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The Nexus angle really rejuvenated the Cena character. As much as I'm not a fan of the handling of Nexus or even the Cena character, the crowds have been pretty hot for Cena lately. For just a few weeks, Cena was vulnerable to a point. And I think that's what they need to do a lot more, make Cena vulnerable. He can come out on top in the end like always, but at least make it seem like Cena can actually lose. Cena's biggest flaw is that he's Superman. Take that away, give him a more serious tone (like his work with Piper a few months ago) when he needs to be taken seriously and keep everything else the same. He'd be more than tolerable to me in that case.
Out of the options listed, I'd say after Mania keep him out until the SummerSlam build. Just two months of no Cena. Let Triple H fill Cena's role for a while. While I'm not a fan of Cena's character and would personally like a tweak, I know that his character sells to their target demographic and I don't have a problem with Cena on top of WWE in the character he has. It could be tweaked to make it less childish, but I wouldn't reinvent the character entirely at this point. Just get him off TV for a bit and make people miss him. Not like he can't go make a movie or something.
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