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May 16th, 2018, 9:37 PM
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The Fall of John Cena
I've been going back and watching Cena stuff from 2005 to relive the crowd turning on him. I'm up to the Jericho match from Summerslam 2005. He definitely gets some boos during his entrance, the crowd is 50/50 during the match. They're not chanting "Cena Sucks" yet, but it's "Let's Go Cena" vs. "Let's Go Jericho."
Who has memories of this time and their feelings as it was going on? There doesn't seem to be one particular moment when the crowd turned on Cena, more of a gradual slide. He got an absolutely gigantic pop when he was drafted from Smackdown. They put him against Christian and Jericho, who were both smart fan favorites. Christian in particular was really hot at the time. They also put him in a feud against Bischoff that was a total rehash of Austin vs. McMahon.
I think they would have been fine if his post-Jericho feud had been better but he ended up in an absolutely terrible program against Angle, who was another smart favorite and having an amazing run of matches. And they kept making the Cena/Angle matches ridiculous stipulations where Cena would still manage to win. That's when the boos really and "Cena Sucks" chants really started.
What does everyone else think about why the crowd turned on Cena?
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May 16th, 2018, 9:50 PM
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