Smarkbait Cena
>>20041161These were Cena's best years critically.
>>20041161Did he ever make that springboard stunner look good?
something about big match john's size that makes these moves look like shit and look good at the same time
>>20041216There was one match where he hit a good one but I cant remember what match that was.
>>20041161There's a funny generational gap now where Cena was as far from being a smark wrestler as you could get, but there's an old video of him showing off his tape collection and gushing over All Japan, old NWA stuff, Mid-South etc and saying shit like "I've always been a big fan of title histories" like a fucking Tony Khan shoot interviewAnd these days they interview some of the most flippy kicky doo Meltzer wet dream wrestlers under 30, and they're like "my biggest influences are Nikki Bella and The Miz"
>>20041161Hated every moment of this US Open challenge bs
>>20041396Cena was boring, that's always been his problem, the whitest of white meat babyfaces become fucking boring for the audienceLook at Cody right now, look at Cody in AEW, same shit
>>20041542he was corny but i wouldn't say boring. most of his feuds had heat and his promos were entertaining
Dude did say he did all this shit to make smarks happy along with everyone else
>>20041161That inverted suplex was pretty nice
>>20041161This was fucking based and you know it.
>>20041216
>>20041943lmfao
>>20041396That was mainly on the trainers and coaches and agents instructing wrestlers to study any and all tapes they could get (it helps that a lot of the agents had extensive careers over there). And of course the tape trading culture was a big part of the indie scene as well. You had a climate that actively encouraged seeking shit out.Even Goldberg was quoted as being a fan of Pancrase and Zero-1. The Nikkisawa meme is real, she did get into Puro for a little while. MVP was a massive mark for Three Musketeers era NJPW. Cena had a modified Emerald Flowsion in his moveset before he was on the whole indieriffic US Open Challenge run. Taking cues from the territories is a given.I don't know much about the training practices down at the PC, but I'm sure someone like Albert is giving his classes a heads up on the world of wrestling that lies beyond the WWE sphere, even if it doesn't really come across too explicitly on TV.The crop of young talent on AEW strikes me as more complacent desu, because they're always gassed up on their personal Twitter feeds all the time, and the company doesn't seem to have the kind of leadership that pushes them to get better, nor do their crowds for that matter. They're probably fine with watching gifs of classic wrestling. I know they don't have a wrestling school per se but they really need something for their up and comers to get some reps in. Axeing Dark was a terrible decision.
>>20041576Cena's always been flirting with IWC remarks. He was the one making references to the five moves of doom in his promos 15 years ago.
>>20041955NXT wrestler brooks jensen very frequently posts matches playing in the PC on his twitter. i'm pretty sure this is what the PC has playing, it's not just him picking matches to watch while training, so this is what they're showing the kids. and it's matches from all over.https://x.com/BrooksJensenWWEalso here's a clip of cena talking about learning from tapeshttps://x.com/FakeMLGReaper1/status/2025363843074208153
>>20041161The springboard stunner was awkward but cool
>>20041943Rusev is so awfully bad at moving his body
>>20042032Based Morishima appreciators. Although this multi screen set up doesn't look very practical for studying. Could be a background thing maybe
>>20041943It's kind of just an awkward move in general but that one doesn't look bad.
I still don't know what he was thinking with the Cenancarana.
>>20043034I kinda like the roll onto the shoulder
