Will John Cena Join The Nexus?
This week on Raw an interesting and potentially scary stipulation was made. John Cena agreed to join The Nexus if he should lose to Wade Barrett at (but not in) Hell in a Cell. Sadly, this takes the place of the WarGames style match inside the cell that I was hoping for, but it is still interesting.
The main question for this stipulation is whether this will spur a Cena heel turn. I do not believe it will. I can see Cena coming out in the Nexus t-shirt and doing their bidding while resenting and hating them. Potentially he will fight for his freedom from Nexus at Bragging Rights or Survivor Series. What will happen if WWE does decide to go full speed into Cena and Nexus together though?
First of all, there is the gaping logic hole of Nexus having been beating John Cena up for months. How do they say that Cena and Barrett are now friendsies coming off of that? Perhaps they say that Cena has found respect for Barrett? Or that Cena and Barrett have an understanding that will lead one of them to the WWE Championship. As I mentioned earlier this week, Randy Orton could be the new number one babyface in the company. This leaves Cena to accept a new role as number two or to become the number one heel.
This is all hypothetical of course, since Cena could easily win this match, but the more interesting possibility is Cena losing. The Raw bend needs a shot in the arm. It needs something different. With ratings and PPV buys slipping, there needs to be a major shakeup. Could it be that Hell in a Cell is bringing that?
Let me know what you think everyone!
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I really, really hope Cena loses. Even if it’s just a re-hash of the “HBK as JBL’s employee” storyline, it’d be an interesting month or so. Cena winning would be a huge blow to WWE. The Nexus angle was a shot of life the likes of which hadn’t been seen since, what, Evolution broke up? Everything else has been more miss than hit, with ’08 and ’09 being brutal aside from Jericho-HBK and HBK-Taker. Ending the Nexus angle means it’s business as usual in WWE, and while I’m sure I’d still tune in, I’d be extremely disenchanted. Besides, where do you go with Cena if he wins? Off to feud with Barrett one on one? Edge AGAIN? There’s nothing for him to do if he wins, and even if he’s got a movie or something to make, what sense would it make for him to achieve his big win and leave?
Ugh. I’m getting nauseous thinking about it.
As for Cena’s heel turn… Again, there’s nothing he could do to turn heel short of beating Evan Bourne with a chair and knocking Randy Orton out in the same show. The kids love Cena, the girls love Cena, and honestly, I think the WWE writers are too lazy to come up with anything interesting for a heel Cena to do before WrestleMania. Only thing they could do is take the reigns off of Mr. HLR and let him cut some really mean promos.
While it doesn’t look like Cena would be turing heel any time soon thanks to the massive amount of money he is and always will be making WWE I am sitting here still thinking that it can be done without losing the money part. I remember many moon’s ago Bret Hart being a heel to the adults but also keeping apart of himself face for the kids. Now this could work in WWE easily if done right, the only people who boo Cena right now are people over the age of 15, start having Cena throw around heel slang around the company as he used to, keeping it still PG13 but still enough for the adult fans to keep the heel part going, this will also mean that the children who love Cena won’t quite understand what’s going on, but he will still be loved by them. This in turn will make Cena a type of heel without costing him the fan support from the younger fans and keeps the WWE selling merch, you put Cena in a new shirt each month and it sell’s and I am sure it will keep selling well with him being a heel to the adults.
if Cena turns heel at WWE Hell In A Cell, it would send shockwaves throughout the WWE Universe & cause a reaction that hasn’t been seen in the WWE for years! (something WWE has been in desperate need of) imagine what that could do for WWE? it would send ratings through the roof, please will the WWE Writers just make it happen, Cena has been recieving a lot of heat from WWE Audiences in recent years, he’s the biggest ‘face’ of the company and yet he gets booed & jeered out of every arena he goes to, he’s getting the sort of crowd treatment you’d expect to be aimed at ‘heels’ – not to mention, WWE Shop has just released very ‘John Cena-esque’ Nexus Merchandise. All of this is giving me so many indications that at HIAC – WWE fans might just see one of the biggest ‘heel’ turns in WWE History, the ‘heel’ turn of John Cena, I don’t think WWE can continue this ‘Super Cena’ gimmick any longer because WWE Audiences are growing increasingly fed up having to see him win & ‘save the day’ all the time!
Plus, the Nexus angle only started a few months ago, why would WWE wan’t them split up, they’re looking strong as a unit, and not to mention, Skip Sheffield is still out injured, so I don’t believe that WWE are going to break-up when they don’t have their full group!
it’s about time that WWE has taught those foolish kids a lesson & showed them that John Cena doesn’t have to care about them! I would LOVE to see the tears on those kids faces if Cena does turn heel! seriously I want to see them pay for what they’ve done to the WWE – THEY’VE RUINED WWE!
and Rey i completely agree, I think Cena needs to start returning to his ‘doctor of thuganomics’ roots & start dissing people again! his promos nowadays are painful to watch!
I would love for CENA to turn heel. WWE needs a change something different and why not CENA. Currently you have Randy Orton as the top guy, trust me if you have Heel Cena vs Face Orton the fans will support Orton and buy his merchandise. The same thing with Triple H, He will turn heel then face, the heel then face, so many time it was expected to happen all the time.
Not just that, CENA heel will give the opportunity to other faces to get to the top.
I love your articles. Keep up the good work
Being forced to join the Nexus can’t turn Cena heel on it’s own … However, once a part of the Nexus, he could turn heel, however that would require Barrett turning face. It would be in parts of course.
At first, Cena would be dogging it, basically acting miserable and not wanting to go along with it. Eventually, when that didn’t work, he’d do a 180 and be very gung ho, helpful, etc (although it would likely seem like he’s going overboard in a sarcastic/mocking way, etc). Eventually though, he’d start undermining Barrett’s authority to the other Nexus members, pointing out how Barrett has gotten title shots, and failed to win them, while the others haven’t even got chances at the US/Tag titles/etc … Now, the expected end of the angle would be someone like Otunga going after Barrett and the rest of Nexus deciding which side their on and the Nexus disolving, thus “freeing” Cena. However, a Cena heel turn could have the group choosing him over Barrett, and Cena leading the Nexus (now the Cenation, or Cenexus?) in a new direction.
So, basically it starts out like HBK/JBL, then it goes into CM Punk joins the New Breed angle and either plays out that way, or turns into Rock taking over the Nation of Domination.
Wade Barrett, go over John Cena! HA, thats a good joke!
I think Cena needs to put Barrett over & lose. He is in dire need of a character change, cause like most other people I am sick of the “SUPERMAN” routine he has going.
Plus a lose & a heel turn would fit nicely into what Barrett has been saying for months about “the winds of change” what better change would there be other then a Cena turn. The Nexus needs to stick around for a while longer as well since it still has legs. If they end it now with a Cena win, it will be just another reason to not like Cena in my opinion.
This is all hypothetical of course, since Cena could easily win this match, but the more interesting possibility is Cena losing.
That’s why I don’t see it happening.
It’s kind of sad. At this point, Cena being shoved down our throats the past six years, honestly if he turns heel, who will ever care? It won’t be a major shock, it won’t be too interesting. It will just overshadow the Nexus, and we will just have to hear the commentators going on and on about how this “shocked the WWE Universe” and is the most controversial event in WWE history. No, not at all.
And if the Nexus loses, way to ruin one of the only three interesting storylines of the past year.
Can see Cena losing and ‘joining’ Nexus. Nexus haven’t been used properly since Summerslam though and think this will be the last angle before they break up. One possible scenario is if maybe Cena gets the rest of Nexus behind him and they oust Barrett as the leader, is one possible way of making Cena a heel but not ready to see Barrett as a face yet. Won’t happen. Besides, Cena is a good face I’m sick of all the haters. I really hated him years ago, back on Smackdown in the fueds with Angle and JBL and when he first came to Raw, but then i don’t know how anyone couldn’t build respect for him. Still wouldn’t call myself a member of the Cenation but he is good in his role. I do hate the superman stuff though, the summerslam finish ruined a great match.His wrestling’s not great but he’s at least as good as The Rock and I don’t remember him getting any flack for his wrestling.
Well is he loses and has to join Nexus, who says he has to be a heel? Think Sting in MEM. He’ll be in a heel group but still be a face. Make ‘accidental’ mistakes to cause the group to lose matches, start members to back stab each other, etc etc.
personally, i think if barrett does win then we arent going to get a cena heel turn. what were gonna get is a rehash of the cm punk elijah burke feud from ecw. Cena will look like he’s turned heel but wont actually. Evon more sickening is that if this happens cena may just go the trying to be funny route by accidently costing them matches & so fourth making them look like a joke until barrett has enough. its the only logical way to go if they want barrett to win which is a real shame. i would much rather see a more disheveeled cena having to do nexus bidding until he has enough & just goes crazy on nexus. whatever way it happens win lose or draw, whether it happens the night after hell in a cell or months down the line cena will be standing tall & wwe would have flushed the best storyline they have had for years down the toilet.
Win or lose cena won’t be heel because he would have been forced into nexus he would become a sympathetic figure. The only way him joining nexus at hell in the cell constitutes a heel turn is if it turns into the figure poke of doom part duex. Which I find hilarious,
but another idea that could be a legitimately turn and involve the joining nexus angle would be a total cop out cena loses pouts, sabotages nexus for a while then you have cena be in a title match around the time they here sick of his antics and decided to turn on him. But surprise they do their nexus attack schtick on his opponent and basicly hand cena the title, the next night on raw cena comes out with nexus doing his old gimmick in a heelish attitude ” the champ is here and the champ is nexus” the proceeds to do a promo to rip the heart of the under 14 universe and status that he indeed was behind nexus the whole time yada yada yada nwo 4 life yada yada whatcha gonna do yada yada 5 o’clock shadow bob’s your uncle fannie’s you aunt heel turn
Here’s a thought, Cena beats Barrett, and Barrett proceeds to disband Nexus. And right after, the season 2 rookies come out and beat down Cena, and Barrett announces the formation of Nexus 2.0.
I want to see Barrett succeed in the WWE… They need a couple of decent new wrestlers and with Barret the UK has a ‘new generation’ of representation. I just would like the Cena/Nexus thing to continue to ride. I think that WWE moved all of it’s A players over to raw to completely trounce TNA when it was on. Either that or the $$$ are there because most of the big names are over on RAW.
The most ideal situation for Barrett’s career is this Nexus story line perpetuate to a wrestlemania. Giving him a Survivor Series, TLC, potential title match, royal rumble and elimination chamber to the grandest stage of them all. Of course this requires Barrett just riding Cena’s names coat tails but every wrestler makes their name off another and so the cycles go.
But I think if WWE did this for Barrett then they create themselves a main event star. Which to be quite honest should be reasonable on the account of how good the rest of the RAW locker room is.
This is another thought..Cena beats Barrett and disbands the Nexus. But just when everyone starts to cheer about Nexus being gone, in comes the Cena heel turn. At a moment that no one would suspect. He would use the ‘I beat Nexus myself” gimmick. Cena’s heel turn will be something this failure of a PG era needs. He is a cashcow for Vince but more people are getting fed up of the Superman crap. The attitude era needs to make a comeback or TNA will start to ‘pwn’ WWE.
I think TNA has proven that they can’t compete with WWE. The PG era has not been a failure for the company. Look at the advertising and merchandise deals it has brought. For something to be a failure, it must fail on every aspect. The attitude era style of booking was washed up in 2003. It does not need to come back. WWE needs to find something new.