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re: Is John Cena The GOAT Wrestler?

Posted on 7/14/16 at 7:45 pm to
Posted by dj30
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 7/14/16 at 7:45 pm to
Finally! The rock! Has come back to tigerdroppings.
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6105 posts
Posted on 7/14/16 at 8:06 pm to
No he is not.
Hogan and the Rock are the WWE icons.
Cena's has just been consistently there for them. Had they found another Rock, he would have been pushed aside.
Posted by BobbyHeenan22
Member since Jul 2016
92 posts
Posted on 7/14/16 at 8:31 pm to
If we're talking about guys who can actually WRESTLE and be entertaining at the same time, it's still Ric Flair by a landslide.

From the entertainment standpoint, it's still Hulk Hogan. No matter how tainted he is still currently.

Cena isn't close. Despite WWE positioning him to replace Hogan as that sort of icon. Especially after Hogan's racial tirade.
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
29232 posts
Posted on 7/14/16 at 9:01 pm to
I take Shawn Michaels all day long.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 7/14/16 at 9:43 pm to
Stone Cold may have been an incredible draw, but he was far from a legendary worker. He also had the benefit of being gifted one of the greatest gimmicks in the history of the business to play off the greatest heel.

His era was short and he had to share it with The Rock. Stone Cold also didn't exit the business doing the honors. And putting over an already white hot Rock at Mania isn't exactly doing the honor. He acts as though he comes from this old guard of Superstars protecting the business but he never really used his star power to build new stars on the way out.

Stone Cold is undoubtedly one of the biggest merchandise movers and memorable characters from a memorable time, but he isn't Cena.
This post was edited on 7/14/16 at 9:44 pm
Posted by JJ Vlatk
Member since Apr 2016
130 posts
Posted on 7/14/16 at 10:48 pm to
Stone Cold is GOAT. Better than Hogan, Flair, Rock etc. Some of the pops he got back in the day were unparalleled.
Posted by G The Tiger Fan
Member since Apr 2015
104308 posts
Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:48 pm to
It really matters what kind of criteria you want to use.

If you want the greatest technical wrestler then I'm sure there are lots of answers there and I don't really watch wrestling for the technical wrestling aspects so I'm not the best qualified to answer that question.

If it's about who can tell the greatest story during a match, I am not sure but I would go with Ric Flair.

If you want to go with who was the biggest draw for the longest time during the era when wrestling was at its peak, popularity-wise, then you'd have to go with SCSA.

Cena definitely has an argument for being the top draw the past 10-15 years, though.
This post was edited on 7/14/16 at 11:49 pm
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92877 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:00 am to
How is this not on the TV board?
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13703 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 9:15 am to
Woooooooooo!
Posted by DBeaux225
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2012
9510 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 9:56 am to
Cena isn't better than this wrestler.

Posted by AlabamaAlum07
Member since Jun 2014
2027 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:41 pm to
Hogan. Greatest face and heel.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99838 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:25 pm to
WWE/WWF was always at it's best when it had guys who were versatile enough that they could turn heel and still be a fan favorite.

Cena isn't one of those.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35765 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 3:41 pm to
Well since it's just fake entertainment and about personality and creating drama in the ring...

It has to be Macho Man or Bret Hart.

Hogan was a crummy wrestler.
Posted by mark65mc
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
11292 posts
Posted on 7/15/16 at 3:51 pm to
No Cena is not.

Hijack-Looking at Stone Cold and the Rock made me think back to the mid to late 90's of wrestling. It made me realize how much I miss the original ECW.










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