Mr. Nerfect
01-06-2008, 03:18 AM
I just watched this documentary on the National Geographic channel, about animals and their emotions. It was talking about the reptilian brain, and how it's got all our primal instincts, and that made me think of wrestling, and how violence is always the answer. But then I kind of widened my view a little, and decided to play a little game where I matched up some guys by looking at their behaviour, and the psychology behind that behaviour.
The Rock reminds me of a cheeky chimpanzee that replaces the old leader. You had Faarooq take the struggling Rocky Maivia under his wing, like a father, and then The Rock thanked him by taking over The Nation of Domination, and booting his ass out to survive on his own. A place by which in all karmic law, The Rock should have been in.
Stone Cold Steve Austin did not travel in packs. He left the group he grew up in (led by Ted DiBiase), and he started picking fights with whoever he wanted, and he'd try and provoke guys to leave the confines of their mammalian safety zones, and just meet him in a battle of the reptilian brains: The Texas Rattlesnake did not trust anybody, and relied on himself.
Now, look at John Cena. I find it really hard to categorise him. At first, he was looking to earn the respect of the leader (his first match against Kurt Angle), and that led to him being accepted in the first place. He then acted like he didn't care that he was accepted, and without climbing the ranks per se, he acted like an "Anakin Skywalker" type (stay with me), in that he felt he could take on guys like Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker, even though they were Jedi Masters, and he was only a Jedi Knight.
If I followed the Star Wars analogy, then the logical trangression would be to become a Darth Vader type (heel), but what we ended up with was John Cena acting like a mother. His talk of Hustle, Loyalty, Respect, being such a nice guy, fighting for the fans. Sure, you have those alpha males who will protect someone under their watch because they feel responsible, but this goes beyond just being protective. What does John Cena even have to be protective enough? When did he (character-wise) become the leader and not the kid traveling in the pack?
What John Cena provides the fans, is comfort. He tells them that he fights for them and he tries to teach them life lessons. It's hard to put it into words, but I think Cena is too maternal to really be taken as a macho leader figure. He cares about his babies (the fans, namely the women and children these days), and he fights for them before he fights for himself.
It also doesn't make sense as to how he got there. When did the arrogant young member of the pack grow up to be its mother? When he won the WWE Championship? There wasn't enough of an arc there, even if you decided that "Mother Cena" was the way to go. I threw the Star Wars analogy in there because it just shows how alien old Cena is from the new Cena, and it just popped into my head and seems to fit.
It's just a weird theory I came up while watching something about animals. Sue me.
The Rock reminds me of a cheeky chimpanzee that replaces the old leader. You had Faarooq take the struggling Rocky Maivia under his wing, like a father, and then The Rock thanked him by taking over The Nation of Domination, and booting his ass out to survive on his own. A place by which in all karmic law, The Rock should have been in.
Stone Cold Steve Austin did not travel in packs. He left the group he grew up in (led by Ted DiBiase), and he started picking fights with whoever he wanted, and he'd try and provoke guys to leave the confines of their mammalian safety zones, and just meet him in a battle of the reptilian brains: The Texas Rattlesnake did not trust anybody, and relied on himself.
Now, look at John Cena. I find it really hard to categorise him. At first, he was looking to earn the respect of the leader (his first match against Kurt Angle), and that led to him being accepted in the first place. He then acted like he didn't care that he was accepted, and without climbing the ranks per se, he acted like an "Anakin Skywalker" type (stay with me), in that he felt he could take on guys like Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker, even though they were Jedi Masters, and he was only a Jedi Knight.
If I followed the Star Wars analogy, then the logical trangression would be to become a Darth Vader type (heel), but what we ended up with was John Cena acting like a mother. His talk of Hustle, Loyalty, Respect, being such a nice guy, fighting for the fans. Sure, you have those alpha males who will protect someone under their watch because they feel responsible, but this goes beyond just being protective. What does John Cena even have to be protective enough? When did he (character-wise) become the leader and not the kid traveling in the pack?
What John Cena provides the fans, is comfort. He tells them that he fights for them and he tries to teach them life lessons. It's hard to put it into words, but I think Cena is too maternal to really be taken as a macho leader figure. He cares about his babies (the fans, namely the women and children these days), and he fights for them before he fights for himself.
It also doesn't make sense as to how he got there. When did the arrogant young member of the pack grow up to be its mother? When he won the WWE Championship? There wasn't enough of an arc there, even if you decided that "Mother Cena" was the way to go. I threw the Star Wars analogy in there because it just shows how alien old Cena is from the new Cena, and it just popped into my head and seems to fit.
It's just a weird theory I came up while watching something about animals. Sue me.