All-Out Tweeners

**Xero** · 09-30-2010, 02:09 PM

Watching Cena's entrance from Mania 25 made me think about how split the crowd can be with him. He's always had his supporters, but there's been times when the crowd was overwhelming for a period of time.

It got me thinking how they could have capitalized on it more than just calling him "the most controversial champion". Essentially making him a literal tweener. Play to both crowds. Have him feud with faces and heels and play off where they are, kind of like the Canada feuds in the 90s. Have him go up against someone like a heel Batista in a "mark" city and put him against someone like CM Punk in a "smart" city. Essentially, what I'm proposing is getting rid of the face/heel dynamic in some cases and work satisfying both crowd, as long as there is a big enough contingent of fans making noise.

This isn't only on Cena, I think this is a concept that hasn't been explored enough in wrestling. It's almost always been clear-cut faces or heels, regardless of actions. Austin was a "tweener" in the sense that he didn't care who he faced off with and really acted more like a heel, but the crowd was pretty much 100% behind him.

I think the era for this happening has past, as a lot of the fans who made these types of reactions possible have left, but I still think it's a good way to freshen things up if they could pull it off. It also opens up more possibilities for merch. I know for a fact that the anti-Cena shirt that Miz wore would have at least been a decent seller, but they let that ship sail.

Discuss.

09-30-2010, 02:09 PM	#1
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	All-Out Tweeners Watching Cena's entrance from Mania 25 made me think about how split the crowd can be with him. He's always had his supporters, but there's been times when the crowd was overwhelming for a period of time. It got me thinking how they could have capitalized on it more than just calling him "the most controversial champion". Essentially making him a literal tweener. Play to both crowds. Have him feud with faces and heels and play off where they are, kind of like the Canada feuds in the 90s. Have him go up against someone like a heel Batista in a "mark" city and put him against someone like CM Punk in a "smart" city. Essentially, what I'm proposing is getting rid of the face/heel dynamic in some cases and work satisfying both crowd, as long as there is a big enough contingent of fans making noise. This isn't only on Cena, I think this is a concept that hasn't been explored enough in wrestling. It's almost always been clear-cut faces or heels, regardless of actions. Austin was a "tweener" in the sense that he didn't care who he faced off with and really acted more like a heel, but the crowd was pretty much 100% behind him. I think the era for this happening has past, as a lot of the fans who made these types of reactions possible have left, but I still think it's a good way to freshen things up if they could pull it off. It also opens up more possibilities for merch. I know for a fact that the anti-Cena shirt that Miz wore would have at least been a decent seller, but they let that ship sail. Discuss.