WWE have they being so determined to get a superstar over with the fans as they have been with John Cena. Almost three years after the push began the question still remains as to whether Cena is over or not with the fans.

Certain opponents have managed to get the fans to cheer for Cena but only Edge managed it out of his opponents with talent. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho all failed to get the fans on the side of John Cena. The opponents where Cena has been cheered for where hardly a sign of approval, a guy like The Great Khali is always going to be booed as he has no talent for the marks to respect and he's meant to be booed by every one else.

So why have WWE stuck by John Cena for so long? As already discussed he's not massively popular, he has his fans of course but no more than the likes of Christian had when he was with the WWE or than Chris Benoit. Sure he has great microphone skills but John Cenas in ring performance level is far below that of these two.

John Cena's character doesn't really stand out as amazing either his attitude seems forced and is nowhere near the level Steve Austin achieved but this seems to be where WWE want Cena to be as they have almost completely dropped his rapper gimmick in recent times.

It's been argued that Cena could've been the greatest heel in the company if the WWE had turned him at the height of the fans disapproval of him but why didn't they? The two arguments that have been used are that WWE didn't want to risk the merchandise sales by turning Cena heel and the other is that Triple H (as the number one heel at the time) was totally against the move and originally he blamed Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho for failing to get Cena over, something Triple H himself failed to do.

The WWE's commentary team didn't help matters by claiming the booing was because Cena was controversial. Why? What part of John Cena's character was ever controversial? He was never as aggressive as Austin or as in your face as the Rock. Nor did John Cena cheat to win matches or flip out with members of the crowd when things didn't go his own way. Using the controversial tag was just a cop out on the part of WWE.

John Cena must be respected though as against all the disapproval he never let it effect his professionalism and for that he deserves credit, Cena has always kept his persona intact no matter how loud the crowds objection to him.

In recent months it appeared fans where starting to warm to Cena but once put in the ring with an opponent that has any popularity Cena seems to come out the loser with the fans. The Great Khali was a good move by WWE as Cena was always going to prove more popular but now with a match in which two fan favorites in Lashley and Mick Foley are amongst his opponents the boo's and jeers are once again resounding towards Cena.

How much longer WWE persist with Cena is unknown but with no one standing out in the current roster John Cena will be a major player for a while to come, whether you like it or not.

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