>>19491892
Not have him smirk like a cocksucker while tapping like a fag would've #1 on the list.

>Raises his hand to tap
>Does a salute instead and passes out

Wouldn't change a thing. Thank you, Hunter. Greatest heel booker of all time.

>>19491892
Joe Hendry is involved for some reason

>>19491892
I would have terminated his contract 15 years ago.

>>19491892
Obviously he passes out you moron, how is that so hard to book?!

>>19491892
Breaks out of the hold, grabs a mic, kicks a sick freestyle at Gunther's expense, Gunther kicks him in the balls, powerbomb, pin.

>>19491985
They should have done the spot where the ref drops the arm and gunther breaks the hold because he doesn't want to win that way. He goes out of the ring and gets a bottle of water and dumps it on john to wake him up and then he puts the hold on and then he taps out. Only thing i woulda changed, would have made gunther look like a real psycho then.

>>19491933
That's classic John

>Gunther locks on the sleeper
>Cena fights, Cena fights
>HOLY SHIT CENA HAS HIM UP AA
>Cena collapses under him
>Gunther humps him like Viscera
>Cena goes into a rage over being made to look gay
>Cena rises with gunther on his back
>AA
>1-2-KICKOUT!
>Cena does shocked pikachu face
>in the midst of this Gunther puts his fingers in Cena's mouth and fucks his gaping throat
>Gunther begins to undress certainly read to get his gay sex on
>Cena gives up to save PG and save the kids from what they shouldn't see
>we never get big van gunther's big girth cock because Cena submitted to save us

For starters I wouldn’t have his final match take place at a glorified house show

>>19491892
You faggots are so short-sighted: the event was already tainted before it even happened. With all the other botches regarding Cena's retirement, the obvious way to book this was to have Cena win. Why not give the fans something after you fucked up so much of the Cena content already?

That's why people were booing - it's a long buildup to this, and it was like hitting the release value on all the frustration in the crowd.

But if you want specifics about how this entire thing should have been booked, it all goes back to the heel turn:
>Rock continues to show up, now with Cena on his side
>Cena has new heel apparel, which would have sold like hotcakes after his retirement
>Cena's motivation is simply that rock offered him the easiest way to the belt with the little time he has left, his perspective change from the fallout of RR, etc. (get rid of all the crowd and fan bullshit)
>As the fued between Cody, Cena/Rock escalates, Cena becomes more hesitant as Rock ramps shit up in order to get Cena the belt
>Cena turns on Rock, restoring him to baby-face
>Cena wins over Cody clean, with a Rock run it at the end
>Set up retirement match between Cena and Rock, no need to have the belt at stake
>Win or lose, fans would be salivating for the match and invested in the outcome

This was the most obvious way to write it. You only needed three people on board to get it done. And it would have drawn hella dimes; I don't give a shit what the smarks think. People would been kissing HHH feet if it played out like that.

Instead we just got some little 'tournament' because John needs a final match, right? And it's against the fearsome Gunther, who lost to Jey and 'retired' the geriatric Goldberg who was such a legend that his goodbye speech got cut off after 15 seconds. So now it's Cena vs Gunther, A guy who has no story or history with Cena, other than we won the little tournament. Riveting.

So you're left with a crowd that is just paying to see Cena win.

Cena won't tap so Gunther goes for the pin instead and wins but the win just pisses Gunther off because he wanted to make Cena tap and couldn't do it. From there you can make Gunther crazier in the ring where he refuses to have someone else Cena him.

>>19491892
I would have paid gorrilian to make Cena fight Tanahashi in his last match instead for a double retirement match. I don’t care how mediocre the match would be. It needed to happen in our lifetimes.

You don’t become a GOAT wrestling in one company.
>but
Fuck you

>>19491892
Pin-fall loss.

But HHH thinks he's wrestling's Don Draper and that he's going to invent or come up with something so deep and esoteric that no one has ever thought of before, that's how he ends up booking stupid things like Jey Uso winning the Rumble and then making Gunther tap out

The type of booking you'd expect from someone so full of themselves they think that their own vapid views overrule reality itself.

>>19492158
You could do dimes spots where he's like wrenching peoples' necks in the ropes and stuff, and then you have this chink in his armor that babyfaces can exploit to beat Gunther from time to time without burying him.

>>19492014
I had that same idea, would have been cool

>>19492142
>Cena vs Rock in 2025
Wowww anon, how original! Did you not live through the painful matches the first two times they had them?

>Cena turns heel, but loses the title
>Cena stays heel, but is less evil and more cynical, bitter, jaded
>Je'von ends up his opponent, and wants to make an effort to reintroduce Cena to the magic of wrestling (this coincides with WWE giving up on the "sports entertainment" vs "pro wrestling" argument)
>Je'von is optimistic, idealistic, and believes in pro wrestling to be a great way to connect with people, challenge yourself, and never give up
>Cena, being bitter and just wanting to retire (because he feels the business is just draining him) decides to humor him with the last little bit of life he has left
>Cena and Je'von don't have a violent bloodbath, but it becomes a love letter to the platonic ideal of pro wrestling.
>Bit by bit, the audience can tell that Cena is turning back to his "old self", and turns back the clock (think the "Legends Never Die" moment from WM25)
>Either Cena wins (because Je'von's inexperience means he makes a crucial mistake), or Je'von wins (because he brings out something Cena didn't see coming)
>The ending becomes about Cena's Grinch heart growing three sizes that day, thinking "The future is in good hands with people like Je'von"
>The audience also is taught about the magic of pro wrestling, and soft-introduced to how the company is conducting business, without Cena, going forward

>>19492188
My brother in Christ, I had to live through SNME. Again, you're talking about THE MATCH, you smark. I'm telling you that match ultimately failed not only in the ending, but in everything surrounding it. You think just because the match in the ring is good, people like it? The retirement match was FINE, but there was no meat on the bone - nothing to get people invested other than they just want to see Cena win.

And if that's enough for you, you deserve the shit HHH keeps shoveling your way.

>>19492188
The first match was decent

>>19491892
Stevie Richards had a rant once where Dean Malenko I think it was said he was a retard because when he was being choked out he didn't act like how a human would act when you are being joked but I guess the rules don't count for the bigger guys

>>19492218
This would be good, and would actually give someone a rub.

>>19491933
HOLY KINO
It was so easy

>>19492253
ended him

>>19491933
SPBP

>>19491892
He's choked out. At least then he can lose with dignity

frankly if Hunter never came out Cena tapping wouldve been fine but Hunter just camje help himself

I would've had Cena retire 10 years ago when he could still wrestle matches. The reason Tam's retirement was so kino was because she was still at the peak of her career and could still go. No one likes watching old people wrestle.

>>19491892
Gunther shits on cena then vince comes on the big screen laughing.

>>19492069
that sounds kinda gay

>>19491892
John shoots on Gunther and breaks his legs

Go all the way with it.

Cena stretcher job after tapping out, Gunther attacks him and puts him in the sleeper again to put him to sleep after the match. No post-retirement celebration, Cena taps out AND he can't walk out on his own.

>>19491933
fucking Rusev already made him pass out. There's absolutely nothing to gain from doing that.

>>19491933
Cringe. Ngmi in this business kid.

>>19491892
They should've put him in a dress since they were making him a cuck anyways.

>>19492142
>giving Cena' s last match to Dwaynetty of all people
>only for Cena to job to him
fucking hell, I thought Gaytch was an idiot but you retards surely make him look like a genius.

>>19492754
>just coomed to "making hubby bi" videos last night, self inserting as the cuckold

Darn it anon don't remind it I don't have time

>>19492142
Holy shit a guy that finally gets it: the problem is that this ending was written by Cena years before that, but they fucked up so much the final run that they couldn't go this route. On paper was a good moment but not on context

Dance off with AI hologram Andre

Have Cena cry like a bitch and then tap. Then everyone comes out and laughs at him as he walks away, utterly broken and humiliated. Then the cameras do ultra close ups of salty E-tards to plaster their seethe and ugliness for the world to laugh at. Final shot is HHH, smiling at the camera. It lingers for a painfully uncomfortable time. Then as we fade to black, Michael Cole pipes in "TUCK INTO A SLIM JIM!"

It was the right call. To me, in the context of the match it made sense. Cena has done it all, he didn't want to fight on, he made peace that this was it, he smiled and tapped out. Going out with a win would've been dumb.

>>19492580
Cena could wrestle 10 years ago? Maybe on planet retard.

Ref bump
Carlito runs in and stabs him
1 2 3

>>19492861
he was happy to be a quitting bitch just like a modern hero.

>>19492158
This is the only outcome that makes the most sense. Gunther wins clean and looks like a monster for almost killing Cena and Cena stays a "never give up" hero for the kids.

But Triple K is fucking stupid and a narcissist. I can almost guarantee he booked this entire run like shit on purpose because he wishes it was him.

>>19492756
What the fuck are you talking about? It’s not giving anything to him - his ass was already associated in the most riveting part of the retirement tour, until he wasn’t.

And I never said Cena had to job; he could have won or lost. The point is, by the time you get to the match, you could book it either way and the fans would go home happy. They’d just be thrilled that Cena was going out with all the buildup an event like that deserves.

But the way they did it, the only riveting part of this whole thing was the outcome. And there was only one outcome people wanted. This shit isn’t rocket science.

>>19495242
wrestling isn't real retard. If someone is getting the last match it's because someone gave it to him. Gunther got the last match because Gaytch decided to give it to him. Nothing else.

Again, giving Cena's last match to Dawnetty is fucking retarded and no one would've liked it. Even worse if he won which he would've because fucking lel at even considering the scenario of Rocketty losing to a guy leaving

>>19491892
the booking was fine, the execution was garbage.
it didnt evoke closure or passing of the torch or anything like that

>>19495398
Yeah, no shit it isn’t real. So you can do whatever you want, and you’re fine with what they gave you?

It sucked and there were dozens of better ways to do it. I’m only suggesting that it should have been tied into maybe the only good thing the tried to do in this run, but who cares right? Enjoy your slop.

>>19491933
Unironically this would have been great. Having him tap out in his final match (with a smirk on his face no less) was retarded.

>>19491892
>bell rings
>Gunther waddles towards Cena for a hold (because that's all he knows)
>Cena easily moves aside and hits the usual
>spinning back suplex
>5 knuckle shuffle
>AA
>and ends the match with a STF which makes auschwitz Kozlov tap like a bitch (because he is a bitch who tapped to Yeetman)
>crowd goes wild, literally starts raining dimes and I easily win Booker of the Year
Easy.

His entire career
>DURR I'M SICK OF CENA ALWAYS WINNING
>HE NEEDS TO PUT NEW TALENT OVER
>I'M FUCKING DONE WWE
>IF CENA WINS WE RIOT LOL
>*retweets*
>*follows the crowd*

Look, Cena put someone over. And you're still buttmad.

>not ending it with Cena giving Gunther a Super "Fine Speech" off the to rope
It's like your all allergic to dimes

but unironically this >>19491933

>>19491933
This, just let him pass out

Cena does some final 'u can't see me', gets powerbombed in the center of the ring, and gets pinned clean. That's it

>>19493133
Definitely not on purpose, but I think everyone just got frustrated by the end. Clearly something happening with Rock no-showing and whatever with Travis scott.

>>19492069
This is the only correct answer.

Crazy that WWE conditioned people to think taping out is the most shaming thing.