Actually, the real reason is that he is Bob Backlund (the original gimmick, from 1978 to 1986)all over again. too white bread for this era, to much of a nice guy, not credible. heel him for a spell, give him an edge, and he'll get over
Posted By: JP61 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 05:46 PM
Can't wrestle, been in main event for too long, shitty comedy promo's, Can't wrestle for SHIT, SELLS for no-one and has instant superhuman comebacks that belittle the business, stupid ring attire, etc, etc.
Posted By: Guest#5427 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 05:48 PM
That about sums it up.
Everyone of those.
Posted By: Yup (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 05:58 PM
All of the above
Posted By: Gorsty (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:02 PM
- Tired of his gimmick
I can get behind.
- Think he's Hulk Hogan all over again
Without DOUBT!
- Think he hogs the spotlight
I think this is more an office thing than a Cena thing. We've never once heard about him throwing a fit about something he has had to do. He's always in the main event because Vince wants him there. He doesn't (as far as is known) have any kind of booking power, ala Triple H, Undertaker.
- Feel he can't wrestle
Big fat lie and I really hate that argument.
Posted By: Guest#8575 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:06 PM
He CAN wrestle, he steps up majorly when he has a big-time match usually.
Posted By: Guest#9312 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:09 PM
cena laughs at you haters all the way to the bank.
Posted By: Guest#0697 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:12 PM
no. nobody hates cena. they hate his gimmick WWE has for him.
Posted By: Guest#3538 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:13 PM
They just now figured that out? duhhhh
Posted By: Nature Boy Buddy Rogers (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:18 PM
it is his gimmick
does he hog the spotlight? sure but he is the top draw
he has proven he can wrestle
Posted By: HG (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:27 PM
The "hate" for Cena, if someone wants to make the rational case, is simple:
-The organic growth and development of the 'John Cena' character, that had Cena at near universal support from the audience, was shunted, in a Vinnie Mac effort to re-create his "1980's Hulk Hogan".
Cena, as a potential crossover star, was beginning to hit that peak, with his work on Smackdown. Vince got antsy and hotshotted the changeover, to RAW, but things could've still been salvaged. The feud with Kurt Angle was Exhibit A, as to how Cena's first year, or two, should've been on the A-show.
Run Cena against the resident top stars, acknowledge that Cena, though likely champ, was not yet up to that upper level, and then have Cena, through trials and tribulations, and some failings, eventually overcome said star, showing the audience that John Cena, the scrappy kid from West Newberry, MA, was getting better and better, becoming an even brighter star.
You had Jericho, HBK, and HHH, all on hand, to program with Cena, and you could've paced that, likely over 2-3 years, in a way that would've kept the audience with Cena. Oh well.
Still, for a lot of the clowns on sites, like this one, the bulk of the 'hate' for Cena is that he's not a "cool heel", since, as folks seem to believe, you ought to only cheer for the heels. Fml
Posted By: scipio2009 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:28 PM
That sums it up!
Posted By: D. (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:41 PM
Because he was the next big Superstar that followed the proven mold of "heel people want to cheer" that catapulted Austin and Rock to fame. People liked Austin as a heel, so they brought the WWE back to life financially with him as a face. They loved Rock as a heel, so they shot the company into billion-dollar territory with him as a face. They loved Cena as a heel, but somewhere he went from being the next in line behind Austin and Rock to being the next in line behind Hulk Hogan, and you couldn't do that after successfully marketing towards teenagers and adults for six years.
The backlash you see now is from older fans, and that's why. The newer fans will eat any shit sandwich WWE gives them, like Hogan or Warrior, but the older fans, especially after having a taste of a WWE that catered to them, hate the idea of a Superman that's shoved down their throats until they are shitting denim turds.
"Tired of his gimmick"
Older fans want the Cena that they originally accepted back in 2002. Fans then would have never popped for this version of Cena, thus the WWE would have never pushed him in the first place. It's a bait and switch tactic, actually.
"Think he's Hulk Hogan all over again"
Pretty much. He comes back from the dead more than the Undertaker, hits three moves and wins. He's even built this was in WWE games, which is ridiculous.
"Think he hogs the spotlight"
Well, he does, but this as well as pretty much everything else isn't Cena's fault, it's the boring, stale WWE's, and that's something they'll never address in a million years. You'll never see a poll that asks "Is WWE pushing Cena too hard?"
"Feel he can't wrestle"
This isn't a problem for a lot of people. Rock was no better than Cena is, and he was universally loved or hated in the proper "let's buy a ticket to see Rocky die" fashion.
Posted By: Engel (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:43 PM
I don't hate the guy, I'm just tired of the way his character is written. How often can the odds REALLY be stacked against someone who is a 10 time world champion and can nearly single-handedly defeat the entire roster of RAW? I can't even take this angle with Kane seriously, because how long has it been since Kane was a legitimate threat on RAW? Sure he was champ on SmackDown, but look at his opponents. And what has Kane done to begin this angle? Beat up Cena after a match, stalk Zack Ryder (who while being US Champ, doesn't have much credit yet), and had silly promos about embracing "the hate" that is less about pure loathing and more about boredom.
Posted By: Cactus (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:48 PM
Some people scare me how much they hate Cena, almost like he killed their family. Seriously, look up some Youtube videos, it's like there's a personal vendetta.
Anyway, I don't mind Cena, I think he can wrestle and he has charisma, but if there's three things I don't like:
1. His jokes
2. His character inconsistencies
3. How he's unbeatable without some shenanigans.
All three are more to blame on the writers, not him except maybe 1 depending on how much he's ablibbing.
Posted By: Guest#1132 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:53 PM
He's like Hulk with half the charisma, and he wrestles on tv every week and main events almost every pay per view, of which there are now 13 a year compared with 1-4 back in Hogan's prime.
Posted By: Guest#5286 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:54 PM
John Cena hogs the spotlight and he's constantly shoved down our throats like Hulk Hogan all over again. That's WHY people hate him.
That being said, I DO think Cena's a bit underrated in the ring though. He KNOWS how to tell a good story and put on a good match with most opponents. And his gimmick, while not necessarily "cool", has evolved here and there as it's needed to over time. And should he SNAP and Turn Heel one day, believe me, the fans will LOVE it.
Posted By: Guest#2422 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:57 PM
The first reason I can understand, as for the others: he's 1000 times the performer Hogan was, he's not hogging anything because Punk is the top storyline and Cena is nowhere near it, and finally he can wrestle just fine
Posted By: Bill (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:00 PM
Where's the 'He has the world's worst writers writing for him' reason?
Oh, they probably wrote the article. Never mind.
Posted By: Pwnage (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:03 PM
Can't blame him for something the writers are doing, so mine is tired of the gimmick and can't wrestle. Can always predict when his matches are coming to an end:
duck clothesline, shoulder block, shoulder block, spinning power bomb, five knuckle shuffle, AA or STFU
Posted By: Guest#9843 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:05 PM
I don't hate you John..
Posted By: Guest#6356 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:07 PM
All of the above?
Posted By: Guest#8615 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:15 PM
Wow, they're actually aware of these reasons and trying to make sense of it this, in addition to using this in storylines. Hope they don't just write this off or use it as fuel for Cena to peddle his cheesy "rise above hate" gimmick even more as a raspberry to the IWC.
Posted By: Guest#8608 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:25 PM
The biggest problem is that he *can* wrestle, he just isn't allowed to. His match with Punk at MITB was his best match in years. It was like watching Hogan's Japan matches, where suddenly he knows what the hell he's doing in the ring.
Posted By: Spaz Monkey (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:29 PM
I hate how he acts like he's an honorary member of every single military division.
Posted By: Guest#0042 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:32 PM
shit. I'm surprised they would do this.
Posted By: Guest#9936 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:34 PM
jealousy
Posted By: Guest#2379 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:43 PM
WWE knows why obviously and love jerking the haters around. It's so obvious.
People pay to cheer for Cena
People pay to boo Cena
WWE makes money
Posted By: THE TRUTH (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:45 PM
My thing with Cena is that he needs to freshen up his character ASAP.Whether it'd be a heel turn,more darker tone,crazy renegade, SOMETHING. Hes been the same guy at the same spot on the same show for the past 6 years.
Also the hate with Cena began with him selling out on the fans. He went from a cool rebel that people loved, to Hulk Hogan Lite. That change began after he won the WWE title for the first time and when he got moved to RAW and got pushed super hard thats when the fans started to turn on him.
If the WWE would of let him still be that bad boy, rebel that people fell in love with, they wouldnt have this problem today.
Posted By: Don (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:46 PM
Overexposure.
Posted By: Guest#7129 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:54 PM
change in fans>change in booking
Posted By: The Great Capt. Smooth (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:11 PM
good guy in real life. hella cheezy persona. oh yeah and jean shorts. thats why I hate him.
Posted By: seandroid (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:35 PM
"basement dwelling IWC smarks who only cheer the heels".
Can we please end this bullshit meme? Hogan fucking sucked. Flair was the god damned man and Curt Hennig ruled.
It isn't about booing faces and cheering heels, it's about cheering who we want to. And if Vince doesn't like it, he can go back to Stalingrad and take his 1st Amendment hating ass with him.
Posted By: Guest#5091 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:42 PM
He's just stale, Cena first became a legit main eventer in what? '05? So imagine if Austin or Rock who made it big in '98 were still main eventing up until 2005 and onward.
Posted By: Guest#2130 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:42 PM
All those things are true, but I have to say that I gained a lot of respect for the him after the way he put over CM Punk during the "Summer of Punk". Cena is kind of boring to me but there is no doubt he is a great "company guy", a good co-worker and a hard worker in general. You never hear about him throwing fits backstage or using his influence to hold younger guys down.
Posted By: Guest#8690 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:46 PM
I like him when he was a heel. However his corny white guy trying to sound black voice doesn't fit him and he's just so corny. Can't stand his ring attire either.
Posted By: mmphhh (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:49 PM
I love Cena. I hate the people that book him and write for him.
Posted By: Guest#4733 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:59 PM
It's nice to see so many well-constructed and thoughtful criticisms in this thread without all of the brainless clutter and name calling that usually shows up. Kudos to most of you.
Posted By: Guest#7056 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 09:49 PM
- Disgruntled, lonely men are jealous of his popularity with women.
Posted By: Zandig (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 09:52 PM
WWE knows why obviously and love jerking the haters around. It's so obvious.
People pay to cheer for Cena
People pay to boo Cena
WWE makes money
Posted By: THE TRUTH (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 07:45 PM
u are more like the false.
Posted By: Guest#4737 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 09:57 PM
He can wrestle, but his STYLE is a joke. He's too "bouncy". Look at when he slams someone, for example, he always jumps afterward. Or a clothesline, he sort of "springs" afterward. In a FIGHT, you're not going to move like you're swimming & all fluid-like. He looks like he's doing performance art.
Also, wear wrestling boots. It's another thing that looks stupid, to wear cross trainers in the ring.
I do give Cena credit for being a very hard-worker and doing seemingly WHATEVER is asked of him, even on days off, but the character is so dull to anyone over the age of 16.
Posted By: RDog (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 10:48 PM
Proof that wrestling fans are idiots.
Posted By: Guest#2743 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 10:52 PM
People don't hate Cena
Posted By: 420 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 10:53 PM
All the above........
Posted By: Jason (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 10:53 PM
wow!! did wwe give the the tards alot of ammo or what!!!! speaking for myself and probably a few others i don't hate him, nor do i care if any other idiot has a problem with him either, as long as i'm entertained that's all i care about, FUCK THE E-TARDS!!!!! that attend the house shows or the ones that come here( just like now) that sit behind their laptops or used their IPHONES!! to vent their so-called anger and frustrations, on someone who's doing what his boss tells him to do.
Posted By: nikki (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 10:54 PM
There's a difference between "Can't wrestle", and "Can wrestle but doesn't".
Posted By: heyman fan (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 11:18 PM
I only have too problems with Cena.
1. Always coming over the odds + acting like superman in matches
2. Making lame jokes when he should be upset/angry (like get Rock-bottomed at SS)
Posted By: Bunkhouse Buck (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 11:44 PM
This isn't a problem for a lot of people. Rock was no better than Cena is, and he was universally loved or hated in the proper "let's buy a ticket to see Rocky die" fashion.
Posted By: Engel (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:43 PM
BUT, the key difference between those two is that The Rock was hated in the early stages of his career, but as for Cena, 9 years later, and most are just sick/bored to death of the man.
Posted By: Guest#0947 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:03 AM
Thinks He's Hulk Hogan applies quite nicely I think.
Posted By: TK03000 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:10 AM
They forgot "Think he's corny" & "Think's he's superman and doesn't sell" & "Wears jorts"
Posted By: Guest#9745 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:12 AM
WWE exposing the fanbase that hates Cena is a very smart thing and probably more business savvy than to turn him heel. Look at what's happening with Tim Tebow and the NFL, any one with any football smarts would have predicted that the Pats-Broncos game would be a blowout, yet it probably will set or come close to record ratings. Mainly because of the people that desperately wanted him to win and then there were a lot of people watching to see him lose.
Posted By: Guest#8088 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:22 AM
Too bad one of the options isn't "Forced down peoples' throats." I don't think Cena himself is a spotlight hog--Vince is the one putting Cena out there all the time. I get the feeling that Cena wouldn't mind getting knocked down on the totem pole provided he's still featured on Raw or SD. In all my years of checking out wrestling websites I can honestly say I've never heard of him holding anyone down or being a politicking asshole backstage, unlike Hogan, Triple H, or Nash.
Posted By: Zingy (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:41 AM
He's just stale, Cena first became a legit main eventer in what? '05? So imagine if Austin or Rock who made it big in '98 were still main eventing up until 2005 and onward.
Posted By: Guest#2130 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 08:42 PM
This is so true...Even Austin was given a couple of character reboots (WHAT??)
Posted By: Nicole (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 01:08 AM
Actually, what I don't like about him is that this whole "does he suck or is he good," "boo/yay" thing has basically BEEN his gimmick since about 2005. And that's the thing that's played. It's boring now.
Posted By: Guest#5175 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 03:09 AM
Posted By: scipio2009 (Guest) on January 14, 2012 at 06:28 PM
Your slow build of Cena is the 'Misawa build'. Sub out Triple H, Taker, and Jericho for Stan Hansen, Jumbo Tsursa, and Dory Funk.
I'm fairly sure no one hates Cena the guy. Everyone hates all the little things corporate has control over on Cena. His booking is what most older fans dislike. His booking caters to specifically 1 type of fan, who are not-coincidentally enough their largest market. Children love supermen and guys that win. Children are bigger bandwagon-jumpers than any local sports fan. Cena has to be booked as dominant and constantly winning to continue to appeal to the kids. Do you think that Cena could go on a losing streak and have children still love him? No, children would bail on him and cheer for the next most dominant 'good guy'.
Posted By: Guest#8152 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 04:00 AM
atleast hulk hogan was charismatic and WAS LOVED by fans in his prime unlike cena. in the 1990's, when the crowd starting booing hogan, he reinvented himself as hollywood hogan the heel leader of the nWo and became relevant again.
so stop comparing hogan to cena. hogan knew that when his act was getting stale, he changed his character. fucking cena will never do that, even if he does, it will be a flop.
Posted By: Guest#1570 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 04:42 AM
It isnt the fact he cant wrestle, its the fact he looks like a lego man when he wrestles. His legs are too short, his feet are always planted sideways whenever he does anything like a tilta-whirl backbreaker. He is too bulky to be a fluid wrestler. It looks robotic and clumsy whenever he tries to do anything complex.
Posted By: asda (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 06:19 AM
Nothing to do with wrestling as far as I'm concerned, it's just his shitty gimmick and stale promos.
Posted By: Bubba (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 07:07 AM
because he has been the poster boy for the PG era. the fans that booo him are the attitude era fans that think wrestling should only be catered to them. WAAAAAAAA why cant we have blood, WAAAAAAAAA i want to hear the say ass and hell, WAAAAAAAAA i want the diva to be more sexually portrayed. WAAAAAAAAA leave the kiddy stuff to the cartoons.WAAAAAAAA WAAAAAA WAAAAA. its a pity they dont realise that they are actually acting more childish than the kids that the PG era is supposed to be attracting.
GROW UP.
Posted By: mickbhoy (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 07:35 AM
I will answer not for now. But as of two years ago. Now that it's "cool" to boo him. The trend setter in me is starting to like him for some reason. But prior to it becoming so obvious. Here's why I booed him 2 years ago while all you marks still cheered.
1. He rose too high too fast
2. Hated his pseudo gimmick which are remnants from his rapper phase which I despised.
3. Never liked his work on the mic
4. Always seemed to wrestle the same guys through the same main events. So his feuds were never memorable.
As I said. This is how I felt two years ago. Since his work with sheamus, nexus, and his recent stuff. He's been watchable.
Posted By: Michael (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 11:01 AM
The majority of his matches are the same. Unless he works with someone who can lead him, he can't have a good match on his own. Someone has to take the lead, eg. Cm Punk, Umaga, HBK, Jericho, etc. Daniel Bryan could probably lead him to an amazing match.
Posted By: awsome69 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Hulk Hogan was/is better than John Cena in every single way. That is ridiculous.
Posted By: Jon Caplan of Jenkintown PA (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Oh my God, did some mark actually say John Cena is a better performer than Hulk Hogan??? Wow.
Posted By: BRAIN (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:28 PM
- Tired of his gimmick
Not really - he doesn't really have a 'gimmick' in the normal sense of the word. He's certainly not a funkasaurus.
- Think he's Hulk Hogan all over again
In that he dominates almost everyone on the card and is almost never out of the title picture. But he sells tickets to 99% of the fans, those who aren't the IWC, and he's good business. His domination of the rest of the roster is down to WWE's booking, and is nothing to do with John Cena himself.
- Think he hogs the spotlight
See above. He's given so much time because he sells merch and tickets, and draws ratings. John Cena doesn't push John Cena into the spotlight - the WWE bookers do.
- Feel he can't wrestle
Thing is, he CAN wrestle. That he's had great matches with Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho comes as no surprise. But he also had a great match with Umaga (who isn't a shoddy worker, but is no Shawn Michaels) and a watchable match with THE GREAT KHALI. Anyone who can wrestle The Great Khali and not make it a snoozefest has the science of WWE Sports Entertainment-style wrestling down pat. And not selling? Superman comeback? Again, that's the way he's booked, more than likely not John Cena's decision.
Hate the booking, not the man. He's a hardworking dude, solid in the ring, and does a lot of charity work and promotional stuff for WWE.
Posted By: izotope (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 12:33 PM
The reason I hate John Cena is the same reason I hate the WWE,they're alway's about 10 years behind the times.
Posted By: Guest#4629 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 01:37 PM
He's a horrible ring general, most of his amtches look the same, he's bland, people enjoy underdogs not a guy that dominates every feud he's in. He doesnt sell and cant tell a good in ring story unless with someone who CAN, like Jericho, Michaels, Edge, etc.
Nobody wants to be force fed who to like!
Posted By: JIVE (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 02:03 PM
Yeah that pretty much sums it up those 4 points. I hate also how he gets too corny on interviews and makes lame poop jokes that arent funny. A heel run could do him some good. His character and everything has gone stale.
Posted By: guestfatass (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 03:00 PM
lmao WWE has no idea why people boo Cena.
Posted By: Guest#5219 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 04:56 PM
His matches with orton hbk edge khalia umaga angle hhh jericho cmpunk brock lesnar bobby lashley were all amazing
Posted By: Guest#1839 (Guest) on January 15, 2012 at 05:02 PM
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