AxB Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Jiji said: A job finding dirt on people mostly, no? You know how when Bob Holly's WWE career was winding down and he was being used as a tv jobber to put over the new talent? His actual job was to make the new kids look good and credible, scoring a win over an establish tough guy. But he somehow decided that he was actually there to instill discipline and respect in the rookies... which he would do by stiffing them, no selling their offence and sandbagging on their big moves. Right up until he decided to not go up for a Brock Lesnar Powerbomb, and got his neck broke. Even if Bix's job wasn't to dig dirt on people, he'd think it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Signed up to Independent Wrestling TV and am going to binge watch/rewatch a ton of old IWA-MS. Already saw Wolfie D and Ox Harley throwing shoot fists at each other and somewhat of a riot breaking out. Wild stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Cena should jump to NJPW and teach Master Wato the Lightning Fist. Or maybe go to DDT or NOAH instead, that would be cool. He could face Jun or Muto. Or to CMLL as Juan Cena. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Web Conn said: Forget AEW if I was New Japan I’d back the Brinks Truck up to Cenas house, then once it’s safe to do so Cena takes the US Belt off of Moxley and then there’s the face of New Japan America. Once you can start touring with live crowds Cena’s involvement would help the venture. No way Cena wrestles in anything but WWE. He wants to go full-time into movies. Why not? He already has had some fun roles. He is legitimately famous and not wrestling famous. I think he has some really good comedy acting chops. I would not by him as an action star like The Rock. But I could easily see him taking on sizable roles in a Judd Apatow-style comedy more than he already has. He won’t be the lead in anything any good. But he will be fine. He would also be good as the “inspirational coach to a ragtag group of underdogs” too. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Seems like a far cry but we do know he'd at least bother to learn the language. Just a far cry? Obviously Cena isn't going anywhere in wrestling that's not WWE, but imagine him and Akiyama teaming up in Noah and challenging for the GHC tag titles as Jun Cena. Edited July 14, 2020 by Edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 For some reason, my daughter really wanted to see that movie with Cena as a firefighter. The theater by my house had a free showing so I took her. It was free and I still feel like I wasted my money. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Playing with Fire is the movie it’s not very good. I know Cena isn’t going anywhere but I’d love to see Cena vs Tanahashi at least once as they are each other’s counterpart in many respects. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Eh in all seriousness he will just do movies and maybe one offs at Wrestlemanias. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, Greggulator said: I think he has some really good comedy acting chops. I would not by him as an action star like The Rock. You say this, but he didn't feel off in those Fast & Furious 9 trailers. 2 minutes ago, D.Z said: Eh in all seriousness he will just do movies and maybe one offs at Wrestlemanias. This is exactly what will happen, but i do so desperately want him to do at least one or two dream matches in overseas feds. I specifically want Tanahashi/Cena. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Sadly, the ultimate dream match of Cena vs Tanahashi isn't much of dream anymore. Cena hasn't been remotely good in ring since his 3 way feud with AJ and Moxley. As for Tanahashi, he can go, but man, it feels more and more like he's just mentally holding himself together like a real life Cable. I think a match between the two COULD be good, but it wouldn't be the amazing match it could have once been with two of the best big match wrestlers ever going at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Cena vs Tanahashi yes admittedly wouldn’t be as good as it would have been 8 years ago but it would still be pretty good. I think the fans would be very forgiving g as they are both two icons and their way out. The match isnt gonna happen but if it was on a big stage like Wrestle Kingdom where there’s already magic in the air. This is all hyperbole but if I could fantasy book anything It would be Tanahashi takes the US belt off Moxley then they build towards Tanahashi Vs Cena at the MSG show with Cena going over then being IWGP United States Champion and the face of New Japan of America. It’s never gonna happen but it would change the North American wrestling landscape. New Japan would have no problem getting a US tv deal with Cena around. Also if Cena was to ever show up in CMLL as Juan Cena he’d have to be in New Balances jorts and a denim mask to match the jorts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, alstein said: DDP just announced on youtube he had COVID. Had or has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 26 minutes ago, Web Conn said: Cena vs Tanahashi yes admittedly wouldn’t be as good as it would have been 8 years ago but it would still be pretty good. I think the fans would be very forgiving g as they are both two icons and their way out. The match isnt gonna happen but if it was on a big stage like Wrestle Kingdom where there’s already magic in the air. This is all hyperbole but if I could fantasy book anything It would be Tanahashi takes the US belt off Moxley then they build towards Tanahashi Vs Cena at the MSG show with Cena going over then being IWGP United States Champion and the face of New Japan of America. It’s never gonna happen but it would change the North American wrestling landscape. New Japan would have no problem getting a US tv deal with Cena around. Also if Cena was to ever show up in CMLL as Juan Cena he’d have to be in New Balances jorts and a denim mask to match the jorts Oh my god, this was my realizing that Moxley still has the US title. I mean, just strip Moxley of the title. He's not going to defend it any time soon. Hell, I don't see it being defended until close to the end of the year or early next year. Maybe Jericho can talk Cena into doing just one match in NJPW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 If Cena dips a toe in the water, I feel like it'll be Jericho all over again where he rediscovers how fun wrestling outside the bubble can be and he'll do more. Of course everyone saying he'll stick to WWE stuff is probably exactly right. It's just fun to imagine a better world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Cena used WWE's resources to learn Mandarin to prepare for his next job in OWE. I've run that game before. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 What if that was Cena’s big scheme all along, to bring pro wrestling to China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I want Cena to go to New Japan or AEW just because him being essentially written off by that Firefly Funhouse match would be an amazing way for Cena's WWE career to end. He's utterly deconstructed as a person/character, destroyed, and literally disappeared. That's the only WWE match that I've seen in four years, and I love it as its own recursive thing. Re: Cena's movie career, it's too bad that major studios don't really invest in romantic comedies anymore, because Cena as the charming buff dude who loses his fiancee to the main character played by a bumbling Topher Grace is probably the best use of him in pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MavsFan77 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Andy in Kansas said: John Cena's WWE contract has expired. Hide contents Yeah like they could afford him. Plus I cant see him offering to job to the guy in that Gif like they’d want him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Psssst, it’s a joke. We all know Cena is a WWE lifer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Just because this all feels coordinated, I'd say there's an outside chance he's leaving wrestling behind to work on a new project with Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Hopefully Cena does what Taker did and get outside bookings and have Vince freak out and give him like $5 million for a single match 3 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 15 minutes ago, MavsFan77 said: Yeah like they could afford him. Plus I cant see him offering to job to the guy in that Gif like they’d want him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Yo @Smelly McUgly have you seen Trainwreck? Cuz what you described is pretty much his role in that movie just swap Topher Grace with Bill Hader and you got the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Hopefully Cena does what Taker did and get outside bookings and have Vince freak out and give him like $5 million for a single match Maybe we could get that double retirement match that's been bandied about. Although I agree that if the Firefly Funhouse is Cena's last match it's an incredible way to go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Stadium Stampede was not cinematic. It was like a bunch of barely stitched together WWF Hardcore Title matches. My cinematic sports entertainment power rankings: 1. Scott Steiner/Josh Mathews vs. Joseph Park/Jeremy Borash 2. The Sting/Cheatum trilogy 3. The Final Deletion The Hardy stuff only works with Jeff, the guy everyone knows is shoot crazy, playing the straight man during all the madness. I haven't gotten around to WrestleMania or MITB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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