When two faces feud with each other in the WWE, one of them is bound to turn heel as the feud reaches it climax. The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 27 feud could follow a similar pattern to the classic story of hero turning villain. The question is, should John Cena turn heel or should The Rock turn heel? Let’s look at both guys status among WWE fans right now.
The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 27|2011 – The People Champion
Is the Rock still truly the People Champion? The Rock has not been in the WWE ever since 2004 but when he returned in 2011, the majority of the crowd cheered and supported his words and gestures. Wait, you are wondering which part of the WWE universe were not supporting The Rock? John Cena fans. It’s no secret that the majority of Cena fans are kids and women. Most of them probably have no clue who the Rock is, if they never catch any of his movies. It was interesting to note that some John Cena fans were unhappy that The Rock has been making fun of John Cena in various ways on Raw. Still the Rock is supported by the males audience, which still makes up at least 50% of the WWE viewers. It was not hard to note that the men were laughing along whenever the Rock mock John Cena in his promos.
The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 27|2011 – The Cenation
There’s no question though that most males fan are tired of John cena the character. Many respect the hard work and talents of the man, but year in and year out, Cena crushes all the heels while using a cheesy and toned down gimmick to appeal to kids. That’s the reality of the WWE PG era, headed by John Cena purple shirts, cheesy promos and cartoonist moves. Occasionally, the Cena sucks chants almost overcrowd the Let’s go Cena chants at WWE events.
Yet the WWE continue to push Cena as the #1 babyface, as long as he is selling merchandise. It’s worth noting that increasingly number of kids are present at WWE ppvs and tapings, so you can see why the WWE cater to these fans through tweaking of John Cena, which makes it even more frustrating because we all know this guy can be the chain gang rapper that was cool and relevant. How do you expect adult males to relate to a guy wearing purple shirt? Most don’t and that’s why Cena is not over with the male audience.
The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 27|2011 – If The Rock Turns Heel
It will work because the Rock already has a somewhat mixed reputation about his loyalty to the WWE and the fans. After all, the Rock left the WWE in 2004 full time and never made any apperance in a WWE ring for 7 years. Now The Rock could easily play up his Hollywood Rock persona and declare that he left the WWE because he always sense that he was bigger than the WWE. How do you really turn The Rock heel? Have him screw John Cena out of the WWE title match at Wrestlemania 27 during the John Cena vs The Miz Wrestlemania 27 match and become ally with the Miz to add a twist to the Rock vs John Cena vs the Miz feud.
Next have The Rock declare the Miz as the guy who he decided was worthy of passing the torch to as the future of the WWE. Finally have Michael Cole become a heel manager for both The Rock and The Miz. Or have the Rock revealed as the anonymous Raw general manager and abuse his powers against the babyfaces. No jokes, no catchphrases, just serious promos (think Chris Jericho transforming from Y2J). That’s how you turn the Rock heel.
The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 27|2011 – If John Cena turns heel
The logical scenario would be for John Cena to turn on The Rock when saving him from a beatdown from The Miz and Alex Riley. Then John Cena would assault the Rock badly, putting him out on the shelves for months. John Cena would then cut promos taunting and mocking the Rock to prove that he is better than the Rock. Finally John Cena would form a new version of the Nexus with Wade Barrett and Cm Punk to form a mega stable to take over Raw and Smackdown. Out with all the kiddies stuff, the new John Cena would bring a mash up of his chain gang attitude and mean streak. With the Nexus backing him, Cena would feud with The Undertaker and Randy Orton to complete his heel turn.
The Rock vs John Cena 2011 – Who Should Turn Heel?
So back to the original concept, in this feud of The Rock vs John Cena, who should play the heel and babyface? Frankly it’ll 100% depend on what the Rock future plans are. Will the Rock stay in WWE or will the Rock leave WWE after Wrestlemania 27 ? If The Rock return for only one match, leading to The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 28, in his hometown of Miami Florida, I would say keep John Cena face and keep the Rock face too. Why?
Because John Cena will be booed out of the building in Miami against the hometown hero The Rock anyway. John Cena could praise the Miami crowd and still get booed because it’s the Rock country in Miami for The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 28 match.
If The Rock prefer to stay in the WWE regularly, then it make sense to explore the option of turning John Cena heel. For now, with 2 weeks left to Wrestlemania 2011, the focus has been on a buildup of the the Rock vs John Cena vs the Miz. The Rock and John Cena have not confront each other directly, so it will be interesting to see what happens when The Rock vs John Cena Wrestlemania 27 confrontation finally take place. Whether it will affect the outcome the match between John and Miz remains to be seen.
Its hard to predict the fight,The Rock knew he will be going back to WWE and Cena is a superstar who been there done that before
rock vs cena … gross this only ruins rocks career