5 Reasons why John Cena is the real People's Champion
John Cena’s career has revolved around his genuine appreciation of the fans For the past decade that he has served as the franchise player of the company, no one has pulled more eyeballs into the product than the Leader of the Cenation. By virtue of his graft and the sanguine demeanor in embracing the grind, John Cena has established himself as the prototype for the perfect WWE superstar.Despite all of the other machinations that make the product tick, every wrestler would attest to the fact that it ultimately boils down to entertaining the fans. In that respect, no other WWE Superstar quite wears his heart on his sleeve or busts his bottom like John Cena, when it comes to performing for the fans.So despite the official moniker of “The People’s Champion” having already been conferred on The Rock, there is a strong case to be made for John Cena to be placed on equal, if not greater pedestal. Here, then, are five reasons why the polarizing John Cena presents the most concrete case to be viewed as the real People’s Champion.
#1 Audience reaction
Whenever John Cena’s theme music hits and he steps out to pander to the crowd, the audience quickly readies itself for war. While one portion of the audience comprising primarily of women and children (by the sound of it) is determined to cheer for him vociferously, the majority of the grown-up masculine demographic is quite happy to drown his fans out with jeers.
Beneath this polarizing dynamic though, there is no debate about the unanimous respect that the man gets. As the commentary team often chooses to remind us, “Love him or hate him – you can’t ignore John Cena!”
While the WWE audience of the lower age demographic understandably buys into the “Super Cena” character more readily, even his chief detractors of a more experienced nature cannot entirely dispel the air of greatness that surrounds the man. Each week he walks out to a predominant chorus of boos, but manages to walk back in to unanimous, rousing ovation.
It is hard to place a finger on why exactly John Cena is so polarizing, but as far as the WWE is concerned, no other full time Superstar has quite engendered the same degree of audience reaction consistently over the last decade.