why was cena hated? imagine rewatching an episode of anything over and over again for years with basically no change, that was cena for around 10 years

Not to mention that the hate for Roman Reigns was bigger than Cena's People stopped hating on Cena cause they started hating on Roman

Super Cena was why a lot of Attitude Era fans stopped watching WWE for good. I remember switching to TNA completely after 2008 and then stopped watching wresting in general, in 2011.

One inaccuracy from this video was “the rock destroying cena in the promos during the once in a lifetime feud”. Actually Cena’s promos were excellent. And showed that the rock was away from the wrestling industry for too long. The famous “I don’t need to write my promos on my wrist” piece

This is just a hunch, he's adored now (a decade later) because the fans that booed him left WWE because of its poor quality; and he is cheered because the kids that loved him are now the current majority of the WWE's young-adult fans that buys the tickets.

Probably the worst thing Cena did was burying the Nexus. Jericho pushed for the Nexus to go over but it was unfortunate that Cena buried them

Cena not turning heel was one of the biggest mistakes creative did during his full time run

It has gone down to one man who always refused to turn Cena heel and that’s Old Man Vince.

So happy that Stephanie was so impressed by Cena's ability to spit bars.

The turning point for the crowd respecting Cena was 100% his feud with AJ Styles and Styles winning at SummerSlam clean.

He is hardly the most hated. I’ve never liked his gimmick, but i say it from a grown person’s point of view. I can see why kids of that era loved him. He was the Hulk Hogan of his time. Politically in the lockeroom, he was probably no worse than Randy Orton, Batista, or Triple h.

I find this so funny because growing up during his rise and seeing him as a kid even though he wasn't my favorite he was all my friends favorite without competition. Looking back as an adult I can see why older people found him and his push corny.

I really liked him during his ‘Doctor of Thuganomics’ gimmick. Hated everything that came afterwards.

I remember starting to like Cena when the divided crowds were chanting "Let's go Cena - Cena sucks" and John joining in with a smirk on his face.

A feud with Kevin Federline is the most WCW thing I've ever heard!

Ryback was never promising, he was dangerous

If I didn’t know better I’d think that Super Cena was a 2000s/2010s reboot of Hulk Hogan.

Let Cena win the title again. Fans will boo him so fast. Because we can say we want the old stars on top again but, then hate on it when one of them takes it too far.

I’m surprised this video didn’t get into his affair with Mickie James while she was engaged to a wrestler named Kenny Dysktra. He allegedly had her sent to Smackdown after.

John Cena is the Poochie of the WWE he's one of the main reasons why alot of us stopped watching. Most of the attitude era fans left and watched either UFC or TNA at the time. Alot of kids that are young adults now from the PG era are probably nostalgic for the guy. To me Cena's reign of terror is a million times worst then HHH's at least back then the product was still good.

This is why I find it so odd when I hear people call Cena the GOAT, etc... like uhh the guy that we all booed for years? lol wtf

I don't think John Cena was overshadowed by the rock

Cena embodied the RA era and shift to PG

John Cena has got to be the first face of WWE that didn't succumb to the peer pressure of fans wanting them to turn heel...The Rock during his initial run with WWE knew when it was time to be a face and when it was time to switch it up and turn heel...

I love Cena as a kid I hate Cena as a teenager I respect Cena as an adult Honestly, I don't think Cena deserved all the hate that he got, after all, that man is just doing his job and that's it.

One word = Overpushed

I never understood why there were fans who hated Cena. But I understand why now.

The biggest problem I always had with John was his matches were always booked as if he was an underdog- the infamous set up where he'd get his ass kicked for most of the match, then hit the five moves of doom and win. But of course he wasn't remotely an underdog because he almost always won. You can't have it both ways. His character worked so much better towards the end because he actually had plenty of losses.

Cena was not overshadowed by The Rock at all hell Cena won the battle of promos head to head.

I been WAITING FOR THIS ONE, especially bc I thought it would be impossible for someone to hate someone else more than cena, and then Roman happened……….

The fans that boo him became parents and realized how huge of a impact he had.

Truly a bizarre career. Huge cheers as a heel and big boos as a face

Regardless of the hate he was the top merch seller of his era and he still put asses in seats as people wanted to see him lose and he kept winning. Cena was good for business.

I never thought the wwe universe actually hated cena. He got a rise out of them and that engagement with the fans really helps the experience when you go to a wwe event it’s why it’s fun. I think now that hes gone they appreciate him more for what he brought when he was with the wwe full time

What annoyed me the most about him is the fact that he went from wannabe ghetto (which was funny) to a caricature that all of a sudden we're supposed to take seriously. It went down hill from there.

there were several other things why i was annoyed by cena: 1. some of his backstage politics in derailing pushes for alex riley and kenny. 2. the wrestlemania 33 engagement 3. not jobbing to brock lesnar in 2012 upon brock's return. 4. not selling the beating he got from brock lesnar at summerslam 2014.

Feel like they missed a huge Mark turning cena heel nothing else was going on at the time and cena turning heel would of brought back fans he turned off from the product, imo would have been equivalent to Hogan turning heel in 96

Cena was literally my favorite wrestler as a kid lmao

I was a huge Cena fan growing up and I never understood the hate he got. As an adult, I kinda understand why granted I feel most of the hate Cena got came from smarks. The hate Cena got for burying the Nexus was warranted though.

I was so sick of seeing him with a title every time we saw him.

Outside of the hardcores booing him on TV and PPV. He sold tickets, sold PPVs, drew TV ratings, and, the most important, sold merchandise. Hence no heel turn and why he was pushed so hard until Hollywood became an option.

If you're as old as me. You will know that the hate for Cena actually started in 2005 because some fans thought his face turn soften up his "Thugonamics" gimmick, which is the gimmick that made him over to begin with. His "5 moves of doom" as a criticism was just something they latched on to, to make their critiscism looked legitimate. His in reality, Cena has always been solid in the ring, the "5 moves of doom" was just what some of his haters named for his comeback spots, which literally every legend who has been a babyface in their careers has had in their own arsenal of moves.

Cena was a corporate made Frankenstein. WWE was the only mainstream wrestling we had after wwe killed all competition. So, even though many found him unwatchable compared to golden era, or attitude era stars, there was a whole new generation of kids and adults that latched on to him because he was the unbeatable top guy. He was sanitized to the public as a squeaky clean hero that could be marketed broadly without ruining any commercial investments due to controversy. He is like marvel movies, but in wrestling. Not trying to insult intelligence, or tastes, but there is a large portion of the public that can only be fed simple black and white content that doesn't take much to comprehend. Cena filled this bland void, and everyone else who disliked him had to just endure it.

The spinning belt was rad.

I stopped watching WWE regularly around 2003 and only re-started in 2022. I’ve gone back in time to catch up. But it sounds like the Cena - Roman (Big Dog) era were dark times.

When John Cena first arrived in the WWE the crowd didn't know who he was and he was still using his OVW Prototype gimmick

I actually loved that spinning belt lol

I am from the Cena era. He was the hulk hogan in our generation. He is still very fondly remembered by this generation

When Cena became the face of the WWE, I stopped watching wrestling all together. Havent watched it since.

The trouble with John Cena was that he never changed as in. You never became a bad guy after 2003, he was always a good guy, and the irony of that is I think he knew that but he refused to change is gimmick or WW never let him change his gimmick so he just ran with it and I could say this to John Cena fan from 2005 to 2010 I was a huge John Cena fan But even I wanted him to become a bad guy I love the Sam Hunt versus John Cena feud. I thought that struck gold with CM Punk but look how that turned out in anyway you’ll to bananas when John Cena ever again fitting with the Roman reigns lots of people bird, Roman reigns and shit for John Cena because rains was doing the exact same Cena dead for years being shove down everyone else’s throat as a good guy. When all they wanted to do was boo. Him and Cena evening knowledge this which was brilliant so ironically, I think Cena redemptive self as far back as 2015, 2016, simply because he finally acknowledged and excepted why the fans hated in for all those years and now look at Roman reigns is the top heel in WWE right now. Yes he’s one of the most over and loved bad guys in the business

He's cheered now because he's one of a small amount of stars still left from when WWE was at its best. Compared to the blandness we've got now be must be a hero

"Was" wow, the Cena hate from the late 2000s/early 2010s is officially in the past. Crazy to make that realization. I used to boo the shit out of Cena, lol

Cena was pushed over and over again because of his good mic skills, yes he wasn't the most talented athlete back then but imagine cutting promos with Brock Lesnar who was a good athelete but couldn't cut good promos without Paul Heyman. WWE always cared about selling promos to build up a story line of the fued so it was really important to have someone with good mic skills.

I had always preferred the heels, except Undertaker and Batista. So the fact that he was steamrolling all of them kinda left me steamed.

John Cena is top 5 all time his career went exactly how is should have. Check his stats bruh

Great video :D I clocked out of it all around the end of ECW and missed almost all of "super Cena"'s run, thankfully. I'm still not fully back in to it, but I don't dislike Cena at all, I guess its cuz I was lucky enough to miss the bombardment of him lol. I would watch any match presented with him in it and expect a good show, though I will reserve the right to say it was crap after seeing it :D.

Man Triple H really sucks to want to fire Cena for nothing. Also I grew up with this period of Cena and I must of blanked on the negativity outside of the One night stand pay per view and didn't understand the hate till post 2010.

What made it all worse was that Cena kept on being forced down the fans throats even after fans made it clear to him and Vince that they didn’t want him anymore.

John Cena was great as the Dr. of Thuganomics.

I wasn't big on him, I guess he was pushed too many times, he coulda been more like a stone cold, or a more convincing heel. The booking with him also was an issue too.

Him as the face of the company was the time I fell out of love with wrestling and realized I was no longer the target audience. The all-conquering "Hustle, Loyalty & Respect" aka "Drink you milk and take your vitamins my little Hulkamaniac's", goody two shoes face hadn't been interesting since the late 80's/early 90's. The Attitude Era (yes, I know) where Austin could run-in and brawl with 20 guys, but his title always felt in jeopardy by way of various shenanigans, or The Rock could turn against the audience at the flip of the coin, that unpredictability changed the expectations of a face imo. Also Kurt Angle at times being a parody of that goody two shoes face showed how obnoxious it can be. Cena was definitely a workhorse, and the ideal company man, but it just wasn't interesting, especially considering he got over in the 1st place because his heel character which was so not that. But for all the legend shouts, and "God-tier psychology" I found Orton boring as sin as well.

Cena is my favorite Wrestler of all time his company guy never give up schtick helped me during tough times as a kid and I really think his US title run changed ppls opinion of him as he helped elevate newer and fresher talent, showed he could be a work rate guy and elevated the title and as his appearances become rarer many more fans appreciate him but even I can't deny his formulaic booking as a whole and holting of ppls momentum pushed ppl away from WWE

I still hate him. I still hate everyone discussed in this series, especially HHH and Hogan.

i remember cenas early reign really well. he was hated by adult hardcore fans all throughout . it wasn’t until wm 22 when he face triple h that wwe acknowledged the boos. however , on raw every weeek, you couldn’t hear the boos. it wasn’t until much later that the boos and cheer were 50 50

The spinning belt was awesome

He bounced back because the people who booed him stopped watching.

Alot of inaccuracy in this video. Cena gave wade barret the win at hell in a cell 2010. No way rock beat cena in the mic. Rock is better but in their feud he felt boring and childish.

We needed at least one heel run for Cena at the top

If a man makes over 300 make a wish comes true i give a fuck about why someone don't like him. Can't hate this guy. Life is bigger then wrestling.

Uhhhhhhhh Cena between 2004 to 08 he was HIGHLY well liked. Especially with his feuds with Edge, Kurt, and JBL

Top guys rarely eat pins but I think the problem was necessarily Cena winning all these matches, most notably bray and Nexus, it was the fact that his opponents came out of these programs looking far worse. You don’t have to cripple one guy to make sure another keeps rising.

Cenas feud with umaga was underrated looking back

John cena is the goat ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🐐.

Jericho has a great kind for Pro wrestling! He should be writing for WWE. He’s the antithesis of hhh who wanted to win, as if winning was actually winning in real life, whereas Jericho is happy to lose and even be humiliated like he was when they carried him out kicking and screaming.

I am a fan of your work and connected with this channel from the start but the problem is that there is so much time gap between the videos...I hope you will soon take appropriate steps about this...Atleast make it 2 in a week...

One of the reasons I stopped watching wrestling over 10 years ago was the tired, oversaturation of super Cena. Thuganomics Cena was so much better. At least he had an edge.

This is crazy I remember when he was champ everyone I knew loved cena Right before he came out with the marine movie Didn’t know the hate was this bad for him As far as I know he was always the hero face in wrestling 🤷🏻‍♂️

The SuperCena push is what ran fans off...They would build up a guy to be a star...Just for cena to conquer them...Even Bray Wyatt wasn't spared....Cena could be considered by the term...Industry Plant most definitely...But it all happened after Cena first title run..

I was never ever able to get over the cringe of him being a rapper

His initial push from 2005-2008 was tolerable but his 2008-2013 push was definitely terrible.

How can you hate a man you can't see?

why is that belt in the thumbnail floating?

People hated him, but later on everyone missed him.bcoz he was a good babyface. & ofcourse useless roman reigns

I kind of find it comical that hardline AEW fans will actively mock Cena for his limited in-ring ability. While yeah, I do agree to an extent, but I counter by saying that Cena's character and reputation did more to feeding WWE's bottom line than anyone in AEW ever has thus far. The irony is that AEW is giving exactly what these hardliners want (an emphasis on flashy wrestling spots), and yet they are STILL unhappy about it. I guess with the benefit of hindsight, one really has to know how to separate the man from the character he plays. Look, I am not excusing Cena for his backstage politicking, but the man is sincere about entertaining his audiences, judging by the number of Make-A-Wish requests he has granted. Say what you want about his limited in-ring capability, but never deny that he cannot act or play a role well, cause if you have never seen his "Doctor of Thuganomics" gimmick, you are either biased or ignorant. The real source of hate should be on WWE's management, specifically Vince, since he was the one who makes the final decisions on everything. He neglected to build other superstars up cause he thought people would forever eat out of Cena's bowl (in fairness, he is not wrong, but WWE could have had more revenue streams if they did not put all their eggs in the Cena bowl). He's the one who refuses to build on Cena's character when Cena himself wants to freshen up. I have to wonder if part of the hate for Cena stems from jealousy, cause some of the arguments I heard seem to be projection.

@6:45 is one of the most 80's images I've ever seen 😮

Cena going over Jericho in a loser leaves town match hurt him. Also babyfaces before then like Austin and Rock had short title reigns

Cena is the reason why i stopped watching WWE. In 2011 i just couldnt take it anymore

I'm sure before he became Champion John Cena wanted to make it to the top but to stay on top for that long I believe was entirely Vince McMahon's idea. He desperately wanted another Hulk Hogan. Cena was over for the kids and let's be honest a few females/guys for sensual reasons. But he was well beloved as a mid card talent. John Cena had range and he could not really be as flexible as he wanted to as a babyface.

Cena was the reason I quit watching WWE the first time.

i grew up in ruthless aggression era and onward my childhood heroes (in no order) were always cm punk,edge and jeff hardy

Im kind of glad I missed the Cena era lol. I stopped watching wrestling around 2003-04. Kind of got back into it around 2013ish to witness the Yes! Movement. Starting in 2022, I began watching regularly again.

He Never Got Any Better

Up yours; Cena's awesome!!

People forget that cena got suped over to begin with as a heel dr thuganomics. If i was part of wwe in 2007-2008 i would have him revert back to that to keep him fresh but they didnt and he became generic

I respected Cena. And most of the hate he got wasn't his doing. They pretty much couldn't create main eventers. They had a really talented rooster but they didn't creatively make them over with fans. Cena was clear that his audience would be children plus WWE was in the PG era.

John cena was amazing wrestler back in the days

Roman Reigns makes him look a million times better.

How can you disrespect the Spinner belt, when that dropped the whole world went crazy. Those things stayed sold out all toy stores.

Man it's so weird and funny to hear that WWE fans boooed and were annoyed with Cena, as a kid me and my classmates loved Cena and we wanted to see nothing but him winning over and over and over again 😆. We didn't gave a fuck, we wanted to see Cena win godamn it!😂

This is why I enjoy the mid card guys actually more than what they typically evolve into as the face of the company when becoming a main champion. Its like they gave Cena the rap gimmick to get him over with fans and then stripped him of it a few years later just because he became the face of the company. His transition from the rap thug to the babyface champion on Raw happened literally overnight. It felt more like he was playing a whole different character than the one that got him over.