John Cena is without a doubt one of the most successful WWE stars of all time, but there’s no denying that a large portion of the audience was not willing to buy into his babyface character. The face of the WWE often got booed by fans when he was a mainstay on WWE programming, but despite the boos WWE never moved forward with plans for a heel turn.
At one point in time the idea of John Cena turned heel was apparently discussed, and former WWE writer Matt McCarthy noted on the We Watch Wrestling podcast that the former WWE Champion had specific ring gear made for his heel turn.
“I don’t know what the gear was, but he had specific gear made ready and waiting and then obviously we know it never happened, and there was a point in the discussions where it was like, ‘Well, the people who are gonna cheer him are going to continue to cheer him,’ (as he is now, as he is, you know, “Never Give Up,”) ‘and the people who are gonna boo him, are just gonna keep booing him.’ So the thinking was, that’s the most heelish thing he can do is to stay that white meat, smiling, pure babyface…”
“Cena obviously never had a problem getting booed by a large percentage of the audience and it is that, ‘I’m the most patriotic, I’m the most “do-gooder” guy there ever was,’ and for some reason that makes some people mad. And he was so great at cutting promos and just like sticking it to the people who couldn’t stand him. He was incredible at it.”
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