Mr. Nerfect
02-27-2008, 05:30 PM
He went back to using "Basic Thuganomics" as his theme music. It is pretty widely accepted that a wrestler's entrance and theme are very important to how he is perceived. When John Cena used his old theme, he had a more cocky walk to the ring that just went with the music. It made Cena just seem a lot better.
Cena never started getting booed until he used "My Time is Now." Not only is the music pretty bad, but there are several elements that make it quite pretentious. Here is the video as a reference:
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And now onto what annoys me about it:
1. The lead-in
It builds Cena up as a big deal, which seems good, in theory, but in practice, it's just annoying. Each note of the lead-in makes me want to change the channel more and more. It also just screams of the WWE wanting us to cheer him. It's like when they do that annoying delay before a face wrestler comes out, in an attempt to "build the anticipation." What it does is says "we want you to cheer this guy," which in turn makes a lot of people tell the WWE "hey, fuck you, I'll boo him instead."
2. That annoying sound at about 10 seconds
As I have said before, if my best friend made this sound more than once in a row, I would punch him the face and not invite him to my wedding. It is so fucking annoying and sounds like something a twelve year old (at the oldest) with ADD would say if he was not getting enough attention and couldn't think of something to say. It makes me associate John Cena with retards, and that is not a good thing.
3. The way he comes onto the stage
When Cena storms out from behind the curtain, I am again reminded of a kid with learning difficulties. When Cena is composed, walks out calmly, it is much, much, MUCH cooler than when he flails his arms about to get a mild crowd...well, mild.
4. It's out-dated
Johnny won the WWE Championship three years ago now. It's been his time for three fucking years. Now while you can argue the same thing about "Basic Thuganomics," and that Cena is no longer a rapping character, at least that music was cool. "My Time is Now" is pretty much an athem proclaiming a new era is coming. Um, when is this era arriving exactly? It was good for his first title win, at best. Now it's as tedious as the whole "underdog" thing, despite Cena being WWE Champion for 80% of any given year. Probably more than that.
I've also said this before, and it's not really entrance-related, but it kind of irks me that Cena wears jean shorts to wrestle. Look, I know some people like busting out the "oh, spandex would be much cooler" line, but the guy is a fucking wrestler. It, by nature, is a little gay. The least he could do is be honest about it. Baggy attire suits some wrestlers. Paul London & Brian Kendrick are fine with what they wear as a team, because it is obviously there to look flashy, and to get them attention. I'm not saying Cena needs to wear a tight-fitting g-string. But the man is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion most of the time, he cannot be ashamed of being a wrestler, and wearing wresting attire.
I don't mind it when guys wear street clothes in a Street Fight. It seems really fucking stupid to me to go into a fight more personal than professional wearing speedos. Unless you really want to embarrass a guy. Cena could at least wear wrestling shorts. As a professional wrestler as competitive as he is, he should go in with something that doesn't restrict his movement, says he is a competitor and that he is serious about upholding the honor of this business. Especially as a babyface. The Rock wore traditional attire, Stone Cold Steve Austin wore traditional attire, Triple H wears traditional attire. What Jeff Hardy wears isn't really "traditional," but I would not wear it out on the street. It at least looks like he put it on specifically for the match.
A runner does not run in jeans, a boxer does not box in a suit, a swimmer does not wear a clown costume. They all wear attire specifically designed for their field of competition. A wrestler, specifically a successful one, should do the same.
So yeah, to me, the aestetics of John Cena actually have a lot to do with why he is so "controversial" as a top guy. Put him in something that makes him look like a wrestler and less like a guy half-assing it. Also give him music which doesn't build him up as much, but just presents him as who he is.
Music is also an issue with The Undertaker, I feel. If he started using his Attitude era theme again, then I would probably not be as bothered by the, well, camp, of the character. Attire is also an issue with The Undertaker, but it's from the opposite side of the spectrum. The guy looks like he came from the gayest production of The Phantom of the Opera ever. The guy just needs to take notes from his Attitude era days, I think.
The Attitude era theme to which I am referring:
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Cena never started getting booed until he used "My Time is Now." Not only is the music pretty bad, but there are several elements that make it quite pretentious. Here is the video as a reference:
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And now onto what annoys me about it:
1. The lead-in
It builds Cena up as a big deal, which seems good, in theory, but in practice, it's just annoying. Each note of the lead-in makes me want to change the channel more and more. It also just screams of the WWE wanting us to cheer him. It's like when they do that annoying delay before a face wrestler comes out, in an attempt to "build the anticipation." What it does is says "we want you to cheer this guy," which in turn makes a lot of people tell the WWE "hey, fuck you, I'll boo him instead."
2. That annoying sound at about 10 seconds
As I have said before, if my best friend made this sound more than once in a row, I would punch him the face and not invite him to my wedding. It is so fucking annoying and sounds like something a twelve year old (at the oldest) with ADD would say if he was not getting enough attention and couldn't think of something to say. It makes me associate John Cena with retards, and that is not a good thing.
3. The way he comes onto the stage
When Cena storms out from behind the curtain, I am again reminded of a kid with learning difficulties. When Cena is composed, walks out calmly, it is much, much, MUCH cooler than when he flails his arms about to get a mild crowd...well, mild.
4. It's out-dated
Johnny won the WWE Championship three years ago now. It's been his time for three fucking years. Now while you can argue the same thing about "Basic Thuganomics," and that Cena is no longer a rapping character, at least that music was cool. "My Time is Now" is pretty much an athem proclaiming a new era is coming. Um, when is this era arriving exactly? It was good for his first title win, at best. Now it's as tedious as the whole "underdog" thing, despite Cena being WWE Champion for 80% of any given year. Probably more than that.
I've also said this before, and it's not really entrance-related, but it kind of irks me that Cena wears jean shorts to wrestle. Look, I know some people like busting out the "oh, spandex would be much cooler" line, but the guy is a fucking wrestler. It, by nature, is a little gay. The least he could do is be honest about it. Baggy attire suits some wrestlers. Paul London & Brian Kendrick are fine with what they wear as a team, because it is obviously there to look flashy, and to get them attention. I'm not saying Cena needs to wear a tight-fitting g-string. But the man is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion most of the time, he cannot be ashamed of being a wrestler, and wearing wresting attire.
I don't mind it when guys wear street clothes in a Street Fight. It seems really fucking stupid to me to go into a fight more personal than professional wearing speedos. Unless you really want to embarrass a guy. Cena could at least wear wrestling shorts. As a professional wrestler as competitive as he is, he should go in with something that doesn't restrict his movement, says he is a competitor and that he is serious about upholding the honor of this business. Especially as a babyface. The Rock wore traditional attire, Stone Cold Steve Austin wore traditional attire, Triple H wears traditional attire. What Jeff Hardy wears isn't really "traditional," but I would not wear it out on the street. It at least looks like he put it on specifically for the match.
A runner does not run in jeans, a boxer does not box in a suit, a swimmer does not wear a clown costume. They all wear attire specifically designed for their field of competition. A wrestler, specifically a successful one, should do the same.
So yeah, to me, the aestetics of John Cena actually have a lot to do with why he is so "controversial" as a top guy. Put him in something that makes him look like a wrestler and less like a guy half-assing it. Also give him music which doesn't build him up as much, but just presents him as who he is.
Music is also an issue with The Undertaker, I feel. If he started using his Attitude era theme again, then I would probably not be as bothered by the, well, camp, of the character. Attire is also an issue with The Undertaker, but it's from the opposite side of the spectrum. The guy looks like he came from the gayest production of The Phantom of the Opera ever. The guy just needs to take notes from his Attitude era days, I think.
The Attitude era theme to which I am referring:
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