John Cena possibly injured!
 

JOHN CENA INJURED IN RAW MAIN EVENT, FULL DETAILS
by Mike Johnson @ 12:10:21 AM on 10/2/2007

Details are still sketchy but the word coming from backstage at the Raw taping is that WWE champion John Cena is believed to have suffered a torn right pectoral muscle during his main event match against Ken Kennedy. He is tentatively scheduled to undergo a MRI tomorrow to examine the severity of the injury. I don't have to tell anyone reading this what a major blow this would be to the entire company if Cena needs to be out for any extended period of time.

The injury appeared to happen during a botched hiptoss on Kennedy that ended awkwardly with Kennedy landing atop Cena. Cena then nailed an armdrag. The two ended up in the corner, which led to a clean break. Cena backed up to the opposite corner and was obviously favoring his arm immediately. Cena gutted through the match and post-bout angle with Randy Orton, where he was laid out following a RKO on the announcer's table.

Cena is scheduled to main event the No Mercy PPV this Sunday in Chicago, Illinois against Orton in a Last Man Standing Match.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck if this is true. Cena losing for sure on Sunday if he's indeed injured.

^

Cena will overcome the odds!

:shifty:

It's about fucking time. :-\

This would be the greatest birthday present ever....

KENNEDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KEH-NUH-DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!


KENNEDY!

When I think about it...sure Cena could be injured and lose the belt to Orton this weekend....

But then what...Orton holds onto it for possibly 4 months or less till Cena returns and then loses it back to Cena for him to hold for another year...

With Jericho most probably returning this sunday at No Mercy, wouldn't it be the perfect opportunity for him to win the WWE Title in an Orton vs. Mystery Opponent main event?

Can't put the title on him immediately.

Nah have Orton win and hold it for a year and 21 days. :shifty:

The title should go to Randy Orton, and then Orton needs to get rid of the fucking spinner belt.

Amen to that.

Cena still wins.

......dude. Cena's hurt? Superman's hurt?

SOUND THE BELLS! THIS IS BEST OKTOBERFEST EVAH!

If Orton gets rid of the spinner belt then it might be safe to say that Cena will not be champ for a while...

If the spinner belt stays then Cena will be champ again in a month or so..

On a sad note about this whole injury...if Cena is gone for a few months I guess that lessons the chance of fans ever getting to see a Cena heel turn...no doubt when they bring him back it will be as a super face.

Rockies make playoffs
Cena gets hurt

this week could just go spectacular for me

Wow, the SmackDown curse may have finally hit RAW. I even said awhile back that all the SmackDown champs get injured, but why Cena never has. It appears that time has finally come. Now, I don't really like to see anyone injured, but it finally gets that title off of him.

Shit. Randoy Orton is fucking boring as hell. If he wins the title we can look forward to them pushing the man of 5 chinlocks of doom.

They better throw Jericho into the match.

If the return is Jericho then I would like to see something like this...

Orton nails the RKO on Cena.... 1....2...3...

Orton stands up and celebrates.....

Orton then sees Cena starting to get up and Nails him with another RKO...(you gotta make it look like Orton is injurying Cena)

Then suddenly the lights go out...and countdown image pops up..and either one of two things can happen from here..

1. The lights pop back on with Jericho standing in the entrance way doing his pose

2. A message appears at the end of the video saying "He" returns at Cyber Sunday...

Choice 2 sets up Orton Vs a Mystery Opponent for Cyber Sunday...but I would much rather have choice 1

This is the perfect chance to have several fake John Cenas come back (a cyborg, a sunglass-wearing hard-ass, a teenage Cena clone, and an armor-wearing Cena) to "claim the WWE title" as rightfully theirs.

This of course leads to the return of the real John Cena to kill the cyborg John Cena, who has already killed the sunglass-wearing hard-ass Cena.

So Kennedy is Doomsday?

This is a blessing in disguise. We need a break from Cena, and it looks like fate finally got tired of waiting for Vince to come to that decision on his own. I'm sure the WWE will protect Cena on his way out, so I really think they should have Mr. Kennedy and William Regal help out Orton at No Mercy, as they each have a bit of a beef with Cena. This also sets up programs for Cena when he returns.

Mr. Kennedy can get a boost from this, and claim to be responsible for Bobby Lashley and John Cena being on the shelf. It would be a great way to rebuild his heat. William Regal vs. John Cena is a match I really want to see, as Regal would get an entertaining match out of Cena, one way or another. Randy Orton as WWE Champion was never my favourite choice, but right now, it seems like a breath of fresh air. He shouldn't have a long run, as he's too risky as the top guy of the company, but a short one could do wonders for him, and the WWE.

Imagine this: Randy Orton wins at No Mercy, with the finishing blow being his "concussion kick". John Cena not only loses the WWE Title, but is taken out on a stretcher. Randy Orton poses on the turnbuckle, as Mr. Kennedy and William Regal applaud Randy Orton in their own way. Suddenly we get another cryptic video, and a message saying "Salvation may come as early as tomorrow..."

The next night on RAW, William Regal comes out to present Randy Orton with a new WWE Title belt, because John Cena's belt is an insult to everything William Regal and this sport represent. Randy Orton cuts a meandering promo, and in the main event, Regal books Randy Orton against Cody Rhodes in Orton's first defence. Cody Rhodes is selected because at No Mercy, I assume Rhodes would play a hero and try to balance out the heel forces, only to get overwhelmed. During that match, Orton dominates (of course), but Cody makes some comebacks and Hardcore Holly even comes out to provide some level of mental support. Randy Orton eventually gets the clean win with the RKO, and retains his WWE Championship successfully. Randy Orton poses in the ring like the dick he is, when suddenly another video pops on the titantron. It throws out some messages about saving, and then it begins to count down. When it reaches zero, someone jumps through the crowd, and nails Randy Orton from behind with a steel chair. The assailant is masked, but is going to town on Orton with the steel chair. He then gets a microphone, takes off his mask and says "Ricky Morton...Welcome to...RAW...IS...JERICHO!" :love:

Alienoid=pure genius.

Ricky Morton:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Seriously, HOW CAN ANYONE FUCK UP A HIPTOSS?

I'm training new guys who have them aced on the second week. Seriously, HOW?

Hiptoss of Doom!

:lol:

Not to be confused with the Fingerpoke of Doom, the most devistating move ever. :D

On the ultimate dream WrestleMania card, there will always be room for a John Cena vs. Umaga vs. Kevin Nash "Hip Toss of Doom vs. Finger Poke of Doom vs. Finger Poke of Doom Match." It may seem like a mismatch, as John Cena's Hip Toss of Doom only really finishes himself, but Kevin Nash would tear his quad, which leads one to assume Umaga would get the victory by default.

Ok, have I got this right, John was the one doing the hip toss? and Kennedy was taking the bump yeah?

That should be all Kennedy, in most Hip Toss's you barely lift the guy! I know I try to defend Cena's wrestling abilities, and I know I haven't seen it yet, but I just can't fatham how this injury is possible

I guess the Hiptoss is not one of his Five favourites then.

*game show music plays*

Announcer: Raaaaandy Orton, for your never ending dedication and for being in the right feud at the right time. You've won an all expenses paid title reign with Spinnie, The Spinner Belt.

*Randy jumps up and down in celebration*

Announcer: That's right Randy, for the next 4-6 months YOU will get to take Spinnie with you to every town, every show, EVERY PPV! Spinnie is our top, hell the ONLY title belt we care about! So get ready for top treatment, you will go to every media event, every PR event, EVERY JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS EVENT! Not only that, but you will get CM Punk to pee for you during the "random" drug tests! And that's not all, you will also get a bottle of belt polish, a Hulkamania bandanna, AND a lifetime supply of jean shorts like the ones John Cena wears. Congratulations!

Kennedy is the man.

I'm going to laugh when they blame this on Kennedy by saying he is a sloppy worker.

Haha, after I heard it was in a match with Mr. Kennedy, I figured Ken would take the blame.

Alright, so let's say that not only is John Cena down, but he's out, and there is no way he can work No Mercy. What do you do? What change do you make to save the card? Do you have Randy Orton face a mystery opponent for the WWE Championship? Do you pull the trigger on Chris Jericho's return, and have him win in a surprise? Do you ring up Mick Foley, and get him in to do a show? Do you have some kind of Battle Royal featuring the talent not booked?

There are so many ways the WWE could take this, that I am actually intrigued. A Battle Royal featuring all the talent not booked sounds like a lot of fun, as Battle Royals are very rarely done on PPVs. Some might feel cheated out of a Last Man Standing Match, however.

I guess we will see if ratings now skyrocket as some of you Cena naysayers seem to suggest.

If Cena works the PPV are you guys going to give him credit for working through an injury or will you criticize that as well?

Well knowing Cena, regardless if you like him or not, does show up for work. So I'm guessing he'll at LEAST wrestle Sunday.

You seem to be trying very hard for a Devil's Advocate position. So much so that you seem to keep comingback to Cena Strawmen.

He probably will, but with congress on the WWE, and the chance that reports are saying that the injury is not looking good and that the WWE is making the appropriate modifications to No Mercy (or something along those lines), it's possible that he won't. It's very likely that he will, however.

He already has my respect for going in there and wrestling. He may not be doing it well, at present, but he does put his body at relative risk (he works a very safe style). I'd rather see him not go out there and put his body on pointless strain, however. He'll be willing to work the match, but I don't think the WWE should let him.

Yeah, it is questionable as to whether or not WWE would be smart to schedule him for the PPV, what with Congress being interested in the wellness program, drugs, and worker safety.

I'm sure that he, like about 80% of the rest of the roster would work it if at all possible. I'm not even sure why Scot thinks we should give him props for that, since almost everyone else in the business, including lazy fucks like Taker, have worked through injuries before, and many of them shouldn't have (Batista, Rey Rey, Angle) and were stupid to have done so.

The list of wrestlers who have worked through an injury, even if you limit it to a fairly serious one is pretty long. This isn't a feather in your cap, it's generally an indication that you're a greedy little carnie. It's also bad for business, because it greatly increases the amount of time you need to heal more often than not.

But I digress.

It's probably a bad idea to offer up an injured wrestler right now.

He's going to James Andrews to get tested, see if he can work the PPV.

This is what can happen if WWE invests solely in one guy...I guess Trips is getting the title sooner than later.

If Cena can work, Orton is obviously going over.

If he can't, I'd say their best bet is to have Vince strip Cena and put whoever the "Savior" is in his spot.

Either way it gets the belt off Cena, and I can't complain about that.

If he can't work he can't work. I suppose, if they HAD to, they could have Orton KO him right off the bat, but either way he needs to drop it, can't have an essentially vacant title for a month or more, depending on how serious it is.

Id set up an 7 man tourney for the vacant title

Orton (considering he was the #1 contender)
Bye

Hardy
Carlito

HHH
Umaga

Foley
Kennedy

Id have Hardy go over Carlito. Id have HHH lose to Umaga by Kennedy interference, and then vice versa having HHH having Kennedy lose to Foley. Thus starting the big HHH/Kennedy feud for down the line. In the semifinals Id have Orton beat Hardy and Foley beat Umaga. Then for the finals they could hype as can Foley get the WWE title one more time?????? Regal comes out and makes the title final a hardcore match. In a match thats almost as great as their Backlash 04 match, Orton wins the title by beating Foley. Orton gives an in-ring promo after the match bragging. Then one more video appears and the theme music hits and Jericho comes out and gives a promo. Thus with the tourney you can start a Jericho/Orton World Title feud, and the lengthy HHH/Kennedy/McMahon feud.

YAY, I may actually watch the last segment of Raw next week.

Cena could be confined to a wheelchair the rest of his life and he will STILL be booked to overcome the odds and retain the WWE title. :shifty:

Yeah, I mean, just look at Hogan.

BDC I put Foley in there because Lashley and HBK are hurt, and Booker right now is not returning.

WWE might just keep the belt on Cena. If I am correct there was one or two times when Hogan was WCW champ where he made like 2 defenses in 8 months and just gave promos and stuff.

Touché Xero :p

There's rules?

I've seen wrestlers stripped of the belt because they didn't defend in 30 days...rules you say?

Vince played up Coach’s supposed “injury” :roll: (come on, people!) as a result of him being put through a table last week. And to your other question, maybe Vince decided he better not test Hornswoggle again after giving him authority to make “executive decisions” or whatever the fuck, last week, and decided to let “Mr. McMahon (Jr.)” ’s decision stand. As for why Regal wouldn’t do anything about it, honestly, I have no clue, as you said he had every reason to be pissed at Cena. Maybe he foresaw the injury coming in the Kennedy match, and watched the main event backstage with Snitsky, as Cena's pain, on that night became both of their pleasures...:shifty:

So Cena may only have to defend it once every 180 Days to retain right?

Can anyone say Edge? He's been out since July, but they stripped him of the title right away due to injury.

T-Lo acknowledged the 30 day rule on Smackdown when Edge got injured, but said something to the degree of "but in all fairness to the interest of the Smackdown fans we need to decide a new champion". Something like that anyway...

WOOT!

:(

I've always hated his "reign" as a champion, but I didnt want to see it end like this. Because he held it soo long WWE makes you feel like when he loses it, the next few weeks feel awkward. Plus an armdrag is no way to cause you to lose anything..

Kennedy :(

....:(

This could be WWEs opportunity to end the RAW/Smackdown roster split.

Hold up the WWE title until Cyber Sunday, and make a "fans vote" as to which kind of match to have. The numbers add up to a 40 man over the top rope battle royal, and have whoever is WHC, as long as it's not Khali, win the WWE title, and unify the titles.

Why end the roster split??? As much as I want to see Taker on raw, what will they do when everybody who's injured and/or suspended will be back??

Just checked WWE.com, looks like Cena isn't going to wrestle at No Mercy. The headline is new champ to be crowned at the PPV. Guess, he didn't get cleared.

OMG CENA IS A PUSSY HE SHOULD HAVE SUCKED IT UP!

THE RATINGS ON RAW WILL GO INTO 12.5!

A poll on WWE.com:

Who would you like to see walk away from the WWE Championship Match at No Mercy as the new champ?
Brian Kendrick 0.33 %
Carlito 0.82 %
Charlie Haas 0.13 %
Cody Rhodes 0.59 %
Daivari 0.50 %
Hacksaw Jim Duggan 0.49 %
Hardcore Holly 0.22 %
Jeff Hardy 5.25 %
King Booker 0.47 %
Lance Cade 0.15 %
Mr. Kennedy 15.67 %
Paul London 1.67 %
Randy Orton 4.38 %
Robbie McAllister 0.17 %
Ron Simmons 1.44 %
Rory McAllister 0.09 %
Santino Marella 1.83 %
Shelton Benjamin 2.07 %
Snitsky 0.60 %
Super Crazy 0.28 %
Trevor Murdoch 2.13 %
Triple H 18.50 %
Umaga 0.97 %
Val Venis 41.14 %
Total Votes: 240694

Can we please just stick with this thread for the Cena injury shit? We don't need two, and this was ifrst.

That's one of the reasons why WWE doesn't take internet marks seriously.

Actually they use the polls to help determine story lines etc. Granted they dont rely heavily on it, but still factor. For example when they see that in a poll with John Cena in it there is 78 % towards him, they are pleased that marks enjoy the product.

Oh really?

Then how come Stevie Richards started getting depushed at the same time he came in second in the "Who is Vince's son" poll?

Hey I dont want to start an online fight or whatever, but I'm just saying what I've heard from several several wrestling "Sources". Plus you said it yourself, he came in SECOND. As much as I love Big Stevie Cool, you cant argue with 1'st and 2nd.

Strawman? Go ahead and expand on that if you please.

I keep reading how people feel Cena is a ratings killer. Well then, if that's the case, with someone else at the helm, things should go up. If removing what people consider a root problem there should be a change. That's science, baby.

And I keep coming back to it? Well that's news to me. I believe this is the first time I ever addressed this subject of Cena and ratings.

..by some accounts on here, you'd be lead to believe so.

ps.
have i become your white whale?

Meltzer has given off his personal predictions for what the title match at No Mercy will be.

-- Randy Orton vs. Triple H vs. Umaga in a Triple Threat
-- Randy Orton vs. Triple H
-- Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy
-- Randy Orton vs. The Undertaker

YOUR Hero is a member of The Chain Gang

Why Depush him though?

That would make him the second most popular choice. Why not take that as a hint and give him a different push?

There's no logical reasoning behind depushing someone who's doing well in such a poll (Or in Hero's Devil's Advocate Strawmen). Now, I understand there can only be one son in this storyline, but surely, this should be a hint.

WWE doesn't give a shit about these polls. They're meant to placate people.