John Cena's Response to What Happened on RAW

# CeNation. Rock was in rare form tonight. It was great to see him enjoying himself out there. Even if it was at my expense. I've been called alot worse. Just glad to see him back in action.

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This is Cena's tweet following RAW on Monday night.

I wrote a thread on original 606 where I questioned why Cena didn't give any comeback to the Rock's verbal beatdown. Most of the responses focused on the fact that it was the Rock's moment and any altercation would have detracted from it. But from a kayfabe point of view surely Cena should have come out and done a promo on the Rock, or beat him up, basically anything other than sitting in the back and allowing himself to be figuratively castrated?

He's supposed to be the WWE's #1 man, the face of the company and he did jack squat whilst an 'outsider' strolled onto his turf and started ripping the pi55 out of him. Would Hulk Hogan have done that? Or Bret Hart? Or Shawn Michaels? Or Steve Austin? Or The Rock himself? Or anyone else who at one time or another has been the face of the WWF/E? Not blooming likely.

And now he posts this tweet whereby he once again stands there holding his johnson (no, not Dwayne!) and just takes the hit. Most of Cena's tweets these days maintain kayfabe so from that standpoint why would he be happy that someone is having fun at his expense?

I'm sure there's a grand plan and it will all probably make sense somewhere down the line and this is more for argument's sake just now. But the events of Monday night have served to shine a massive spotlight on John Cena and he doesn't come off looking very good. On RAW the Rock was everything John Cena wants to be - entertaining, charismatic, funny - but the thing that stands out for me is that he called John Cena on his comments about the Rock. It was like "You want to talk about me? Well here's your receipt" This in turn should have brought out Cena. It didn't, and coupled with his "I'm just glad he's back" comments on twitter it only serves to make him look like a total woose.

Anyway, I'm probably making too much of this by hey, that's half the run right? :606laugh:

I agree, once The Rock started laying into Cena I expected him to come out and at the very least stand toe to toe with the great one. The fact that some of the crowd were booing The Rock at when he laid into Cena could have made for an epic standoff in the Hogan/Rock mould....and hopefully acted as a precursor to one of the true dream WM matches left.

It certainly did smack a little of him hiding in the back.

You never know, they could play it that Cena will come out next week and start by saying he didn't want to ruin the Rock's big moment, his long awaited return. But now he'll face him and his accusations head-on.

That the only way I can really see it happening.

Was a fantastic promo though!

My wife didn't start watching wrestling until after The Rock left and was amazed at the difference in quality to the rest of the people in WWE. She has seen Youtube video's, but it is never the same as hearing it in context at the right time.

Hopefully he will be used to up everyone elses game, otherwise he will just be highlighting the failings of modern 'superstars'.

The only thing I can guess from this is that they’re still in wrangling with Dwayne as to how much of an impact he can have at Mania.
Just a host role or a match v Cena (though the dirt sheets are hinting at Rock v Vince).
I also imagine that a big concern for them as well is how the crowd will react to Cena, they’ve had countless opportunities to push the button on a heel turn during the Nexus storyline but never run with it for fear of losing their chief moneymaker.
Going up against the Great One could well result in the fans drowning out the loyal 5 year olds and a cacophony of boos for Cena everytime he promos against Rock.

Enforcer wrote:I agree, once The Rock started laying into Cena I expected him to come out and at the very least stand toe to toe with the great one. The fact that some of the crowd were booing The Rock at when he laid into Cena could have made for an epic standoff in the Hogan/Rock mould....and hopefully acted as a precursor to one of the true dream WM matches left.

E,

I actually thought they were booing Cena, not the Rock?

DT - Yeah there's got to be some kind of response from Cena to that, and that's probably how they'd go about it.

KB - I'm with Enforcer on this one, it seemed to me like there was a portion of the crowd that weren't too sure about the Rock was ripping into Cena (and I don't mean just the kids).

Hero - I get what you're saying about them not wanting John Cena to get booed but why have ANY confrontational interaction between the 2 at all? Whatever their personal views of each other, the Rock could have gone out there & not mentioned John Cena. Hell, he could have endorsed him. By having the Rock run his mouth about Cena they were always running the risk of Cena being booed.

I think it’ll be very interesting next week on RAW to see what the reaction is to Cena and how many fans begin a ‘Rocky! Rocky!’ chant. Also if Cena acknowledges the Rock’s promo and if the Rock will continue to turn up each week upto Mania or will it be like Bret last year and just the occasional appearance.

I've got a feeling that the Rock won't be there next week.

Most likely there'll be some sort of confrontation between the winner of the Elimination Chamber match (Cena) and the WWE champion (The Miz) to set up the Wrestlemania main-event () so I reckon they'll hold off on any Cena/Rock interaction until the RAW before Wrestlemania or at the big one itself.

Maybe we'll have Cena out in the ring about to respond to the Rock when he's interrupted by the Miz giving it the old "Never mind the Rock, you'd better start concentrating on me pal, we're going nose to nose & toes to toes at Wrestlemania ya bam!" schtick.

Slightly off topic but i would put money on there being a Stone Cold/Rock moment at WM27, with Austin hosting the Tough Enough series and it also being 10 years since there most famous match!

Oh yeah Tough Enough starts the night after Mania doesn't it? Good shout KB.

Just wondering if we'll get an Austin & Rock passing the torch to John Cena moment, an extension of the 2009 Hall of Fame ceremony where Stone Cold and Cena shared a beer?

God I hope not!

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:Oh yeah Tough Enough starts the night after Mania doesn't it? Good shout KB.

Just wondering if we'll get an Austin & Rock passing the torch to John Cena moment, an extension of the 2009 Hall of Fame ceremony where Stone Cold and Cena shared a beer?

God I hope not!

I would stop watching WRASSLING for good if that was the case. Well at least for a while.

i think in a promo between the 2 guys Cena would not fare that badly. as long as he cut out the cheesy cr8p and was intense, i think he would still get alot of cheers as newer fans will most likely prefer him to the rock. i also think this could raise cena's game immensely, he can cut a good promo. i for one would love to see this fued.

I think if John Cena was allowed to cut loose then he could be a match for the Rock, not saying Cena would be better than him, but it wouldn't be as lopsided a slanging match as if the Rock cut a promo like Monday night and Cena returned fire with a 'poopy' promo.

When he mentioned John Cena and taking him on, did you hear someone in the crowd shout, "Thankyou Rock!" :606laugh:

I loved the fact he ripped Cena, someone needed to do it and get a good response from the crowd, who better to do it than The Rock. And reading the interview Cena gave The Sun a few years back he was totally disrespectful

First time poster so please go easy on me

I love them both but i really don't want them to destroy each other (kayfabe).

They are who they are to me and i can see them either fueding with promos or even having a match, doubt it though.

I can imagine some sort of show down between them at some point at least

Welcome to the board Miky!

What do you reckon, should Cena have been given a chance to cut a promo back on the Rock or at least do SOMETHING instead of sitting on his bum in the back?

And what do you make of his tweet, does he come across as looking a bit weak by saying it's good that the Rock had fun at his expense?

Y2 - that's a fairly redundant question. Miky LOVES Cena - no way he's going to say he looks weak :606laugh:

This must be Miky's biggest fantasy - a feud between Cena and Rock.

Welcome to the board Miky

Good point DT! It's a win-win for him! :606laugh:

If i'm honest i would love them to have a few Promos and if Cena were to defend himself he wouldn't have to try and own The Rock there are so many options regarding what story to go with.