Cena to the rescue?

I've just been thinking that due to the whole CM Punk debacle and the fact that Daniel Bryan has seemingly taken over his storylines, I'm beginning to think that WWE will play it safe heading into their biggest PPV of the year and go with Cena winning the title at Elimination Chamber and going on to face Batista at WrestleMania, I also think that the WWE will know how poorly recieved Batista's return has been and could see Cena as the perfect opponent to salvage whats left of big Dave's return.

The thought of Batista winning the World Title at WrestleMania doesn't fill me or many like me with much excitement but beating Cena for the title has been great for the WWE anytime its happened,  Cena is always such a strong favourite, particularly at WrestleMania that any loss will be met with a huge pop, it also gives the WWE the opportunity to use that platform to turn Batista heel, possibly as 'the new face' of the Authority.

It looked like Cena was on a collision course with Bray Wyatt but the WWE moved quickly to push them and The Shield together, while this might not last until WrestleMania it might be enough time to make people forget about the Cena attack,  add to that Cena was held off RAW possibly to keep him out of any real storyline until the time comes for him to win the Title at the Chamber, it's all just a bit fishy for me.

Anyone else on this train?

I wasn't until you just pointed this out. Didn't even notice Cena wasnt on RAW. I hope this is not the case as the WWE have shot themselves in the foot in what could have been an excellent mania with all the talent at their disposal. Hopefully this punk issue will be sorted out soon.

 sorry about that Tigger

If it's any consolation whenever I predict something these days the opposite seems to happen   

I hope so Kay Fabe, I was really looking forward to mania but after the rumble and the punk incident Im just meh! You never know, punk could come back in Chicagos RAW attach Bryan and say that the crowd should cheer for him not Bryan setting up a mania match. One can always dream.

Well as a strong Cena hater, I would be more than happy to see him defeat Batista in any sort of match up. However the idea of those 2 headlining Mania would make me sick. The match would be god awful and the build up to it would be dreadful.

You surprise me man, I thought this would be right up your street.

Could definitely see that happening mate, in fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if they greenlit a Batista heel turn right after Elimination Chamber to cement him as the Authority's main man. Big Dave was at his best during his final run with WWE as an overbearing, arrogant heel. Probably because the character wasn't too far removed from what the man himself is like.

He doesn't strike me as being comfortable in his current babyface role and his reaction to the fans after the Royal Rumble went off the air is much more in keeping with his off-screen character - his inner heel is just screaming to get out.

Throw in the fact that the crowd at Wrestlemania will be mostly made up of hardcore/smart fans and it doesn't take a Lanny Poffo to figure out that Batista and his opponent in the main event (unless their name is Daniel Bryan) will be subjected to derision. It wouldn't look too great if the supposed babyface Batista lost the plot in the face of an overwhelmingly negative crowd reaction at the biggest show of the year.

Where all this would leave Randy Orton is anybody's guess. Probably teaming with Daniel Bryan to take on Triple H and the Big Red Monster Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.

If that happens I'm predicting that Trips and Steph will win in a 98 second squash

Never a more eloquently put post, while I hate to think it could be true it seems quite logical


Also, I think it's unfair to call Stephanie a Monster just because she'll be on her big reds...

CenaNuff wrote:Well as a strong Cena hater, I would be more than happy to see him defeat Batista in any sort of match up. However the idea of those 2 headlining Mania would make me sick. The match would be god awful and the build up to it would be dreadful.

Part of me wants this to happen. Yes it would probably be awful, but Cena and Batista are both going to be near the top of the card. At least this way it gets their involvement out of the way in one match, rather than stinking up two!

I also think if both of them went into a World Title Match as faces there would be a lot of "what one's gonna turn heel" questions, on the one hand you'd have the obvious choice of Batista as the new face ofthe WWE and a guy Triple H knows he can trust or you have John Cena, the guy who is the genuine face of the WWE becoming the Authority's face too...I'm not saying I want this but I think it gives almost everyone some kind of interest in it even if it's just second guessing who if any would turn heel

Cena turning heel against Batista would be a waste. If he's going to do it then it has to be against the most over babyface to make the biggest impact - Daniel Bryan. Jealous of Bryan being the fan favourite etc etc.

Totally agree, I'm just saying that if both went into it as a babyface then their is potential to buy into the fact either one of them could turn heel

I'd rather see Cena - Batista than Orton - Batista. Atleast Cena could carry the feud on the mic. Ortons a charisma vacuum and hasnt cut a good promo in god knows how long.

Even better they could have Cena-Orton-Batista, whilst awful it should allow for some other good top of the card matches!

Samo wrote:I'd rather see Cena - Batista than Orton - Batista.  Atleast Cena could carry the feud on the mic.  Ortons a charisma vacuum and hasnt cut a good promo in his career.

Fixed that for you.

I've enjoyed the majority of Orton's promos since his heel turn   

I assume you think Michael Owen is a good commentator too?

Mr H wrote:
Fixed that for you.

Thanks love.   

Enforcer wrote:Even better they could have Cena-Orton-Batista, whilst awful it should allow for some other good top of the card matches!

Should throw Brock Lesnar in there as well for a "Class of '02" match.

Cena v Batista in a Loser Takes a Wellness Test Match.

Mr H wrote:Cena v Batista in a Loser Takes a Wellness Test Match.

If that's the stipulation then throw in Vince, Triple H and Stephanie as well.

Shove it, chuck Linda in there too. I'm sure she's on the juice.

Mr H wrote:I assume you think Michael Owen is a good commentator too?

No one's that stupid.

Orton has been decent recently, he does his job and doesn't play stupid games. He plays a heel-heel which I think I find quite refreshing considering everyone seems to want to be a creative genius-heel or a popular heel

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Orton has been decent recently, he does his job and doesn't play stupid games. He plays a heel-heel which I think I find quite refreshing considering everyone seems to want to be a creative genius-heel or a popular heel

I concur

I actually think Randy Orton is severely under-rated.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

Mr H wrote:I assume you think Michael Owen is a good commentator too?

No one's that stupid.

Orton has been decent recently, he does his job and doesn't play stupid games. He plays a heel-heel which I think I find quite refreshing considering everyone seems to want to be a creative genius-heel or a popular heel

Amen to that brother

I can't work out if this is my face turn, or in fact aligning with you two means I've gone heel. Even Crips text me to say he agreed, which is a really bad sign

Don't kid yourself on that you dont know...

That's the Holy Trinity of heel tandem man!

You can all form the New New Nexus, and KF can still be Otunga.

Davey missed the boat, he could have been the star if he changed his name to O'Chuuuuuuunga

He should have inherited Droz's gimmick and called himself David O'Chunder.

I don't mind Orton that much but only it really depends who he is against. I enjoyed Cena vs Orton years ago but now I've had enough. Orton vs Batista. God no. Orton vs Triple H, not again. Orton vs Lesnar...well I wouldn't mind that, problem is they are 2 heels (although Lesnar is approaching the stage where he can Poopie on Paul Bearer's grave and still get cheered) so not sure how it would work but I think I would enjoy it. Orton vs Punk/Jericho/Bryan/Taker would all interest me although I am not Taker's biggest fan.