Cena is now established!
Thursday, January 4th, 2007Welcome to my pro wrestling blog. There’s one thing I want to address right away.
For a long time, folks who follow pro wrestling have been longing for the return of semi- to fully-retired grapplers like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and even Chris Jericho to light a fire under WWE fans and send the popularity of sports entertainment back into its late-90s/early 2000 stratosphere.
None of that is going to happen. Foley is the most likely to return in a limited role, but even that’s a longshot. Instead, though, something better has happened. A new generation of WWE superstars are showing real promise.
The young talents I am highest on are still gaining momentum. On the RAW brand, I think Edge is close to being major-league and so is Randy Orton. Carlito is a good comic wrestler who’s showing the potential for a bit more. On ECW, CM Punk is the hottest thing going. And one SmackDown, some of the most entertaining moments of the past year have come from Mr. Kennedy and MVP.
But right now, WWE has one bankable superstar who, despite a longterm push that alienated some, has finally put him where he belongs … John Cena finally deserves to stand in the same spotlight of bankable WWE superstars as Austin, The Rock and Hulk Hogan. He’s up there with what Triple H and the Undertaker were in there prime.
Cena is a solid talent, and he’s often the best and sometimes only reason to watch RAW. It’s nice to see a longterm project like Cena finally arrive. Well done, WWE!
