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DOES JOHN CENA TELL VINCE MCMAHON TO BACK OFF, WHAT IF CENA WENT TO TNA, CAN CREDIBILITY BE BROUGHT BACK TO MID-CARD TITLES AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2014-09-08 09:59:00

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What ever happened to Reckless Youth? I remember in the 90s he was a big time Indy star. Did WWE or WCW ever express interest. I am surprised he never wrestled for ECW (the original ECW).

ECW wanted him and Paul Heyman made a play for him. Heyman’s plan was to push him really hard but Youth didn’t want to commit to working for ECW. He had a good job outside of the business, as an accountant if memory serves, that he did not want to give up.

I've been watching NXT since the debut of the WWE network and since the first match between Cesaro and Sami Zayn, I've really fallen in love with the talent on that show. One of my biggest fears is that stars like Zayn will make it up to the main roster and never be used in the main event picture. With that being said, do you think that feuds like Zayn-Cesaro or Ziggler-Breeze could create memorable matches that could bring prestige and relevance back to the mid card championships (US and intercontinental)? I mean Neville, Zayn and Breeze have made the NXT title chase more interesting than everything going on with the IC championship.

There are lot of guys, honestly, that could bring prestige back to those mid card belts if they were booked properly. But that is the big if. It comes down to how Vince McMahon choose to use, or misuse, his young talent. I agree that NXT is more fun to watch than the main product most of the time because the booking is better. I hope at some point that carries over to the main roster.

Cena comes across like a stand up guy that works hard for the company and does whatever he's told without asking questions. Have you ever heard of him telling Vince that he shouldn't be booked as so indestructible?

Yes and we have talked about it on the Elite site. He has told Vince a number of times he thinks he should be booked differently, but at the end of the day he is a company man and does what the boss wants.

Although this will likely never happen, but I would still love to know your take on this. Are we going to see a grande increase in ratings for TNA if Cena jumps ship to the company right now given that he is still in his prime unlike Hogan when he joined TNA? And how would you react if you were WWE?

Yep, it won’t happen. If it did, there would probably be a bit of an uptick for TNA but keep in mind that Jeff Hardy jumped right after being The World Champion in WWE and it wasn’t a big bump. The same for Kurt Angle, who was still a top guy for WWE when he joined TNA. How would I react? I would do what WWE should have been doing for years now and I would book some other guys as top talents. And they would have to since the crutch of relying on Cena the way Vince McMahon does would be gone.

Now, I’m sure there are more important things for Vinny and the team to be thinking about right now, but I’d like your views on something that instantly put me off watching WWE. This gradually got worse in the 2000s and built to a breaking point for me, whenever it happens I flip the channel. When the wrestlers connect with a punch, a knee, impact moves really, the camera zooms in and back really quickly… in out in out in out in out in out in out in out in out… arrrggghhhh - quit it!… especially common on run ins… who the heck came up with that idea ? All we’re missing is a 1960s Batman-styled ‘kapow’ on the screen! Is it just me or does it annoy others too?

That’s the Kevin Dunn way of shooting TV. I have heard from others that it annoys them too so you are not alone.

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