One of the most shocking endings to a WWE PLE took place when John Cena turned heel. Recently, TNA World Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy shared his thoughts on Cena’s heel turn.
While speaking on a recent episode of the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy mentioned that John Cena’s heel turn was very well done. He also sees it being a huge boost for the wrestling business.
“I thought it was very well done. I thought it was great, I think it is good for business. John was very generous in being up for it and I would imagine he’s pretty excited for it with everything being considered. You know, you see people post all the time and this whole meme is done to death nowadays, where they put ‘this is cinema.’ When you see the thing where he pulls him in, he hugs him, the facial expression changes, Rock looks at him and does the thing, that was cinema though. He backed off, kind of smiled again, then kicked him in the nuts.
“The way it was executed was done perfectly. It was shot perfectly, the storytelling of that moment was huge. And I think that is something that is going to be a huge positive and plus for WWE business over the next few months leading into WrestleMania.” [H/T Fightful.com]
Matt Hardy believes John Cena would want to make his final run the most memorable run
“I remember Ric Flair used to say this all the time. He said, ‘It’s one thing if you can get over by being a great babyface, guys who do babyface their entire career and they’re never heel, I think they’re good at what they do but they’re not the most talented in pro wrestling. The most talented performers in pro wrestling are the ones who can be on top as a babyface or the ones who can be on top as a heel.
“You make people absolutely love you and adore you or you can piss them off and make them think you’re the ultimate a**hole.’ He said, ‘I can do both, Ricky Steamboat couldn’t, you tell me who’s the better performer overall.’ There’s a lot of sense in that as well because it is really important to have that ability and that duality to play both sides. I think John is going to put a lot of pride behind this heel turn, he’s gonna work really really hard to be the opposite of what he was, the guy with the hustle, loyalty, and respect. The guy who did all the make-a-wishes and set records and was just the face of WWE. I think he’s going to go the complete opposite direction and he’s going to do everything that he can to make you despise him,” Matt Hardy said.
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