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Originally Posted by Noid
People generally dislike Cena because he's a G-rated paper-cut personality attached to a boringly rigid moveset. He's one of the most pretentious acts in the company, and although he's actually a talented wrestler, they never let him work to his in-ring strengths.
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I'd say people generally dislike Cena because he is the company man and people cannot stand it (I say people, i mean smarks, which are like people but with delusions of grandure). They do not want to cheer for someone who is, lets be blunt about, aimed at children. But guess what? This isn't the Attitude Era any more. Those fans are long gone watching MMA. WWE is so low in the ratings now because the fans moved on at around 2001, when the Attitude Era was still in play. WWE's decision to go PG is the smartest thing they have done in a long time. Going PG means they get their audience young. That audience is going to grow up loving WWE and most will continue to watch well into their teens. Then they will be adults, and they will still be loyal to WWE. This is a smart direction and has proven successful 1001 times before.
What is rigid about a flying rocker dropper, by the way?
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Originally Posted by Noid
He's always the champion for some reason too, which is just boring. And even though he sells merchandise, Cena has not proven to be a massive draw, in the most traditional sense of the word.
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"Always"? If he was always champion he'd have won the title at No Mercy or Mania when he returned, but he didn't. They kepts the title on Orton, and while CM Punk was champion he was well out of the way. This is his first title reign in a year.
And what exactly do you mean by "traditional sense of the word"? His return made RAW ratings increase by .4, he is selling more merchandise than anyone else, and has more gatesales than most guys in WWE. In what sense is he not a massive draw?
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Originally Posted by Noid
Plus, he did those God-awful things to the WWE Title and US Title, for which he may never be forgiven.
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Merchandise = Money. It was ingenious of WWE to do it, especially since titles are nothing more than props.