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Cena is great, but he is also overrated. Seems the internet completely 180'ed on him over his US title reign but he was absolute muck for a LOT of that preceding decade.
Sure he suffered from PG and repetitive booking, and yeah, he is funny, can talk and has great matches with the right opponents, but he still has spent long periods with an extremely stale character, had some horrendously boring feuds and not really evolved a whole lot as a personality in a time of ratings decline and a lack of competition for the top spot in the company.
He is great, but he is Warrior, Hitman, even Macho Man great in my opinion. I love them all...but they are not that upper echelon. Cena was never close to Austin, Hogan, Rock in terms of sheer star power.
Andre was close...very close, if not there already. Not only does he have global appeal, but he was a massive draw and THE guy that handed the torch over to Hulk Hogan himself.
He was tremendously respected by his peers and cherished by Vince Sr. He was unique, larger than life and, like Noida said, he could wrestle too!
Cena is great, he is an 8,5 out of 10 guy for me in the history of the business, but Andre is a 9 for me as an overall package, just under the very best.
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