It ain’t easy wearing green these days for John Cena, who just can’t
seem to catch a break since losing his Once in a Lifetime clash against
The Rock at WrestleMania XXVIII. Ever since that night, Cena’s life has
been a cyclical nightmare of beatdowns at hands of Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar
didn’t step into the ring on Raw SuperShow in London, but Cena’s night
didn’t get any better when he fell victim to the green mist of Lord
Tensai in an Extreme Rules Match orchestrated by EVP of Talent Relations
and Raw and SmackDown GM John Laurinaitis.
Not only did he lose that match, but the mysterious spray blinded the
Cenation Leader and he had to be helped to the locker room area by WWE
officials. (WATCH)
All this considered, then, is this John Cena’s worst month ever?
The
Cenation Leader has been through tough times before – his mantra is
“Never Give Up,” after all, and one doesn’t adopt that code without
having faced some adversity in life – but he’s never looked quite as
much the underdog as he has against Lesnar these past few weeks. And
he’s never quite looked as helpless as he was after Tensai robbed him of
his sight on Raw SuperShow.
So, how did we get here?
Cena’s current woes can probably be traced back to the moment during WrestleMania
when, with The Rock all but beaten, he attempted to administer The
People’s Elbow instead of covering The Great One for the three-count. It
was an uncommonly hubristic move on Cena’s part, and it cost him the
match he’d sworn for months he could not lose. (ROCK-CENA PHOTOS) The
following night on Raw SuperShow, though clearly disappointed, Cena
offered to swallow his pride and shake Rock’s hand. Instead, he got a
surprise return by Brock Lesnar and an F-5. (WATCH) And the rest, as they say, is history.
The
strange thing is, Cena hasn’t lost any of his old fire. He defiantly
slapped Lesnar across the face the next week on Raw SuperShow, held his
own in the brawl that cleaned out the locker room, and made quick work
of Laurinaitis’ associate, David Otunga, the same evening. And yet, he
still fell to another F-5 at the end of the night. (PHOTOS)
To top it off, Cena and Lesnar will meet again next week, for their
official contract signing. Given the history of how those sit-downs tend
to unravel, there's a strong chance physicality will rear its head yet
again for the Cenation Leader.
There’s no denying that Cena has a
target on his back, and not just the typical one from the boobirds who
want to see him falter. Laurinaitis is out to replace him with Lesnar,
to “legitimize” WWE
and erase Cena from the picture entirely. Cena knows as much, as he
always has whenever the deck is stacked against him. But perhaps this
time it’s different. Maybe this time, even for a Superstar like Cena,
“rising above” is easier said than done.
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