Cena No Longer The #1 WWE Merch Seller, New #1
 

WrestleZone has confirmed that an internal memo sent to WWE staffers this week listed the top 10 merchandise sellers, and John Cena has been replaced for the first time in several years as the number one seller.

The new number one?

CM Punk.

According to the memo, Punk is the number one merchandise selling WWE Superstar both on WWE Shop Zone and at the live events. The only time Cena was not number one was when The Rock returned to WWE Monday Night Raw, and his t-shirts sold a record number on ShopZone. According to a key source in WWE, two of Punk's shirts have already eclipsed the Rock's one-day sales record. "Punk's merchandise is hot," our source told us, "no one has dethroned Cena in over 5 years, and Punk's numbers are way above anything or anyone else."


Cena heel turn in the horizon?

BEST. IN. THE. WORLD.

Well with CM Punk's role diminishing slightly on screen. That'll stop.

Vince saw the sales were going to eclipse Cena's and he was all:

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"LOL Nope."

Time for a couple more Pedigrees.

That and Cena's gonna get a new shirt color. What's left? Yellow, Green, .... Brown.

Of course. Punk sells more t-shirts and Cena's gonna snap.

It will give the green light for sure...since it was reported that one of the reasons WWE resisted to give Cena a heel turn was due to his big merchandise sells...

Hope Punk mentions this. :D

No, won't happen.

Just because he's not #1 at the moment, doesn't mean his merch has stopped selling.

Cena will he a face forever, or at least for a very long, long time to come.

Limited edition Mystery Color which looks like white but it isn't.

Cena hasn't gotten a new shirt. That, combined with Punk's short burst of "mainstream" popularity are what caused this. Next quarter they'll settle and Cena will be #1 again.

I know his merch hasn't stop selling, but when the talk of a turn was floated around, it was rejected due to his top selling merchandise. I don't believe a heel turn will happen right now and I agree it will be a long time, but who knows?

Cena won't turn heel, people.

He's the main reason why kids love WWE, whether we like it or not, so he won't turn.

Proof in the pudding that Internet marks will spend their money on the stuff they like than the parents of the kids who love who WWE tells them to love......

Just like kids loved Hogan.

It's not the same at all.

And it took, what, 10 plus years for Hogan to finally turn heel? Add to the fact there were countless rumors and reports floating around that Hogan was getting boo'd at WCW shows nearly from the moment he stepped foot there, and the turn was near immenent.

Cena's nowhere near that point, and if there was ever a heel turn to be had, they would have done while the iron was hot back in 2005. It wouldn't make a lick of sense to turn him right now or in the forseeable future.

Yo do know he's scheduled to feud with Del Rio, right?

WWE has the power to flip the switch at any time in the future. It wouldn't make sense you say? With this "conspiracy" angle and everything going crazy...it would be fitting to have Cena in on it in a big way. It didn't happen back in '05, but now that it has been marinated for sooo long, it would be perfect at anytime.

Why is that? Enlighten me.

....

Oh well...it's pretty cool though how the CM Punk t-shirts have become a hot sell. I'm looking forward into getting the WWE Ice Cream bar t-shirt.

Didn't Jeff Hardy once top Cena for a while?

I'm not taking away from Punk here, but Cena's shirts been around a lot longer, hasn't it?

It hasn't been marinating, though. Though he still gets boo'd, it's nowhere near as intense or vocal as it was 6 years ago, when fans of the Attitude Era were still showing up and WWE was still a more mature program. With all the kids being catered to these days, and with Cena still getting a pretty solid face reaction night in and night out, and no real replacement hero in sight, turning Cena heel would be unwise, not to mention, take away Truth's and Miz' steam if Cena did turn via the conspiracy angle.

Just because WWE can flip the switch doesn't mean they should.

Punk is the best right now. He's out popping everyone on a consistent basis, his in-ring and mic work has been the best on WWE TV for a very, very long time, and he's been main eventing every PPV since MITB. Now he's beating Cena in merchandise sales.

I, for one, haven't been interested in a WWE t-shirt since 1999 when I wanted a DX jersey, and I was still a total mark. I'm planning on ordering a "BEST IN THE WORLD" t-shirt this month because I actually wouldn't be embarrassed to wear it in public (unlike ALL of John Cena's merch). It's an awesomely designed t-shirt. I hope they keep the great CM Punk shirts coming.

We will just have to wait and see

Punk is in exactly the same position right now as he was when he was World Heavyweight Champion, except he's more over and on the #1 show. Yes, he's in the main event every month, but that main event has been eclipsed by another angle that has very little to do with him. What mattered last night at Hell in a Cell? Was it that there was a new WWE champion? Or was it that Miz and Truth caused a riot? I'd find it hard pressed to find a legitimate argument for Del Rio winning mattering as much as or more than Miz and Truth's invasion.

CM Punk vs. Del Rio will not be a top feud. It's a secondary feud to the Miz/Truth/Hunter/Laurinitis/DAVID FUCKING OTUNGA storyline. Yes, David Bowtunga is about to be more important than CM Punk and the WWE Champion in terms of prominence in storylines. It hasn't happened JUST yet, but I just know it's coming.

I don't care at this point. I've accepted that Punk is and always will be no more than he was when he was WHC. I'll enjoy him for what it is. But I won't sit here and pretend like they're actually pushing him like he matters.

Yeah, I gotta agree with CSL here. Punk is being booked way more strongly now than he ever was.

Over the past 5 months? No. Going back to July, he was hot shit and was the hottest thing in probably 10 years. Over the past two months, I can easily say that yes, he's back to the point he was at when he was WHC.

And no, he HASN'T been pushed like he matters. How can you say he mattered last night? Aside from being there just to take the fall, he didn't. Neither did Del Rio, and I'll say that's an even bigger tragedy just because he's the new WWE champion.

I'm not expecting him to be the center of every top feud. But I will not say that what he's done in the last two PPVs feels anything like he really matters. It feels like the WWE championship is being pushed aside for the whole Miz/Truth/Triple H/Laurinits thing. And Triple H and Laurinitis, at this stage, should not be in the center of the top feud of the company, I'm sorry. And Hunter damn well should not have gone over Punk. There's no excuse for that shit.

Del Rio isn't over as a main eventer, and feuding with him will only pull Punk down a notch.

Really??

Yes. He's about to be inserted into probably "representing" Laurinitis. Him being in the middle of that storyline automatically makes him bigger than the WWE title feud (as it stands).

Completely 100% disagree.

Sucks that you're not able to enjoy any of this

lol

By your logic Zack Ryder is being booked better than Punk

Nah, Ryder is being booked as a complete joke. Otunga would be used as a puppet. There's a difference.

And I'm enjoying parts of this. Don't get me wrong. I'm really enjoying the Punk/Truth aspect. But Laurinitis is playing Hunter to the point that he's coming off like a complete retard. And again, they really have no business being the top aspect of the company.

I'm just pointing out faults that may seem fine in the mean time, but in the long run are going to fuck things over and/or are foreshadowing of things.

I said it before and I'll say it again. Punk is going to mean nothing come the Rumble. He's on a steady decline in my eyes. After Del Rio (which I predicted he'd move onto a month ago) there's nothing there for Punk at the top of the card. He's becoming just another WWE face, not what I came to enjoy starting with his Hardy feud.

lol, if you honestly thing this mess dating back to SummerSlam has been "perfectly booked", we clearly have very differing opinions of what "good booking" is. Which is fine, I respect your opinion.

What are you basing this on?