We rarely see John Cena in WWE these days and with
The Suicide Squad up next for the leader of the Cenation, chances are he'll be sitting out the rest of 2019 too. While the company is still trying to make Roman Reigns the next face that runs the place, Cena has revealed in a new interview that he believes the idea of putting the focus on just one wrestler is an outdated idea.
"I think the dynamic of the program is changing. For the longest time, I think, if you consider WWE a band, there’s been one front-person of the band. I think that dynamic is changing and it’s because the audience is too diverse. I think older males are watching it, younger kids are watching it, females are watching it. The audience is so diverse so with a diverse audience, it’s tough to universally please someone.
"In the ’80s, you had a family-oriented program and Hulk Hogan was the front man. In the ’90s, you had 18 to 35-year-old males. In comes Steve Austin and Dwayne Johnson, because they hit right down that wheelhouse. And then there was me, but even myself as you know, went through a polarizing stage where half the audience likes you and half the audience doesn’t…
“" don’t think there’s a universal figure that will lead the company forward. I think as the company grows and especially expands globally, you’re gonna have, like a super-friends of the WWE which is like, people who are essentially fighting for equal share of popularity. I think the band essentially will have ten lead singers of every different race, creed, color, sex, ethnicity. So, I believe that I was kind of the last of that, and I think the landscape has changed so much that’s more of group effort rather than an individual effort."
He makes a good point but the problem here is that WWE doesn't seem to agree.
These days, pretty much every Superstar on the roster is just another guy and WWE is intent on keeping the spotlight on Roman Reigns. The "Wild Card" rule was only really implemented to allow The Big Dog to appear on both shows and that doesn't seem to be helping much in terms of ratings.
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