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The D’Amore Drop: In defense of the John Cena heel run

D’Arere Drop is a weekly guest column on written by Scott d’amore, which is Canadian professional wrestling promoter, executive producer, and former coach and wrestler who is famous for his long role with TNA/Impact Wresting, where he held the position of head of creativity. D’amore is the current owner of the leading Canadian upgrade Maple Lev Pro wrestling.

I know it is fashionable online to tear the John Cena heels, but I think the man is doing a great job.

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Before I go, I get that people were not expecting anything less New nwo With their Cena, Rock and “Man Third Man”, it runs a specific generation as the most powerful heels in the game. Historical comparisons with Holk Hughan were clear and inevitable – there was no turn in the heel within 30 years for a long time in making it and could not be conceived when that happened.

Hogan/Nwo is still the gold standard. It is the tape that has been measured by every turn each heels against the past thirty years. (Although the two ancient positions are still wearing when they remember Larry Zbyszko runs Bruno Samartino in 1980))

However, it is not the mistake of the fans that the rock was a huge part of the role of the heels of Sina – which he literally directs to the direction of Cody Rhodes in the exclusion room – and then I just disappeared and barely again again. Whatever the reason, Rock was essential in preparation but is absent from death.

But if we focus purely on the work of Sina, the revelation was a villain. I loved him – then I came Cena “Pipe Bomb”. Almost fourteen years after the day after he put the villain Cena and delivered one of the best promotions in WWE history, Cena returned in his favor by placing the villain via a table and removing some things from his chest while leaving the villain lying down, “as uncomfortable as possible.”

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I loved the promotional offer. It was exciting, it can be believed, and as it should be these days, I worked on two levels. Cena remained completely in the heel character, so the fans can be treated to suspend disbelief to enjoy it in the story. But it also mixed with enough “internal baseball” of smart signs … fans who love wrestling with a wink and gesture.

One of the first names of his mouth was Claudio Kastagnoli – formerly Cesaro in WWE – who is now suffering from a contract with AEW. This caught everyone’s attention. It was like, “Stand – not supposed to say that.” He was driving with Claudio a genius. I don’t really think that the promotional offer is hitting himself if he does not lead with a man. This was the key. Klaudio made it feel like a one -time drop drop. But then, Bang – it follows with two players that WWE can use already: Nick Nimith, who is fighting for TNA, and of course TNA has a relationship with WWE; Then Matt Cardona, the final free agent and did not hide that he wanted to return to WWE before his career ended.

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What Cena did was a fantastic offer. Fans gave one impossible name, followed by two technically possible. This is a genius.

He walked on a tight rope to be an effective heel and still gives sufficient truth to the fans who will not be fully suspended, but they still want to feel something real.

In general, I think Sina was great in this range. I know this is not a famous opinion in some circles – but it is very bad. I love what I saw. Sina is doing an excellent job.

Cena defends the world WWE title against the villain in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the night of the heroes on Saturday. It is another WWE “Cena Retirement Dream Match” provided by WWE … Just think about all the crazy things that she had to fall in place until this match has already occurred in mid -2025.

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Sina should go. It holds this title for a while.

Will John Cena beat CM Punk and keep his title on Saturday?

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I expect Cody Rhodes to win the king of the episode and challenge Sina at WWE Summerslam … with the wild Seth Rollins Card carrying money in the bank’s bag at the head of the hero.

The Queen of the Final Seal – Asuka – who just returned from a year to the outside with a serious knee injury – dug against Jade Cargill in one of the largest individual matches so far.

There is no prediction of this, I just roast both women for the performance mode that will reinforce them alike.

At about this time last year, many friends invited the enlargement call.

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None of them was the names that you are expected to know, but all of them were experienced in the field of rating support for certification-and-not on the screen of award-winning TV producers and talents behind the scenes who did incredible work in WWE, AEW, WCW and even UFC.

They were all friends close to me, but I started the meeting correctly by presenting myself.

Hi, “I started,” My name is Scott de things and I have addiction-it is called a supporter of a break.

At this meeting, I told my friends that I bought Maple Leaf, and the historic Canadian promotion, and I planned to re-launch it in the modern era such as Leaf Pro-Wresting.

Each of them wanted to join me, and I am incredibly proud of the work that we have done in the past 12 months-five sale offers, and great results on payment for each offer and social media.

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And the largest event has so far, July 5.

After this magnification call, one of my friends called me directly and asked me why I was ready to spend (a lot) from my money to return to the works supporting writing.

Initially, she was cried. I indicated that I am going to spend a lot of my money to buy TNA, just for her father’s retreat.

But the real and sincere answer is that I love people who support writing and supporting writing. I mean, in real life, what should a person like Don Calis – who learns very – talks about a person like Tommy Dream, a lover who cannot be counted for five?

However, we are all similar in this decisive aspect: we love this fake crazy sport that most of the world cannot imagine anyone interested in.

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The wrestling came to me when I really needed it. In the early eighties of the last century, my grandfather was in the hospital for a period of time. I wanted to go to see him, but hospitals are nervous for a child, and seeing a person I liked to look very sick, and continuously with frightening machines … it was difficult.

But there was a small TV-remember that this was a general hospital in the 1980s-in the corner, and my grandfather was putting in writing when I visited. We were sitting there and we will be transferred to a place with larger personalities who were not afraid, which overcame.

It became our thing. Once he left the hospital, we were watching the wrestling together for the rest of his life.

This is part of what I love in professional wrestling – it brings people together. I always say, when we do what we do properly in professional wrestling, create moments. And moments are supposed to be shared. She is parents and children. Brothers. Best Friends. The man at the work I noticed to wear a NWO shirt. Wrestling creates this feeling of society. You try it together and after a short period, you are just an escape.

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This is what made me a drug addict. This is what keeps me a drug addict.

As I said in this magnification: I never leave this work.

Did we really go for two months without naming the Seth Rollins faction?

Columbus, Ohio - June 23: Seth Rollins enter the ring during the NATODE ARNA night on June 23, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Michael Marquise/WWE via Getty Images)

Come on, give a name.

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I am very excited to enjoy AEW Tonight, for the first Kota IBushi match since 2023 it was booked for “AEW Dynamite”. He is a real and permanent friend of the screen for Kenny Omega, and a family member Don Calis Trent Perita faces.

Speaking of Kenny Omega, he got a kick from Last week’s column appears his uncle, The Golden Sheik, who was filmed next to Don Callis And its flowing from the hair.

It was interesting, reservation, that GJ lost clean again on “WWE RAW”, “ This time for Cody Rhodes.

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Yes, USO was protected in the loss – and it comes out of three Cody cutters and even the Rhodes Rhodes for the near fall – but the fact is that this is his second clean loss in the leading offer within two weeks, after he lost the title WWE World by presenting it to Gunther.

You have to trust WWE has a plan for one of the most artists in their list.

One direction can go with USO is to be the first major opponent of the Kodi Rhodes heels.

Cody himself said last week that he was “approaching to the end” of his race as a child. He said that talking to a correspondent at the fanatic festival: “There is nothing but someone who can like you. I would like to do so (to be a face) until the end of my career but … at a certain stage, they want to chant another person.

Pressure, Cody said he believed that changing the heel is about a year or more …

Or may he heel in time to Wrestlemania 42 against Jey USO in Las Vegas next April?

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