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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott
On to something else besides HHH/Taker...
Something else happened on RAW that went largely unnoticed, and that was Cena's "freestyle" promo. Now it wasn't so much the promo itself that I want to point out, but the style. Nevermind that the PG poster boy went to a few things he would have disqualifed Punk and Barrett for in that match a few weeks ago, but one thing that I wanted to point out was his change in tone for the delivery.
For a brief moment, he went back to the Cena the haters are holding out for. He ditched the "happy go lucky" and "poopie joke" Cena to the stance of taking Rock's comments seriously.
It's good to see some of that edge back in the character, even for just a moment, but I for one just wish this would have happened vs. Nexus instead of just folding them into comedy relief and keeping kid-friendly Cena during "the greatest threat ever to WWE". So, 7 guys constantly jumping your star player and even making him their bitch for a couple weeks doesn't harden him at all, but a few insults from The People's Champ makes him get all serious? I know it seems like I just contradicted how I feel about what happened in the same paragraph, but I'm just sayin'... it was great to see Ruck Fules Cena for a second, just wish it was done a little sooner to make more sense on the whole and maybe quell some of the backlash against the guy.
Anyone else have any thoughts?
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Oh I couldn't agree more. Cena alone ruined the Nexus angle for me because if the guy taking a stand against them cant act like they are a serious threat then how can they be looked at as a serious threat. Suddenly they felt more like The Spirit Squad back in 06 when they were the butt of every DX joke (sometimes literally) every week. If Cena would have suddenly got serious after that first night when they beat him down, and gave it a no more mr nice guy attitude, I think the angle would have been a lot better.