Anti-Villain/Professional Wrestling: Difference between revisions

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* [[John Cena]]... sorta. If you look at it from a typical smark's point of view, Cena is a villain. But if one begins to really think about it... John Cena is an extremely hard-working individual who has pretty much given as much of his entire life to pro wrestling as he possibly can. He fights to return from injury in [[The Determinator|half the time it would take normal people]], he is the most frequent wish-granter in the history of the Make-A-Wish foundation, works his ass off to stay in shape and pull off ridiculous, abnormally inhuman feats of physical strength, and has been known to put on amazing matches/promos (his match with CM Punk at Money in the Bank 2011 is the only WWE match to receive a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer in nearly ''15 years'', and said match being ''the first ever Hell in a Cell in 1997''.). But it seems that at this point, the smarks just boo Cena because it's cool or that it's the standard (especially with The Rock's return). He's also been known to get one up on anti-Cena crowds, like at ECW One Night Stand in 2006:

'''Crowd''': *chanting* YOU STILL SUCK! YOU STILL SUCK! }}

** It doesn't help that, even when he's a heel nowadays, the fans still cheer for him.

** It also helps that the guy portraying Kane, Glen Jacobs, is a decent performer, hard worker, loyal company man, and really nice guy in real life.