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It ’s been three weeks since the unthinkable occur , asJohn Cena turned heelatWWEElimination Chamber , align with The Rock to brutalize Cody Rhodes . While it may have sway the very foundation of the promotion , it also set up a scintillating story on theRoad to WrestleMania .
After over 20 years of preach about Hustle , Loyalty , and Respect , Cena revealed a side to his character that ’s efficaciously more malevolent than we could have imagined . To be middling , he may be hit for some familiar heelish tropes . But come from someone who has been the aspect of the franchise , it come with some supernumerary heat .
That ’s why Cena ’s highly anticipated show onRAWthis week got the man ’s attention . After he pass some sentence airing his grievances , Cody Rhodes then entered to a rowdy reaction from the crew . The two men had their say in the hoop , as they lead toward their deed of conveyance catch atWrestleMania 41,and they did a great problem of storytelling . But who descend out on top in this exchange ?
Cody Rhodes Looked Strong in This Segment
The WWE Champion Had Solid Support From The Crowd
John Cena receive a ton of Bronx cheer in his first appearance as a heel , along with some jeers that had to be muted due to the expletives take . While it was n’t quite as monumental a reaction as some heels of the past , he had the gang in the ribbon of his hand before he even spoke . What come next wasthe staring mix of a whiney moaner and a piss - off one-time serviceman , as he correct the WWE Universe for doing nothing but " stealing " from him over the retiring 25 years . That ’s when Cody Rhodes decided to make his entrance .
Those in attendance in Brussels had already been whooping it up all night , but they seemed to get the loudest when The American Nightmare ’s medicine strike . They spill the beans along as the WWE Champion slowly made his way of life to the ring to call Cena . Rhodes was agile to have words the Doctor of Thuganomics , reminding him what a dashing hopes he was to the fans . He even saidCena had let him down personally .
John Cena give plenty of hint about his future as WWE ’s biggest scoundrel after his electric first heel promo on Monday Night Raw .
Throughout the section , Cody was the aggressor - come off like the valorous champion that he must be head into this massive main event . Standing in the pack with one of the self-aggrandizing adept of all time , he more than held his own . He command the ring and the arena , and the people ate it up . In the end , the hoi polloi had speak , and they made it clear that they wanted Rhodes to deliver some payback to Big Match John .
John Cena Was the Real Winner in the End
He Got The Reaction From The Crowd That He Wanted
So , in terms of their wrestle personas , Cody Rhodes ' won ' this encounter . But in the end , it was really Cena who switch off the most in effect promo when it came to the business enterprise aspect of it all . He did exactly what he needed to do as the villain to catch the crowd ’s emotion , then he give way to the babyface champion .
Cena is tread in some new waters as a hound , so it would be very easy to judge him on a curve now . But there ’s no material pauperism to because he plunge headfirst into the office in arguablyone of the good grappling promos of all time . He baited the bunch by whine and complaining , then turning the tables with a full retcon of his career that , in all honesty , it ’s hard to can as bare hound public lecture . Cena play the victim identity card superbly . To see someone who was given so much by WWE abruptly depend so thankless to the fan was absolutely putrid but also sound out of the blue actual .
At the end of it all , Cody Rhodes stood tall as the righteous submarine , while John Cena looked like a spoiled tyke . That ’s exactly what they desire , and whatWWEwants as they build to their biggest event of the year . Character - wise , this segment made The American Nightmare ’s character look impregnable . But that was only because Cena - as a performing artist - dress the stage for it all .
