In 2008, John Cena
shocked everybody by returning way before time from his tricep injury.
That might have been the very last time that he did something shocking.
Cena returned back from another career threatening injury this past
week. He was supposed to be out for four to six months but returned
after two.
He has been in a not-so-spectacular match with Alberto Del Rio
which was supposed to just hand over the title to Cena to show how he
has defied all odds and he is what everyone thinks he is- SuperCena.
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler went on and on singing his praises. The
WWE was so hellbent on making Cena look like Superman that they made a
good heel commentator like JBL to proclaim that he was wrong.
If that was not enough, he defeated Damien Sandow
in a spectacular opening match on Raw. Sandow’s championship
opportunity with the Money In The Bank is now void. The champ is back,
so everybody should get back to being buried by their towering champion.
Cena informed the fans on Raw that he is back for good and that he’ll
be on every house show that has been announced and he’ll also be back
on Smackdown. The World heavyweight Champion belongs to Smackdown, not
that brand differentiation has been any good or essential in recent
times. This means that Cena will be back on Raw and Smackdow. He’ll be
working twice the amount he was working before he got injured. This
would mean two things.
One, Cena is going to wrestle twice a week to show hoe superhuman he
is and let the audience believe in his abilities. Two, as Orton and
Bryan continue their main event story, someone needs to be on Smackdown
to take the place which those two acquired months before Summerslam
transpired.
This makes Cena the perfect tool for Smackdown’s promotion. Given
that Raw and Smackdown numbers have been on a record low, his presence
might help the sinking ships.
Right now, John Cena is the World heavyweight Champion and Randy Orton
is the WWE Champion. Two superstars who have been pushed the most by
the company in the past decade or so. The company might be doing this to
get back up in the numbers.
Hopefully, the company can build another superstar or push another superstar who can take their place soon.