Updated: Apr 1
John Cena shredded WWE United States Champion Austin Theory to the point of no return. Did that help the up-and-coming star... or completely hurt him?John Cena shredded WWE United States Champion Austin Theory to the point of no return. Did that help the up-and-coming star... or completely hurt him?
By Mark Mahler - 03.18.2023
A couple of weeks ago on WWE Monday Night Raw, we saw the return of John Cena. This is always a joyous time for CeNaion and ratings spike for the WWE brass. But Cena being typical Cena - he cut a promo, played to the crowd, and absolutely obliterated Austin Theory.
This isn't the first time we've seen Cena cut a promo and try and bait his opponent into something. He did it with the Rock and the Rock writing the promo on his arm. He made the Tribal Chief stumble all over himself when the promo exchange stalled because of forgotten lines.
This was different. The feel was not Cena trying to bring the best out of Theory, it was like Cena was walking his dog to mark his territory and Theory was grass, tree, and fire hydrants. Anything the big dog in the yard can state a claim to.
He not only took that dump in his own backyard, but he also make sure to rub Theory's face in it.
We all know that the WWE tends to make crowd noises during shows if the crowd goes flat...they really need lessons from the Canadian crowds, and the UK crowds when it comes to not needing to pipe in boos and cheers, but I digress. When a crowd isn't into the program the show tends to have fake crowd noises to give the home watchers the idea that the product is hot.
