Jack Brickman
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Speaking of Cena... I know his character may be the stalest thing in wrestling history, but I have to say, he has turned out some excellent matches this year. Putting him the mid card against some of the younger guys (Rusev, Owens, Cesaro) has done wonders.
It's not that Cena lacks talent, though. When you put him against good wrestlers, he usually puts in a good match. It's just the way the WWE books him. He inevitably ends up burying the young guys because the WWE refuses to let him lose feuds. Rusev's supposed dominance became a total joke by the third time Cena beat him. I'm really worried they'll do the same thing to Owens. They really need to let him win the belt, but I have my doubts that the WWE would actually let that happen, or at the very least that they won't just give Cena an immediate rematch and give him the belt back. Either way, it hurts Owens when he should be (deservedly) on the rise.
Also, as I've mentioned before, what really makes me hate Cena is just that his finishing moves are so fucking terrible. The STF is the worst submission hold in the business. It's absurd how fake it looks. The AA isn't much better, as most guys have half a dozen non-finishers that look more painful. Hell, Owens drops about a dozen moves a match that look more convincing than the AA. He really needs to ditch the STF, or at least commit to locking it in in a manner that doesn't look so damn pathetic. At the very least, no one should ever tap out to it if he's going to keep doing it the way he has been.