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A Timeline of John Cena’s WWE Career
The wrestling superstar just announced his retirement — here’s how he got there.
The “ruthless aggression” era of the early aughts was too full of good wrestlers for him to continue to try and make his name purely as “a jacked guy.” He didn’t have the powerhouse tenacity of Brock Lesnar, the fluidity of Kurt Angle or Eddie Guerrero, the sheer spectacle of Rey Mysterio, or the charismatic likability of Edge. None of the other rookies from Cena’s class of newcomers really fit: A frustrated Brock Lesnar moved on to football and then the UFC; Batista had the look but his in-ring style at the time was best suited for outright domination; and Randy Orton had a kind of sociopathic energy that made him a better foil than leading man. In another break of the traditional fourth wall, Cena channeled the spirit he’d developed since his war with Punk and attacked Reigns’s lack of mic skills, his inability to connect with the audience, and his failed push as the company’s star.
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