* JohnCena... sorta. If you look at it from a typical smark's point of view, Cena is a villain. But if one begins to really think about it... John Cena is an extremely hard-working individual who has pretty much given as much of his entire life to pro wrestling as he possibly can. He fights to return from injury in [[TheDeterminator half the time it would take normal people]], he is the most frequent wish-granter in the history of the Make-A-Wish foundation, works his ass off to stay in shape and pull off ridiculous, abnormally inhuman feats of physical strength, and has been known to put on amazing matches/promos (his match with CM Punk at Money in the Bank 2011 is the only WWE match to receive a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer in nearly ''15 years'', and said match being ''the first ever Hell in a Cell in 1997''.). But it seems that at this point, the smarks just boo Cena because it's cool or that it's the standard (especially with The Rock's return). He's also been known to get one up on anti-Cena crowds, like at ECW One Night Stand in 2006:
-->'''Crowd''': *chanting* [[UnpleaseableFanbase You can't wrestle! You can't wrestle!]]
-->'''Cena''': *performs a series of impressive chain-wrestling moves*
-->'''Crowd''': *chanting* [[HateDumb Same old shit! Same old shit!]]
-->'''Cena''': *performs a diving double axe-handle from the top rope (a move he's never done before in WWE)*
-->'''Crowd''': *chanting* [[JerkAss YOU STILL SUCK! YOU STILL SUCK!]]

27th Jul '12 5:47:05 PM tsstevens

Send tsstevens a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:

to:

29th Mar '12 11:10:48 PM Diregrove

Send Diregrove a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:

to:

10th Mar '12 7:44:54 PM RayAP19

Send RayAP19 a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Added line(s) 0 (click to see context) :

*JohnCena... sorta. If you look at it from a typical smark's point of view, Cena is a villain. But if one begins to really think about it... John Cena is an extremely hard-working individual who has pretty much given as much of his entire life to pro wrestling as he possibly can. He fights to return from injury in [[TheDeterminator half the time it would take normal people]], he is the most frequent wish-granter in the history of the Make-A-Wish foundation, works his ass off to stay in shape and pull off ridiculous, abnormally inhuman feats of physical strength, and has been known to put on amazing matches/promos (his match with CM Punk at Money in the Bank 2011 is the only WWE match to receive a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer in nearly 15 years). But it seems that at this point, the smarks just boo Cena because it's cool or that it's the standard (especially with The Rock's return). He's also been known to get one up on anti-Cena crowds, like at ECW One Night Stand in 2006:
-->'''Crowd''': *chanting* You can't wrestle! You can't wrestle!
-->'''Cena''': *performs a series of impressive chain-wrestling moves*
-->'''Crowd''': *chanting* Same old shit! Same old shit!
-->'''Cena''': *performs a diving double axe-handle from the top rope (a move he's never done before in WWE)*
-->'''Crowd''': *chanting* YOU STILL SUCK! YOU STILL SUCK!

10th Jan '12 5:09:01 PM ZiggyStardustForever

Send ZiggyStardustForever a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:

to:

3rd Jan '12 11:12:33 PM Harakuroi

Send Harakuroi a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 1,3 (click to see context) from:

* Part of it comes from the way they portray Kane. Like the Undertaker(and a few others that never really stuck or didn't last), he's portrayed as something of a supernatural being. So even though he's openly admitted to being a vicious sadist, he comes off as more of a force of nature-- it's just what he does. Compare to the usual heel who's just a disrespectful, selfish, greedy, cowardly individual in it only for themselves, this makes Kane seem more likable. It also has something to do with the fact that unlike most heels(as previously stated), Kane is very rarely portrayed acting in a way that would be seen as cowardly. He'll go face to face with an equally matched enemy(every battle royal the man's ever been in has had him and the other biggest man lay everyone out, face off, and go at it), or even a group of opponents. Add to that that he's had enough PetTheDog and KickTheSonOfABitch moments over his career, he's fairly hard to hate, even at his worst.
** It doesn't help that even when he's a heel nowadays, the fans still cheer for him.
** It also helps that the guy portraying Kane, Glen Jacobs, is a decent performer, a hard worker, a loyal company man, and a really nice guy in real life.

to:

* Part of it comes from the way they portray Kane. Like the Undertaker (and a few others that never really stuck or didn't last), he's portrayed as something of a supernatural being. So even though he's openly admitted to being a vicious sadist, he comes off as more of a force of nature -- it's just what he does. Compare to the usual heel who's just a disrespectful, selfish, greedy, cowardly individual in it only for themselves, this makes Kane seem more likable. It also has something to do with the fact that, unlike most heels (as previously stated), Kane is very rarely portrayed acting in a way that would be seen as cowardly. He'll go face to face with an equally matched enemy (every battle royal the man's ever been in has had him and the other biggest man lay everyone out, face off, and go at it), or even a group of opponents. Add to that the fact that he's had enough PetTheDog and KickTheSonOfABitch moments over his career, he's fairly hard to hate, even at his worst.
** It doesn't help that, even when he's a heel nowadays, the fans still cheer for him.
** It also helps that the guy portraying Kane, Glen Jacobs, is a decent performer, hard worker, loyal company man, and really nice guy in real life.

Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:

* CMPunk, as a heel, portrays a man legitimately concerned for the well being of mankind. The idea that he is trying to save us all from our addictions that we are supposedly a slave to. Of course, he can let his forceful nature get the best of him, and tries to beat sense into people who don't listen to him. This was shown best in his feud with JeffHardy, saying Jeff should stop acting so recklessly and quit making excuses for his behavior. In fact, it worked [[GoneHorriblyRight so well]], that some people felt Punk was [[StrawmanHasAPoint the real face in all of this]].
* In the AWA Nick Bockwinkle was so eloquent and well spoken that even though he referred to fans as "cretinous humanoids," fans could always plainly see his side of the story. How could defending the title in Japan on short notice against Jumbo Tsuruta under a different rule-set be considered fair? Why would Ric Martel get a title-shot before his rematch? He seldom took things personally with his opponents and always conducted himself with an air of dignity and nobility. He would also periodically feud with more viscous heels like Shiek Adnan Al-Kaissie.

to:

* CMPunk, as a heel, portrays a man legitimately concerned about the well-being of mankind. The idea is that he is trying to save us all from our addictions that we are supposedly a slave to. Of course, he can let his forceful nature get the best of him and try to beat sense into people who don't listen to him. This was shown best in his feud with JeffHardy, saying Jeff should stop acting so recklessly and quit making excuses for his behavior. In fact, it worked [[GoneHorriblyRight so well]] that some people felt Punk was [[StrawmanHasAPoint the real face in all of this]].
* In the AWA, Nick Bockwinkle was so eloquent and well spoken that even though he referred to fans as "cretinous humanoids", fans could always plainly see his side of the story. How could defending the title in Japan on short notice against Jumbo Tsuruta under a different rule-set be considered fair? Why would Ric Martel get a title-shot before his rematch? He seldom took things personally with his opponents and always conducted himself with an air of dignity and nobility. He would also periodically feud with more viscous heels like Shiek Adnan Al-Kaissie.

28th Oct '11 4:18:23 PM damndragon

Send damndragon a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:

to:

27th Sep '11 6:36:42 PM Rothul

Send Rothul a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:

to:

This list shows the last 10 events of 17. Show all.

new edits

TV Tropes by TV Tropes Foundation, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org.
Privacy Policy