
(Word Life? Nevermind. Cena is brilliant. He can communicate without the use of verbs, adjectives or pronouns.)
Before all the Pro Wrestling fanatics jump all over me for the title of this post, read the quote below, then take a deep breath and think about things in perspective.
Cena, who is a native of Newbury, Massachusetts, was asked about what he thought about the UFC coming to Boston last weekend, likely by an oblivious reporter ,who, like many mainstream scribes, think that MMA and WWE are just variations of the same acronym. Why else would you ask a wrestler to talk about a sport that has as much to do with his profession as hunting does to being a butcher?
Here’s Cena’s well thought out reply which likely earned him a bonus from Vince McMahon:
"It’s just not something that particularly interests me," Cena told The Boston Globe ahead of UFC 118. "UFC is where boxing was years ago, and I was never really into boxing, either."
In town for last night’s WWE "Monday Night Raw" at the TD Garden, Cena said he prefers professional wrestling because it’s "regulated entertainment that’s safe for anyone to enjoy." And UFC? "It is what it is," he said. "It can be pretty over the top, and it’s not something I’d want my children to watch."
Now I’m not saying MMA is G-rated entertainment by any means, and I don’t let my younger kids watch it, the same as I don’t let them watch violent movies, but to say that WWE shows aren’t "over the top" and are "regulated entertainment that’s safe for anyone to enjoy," either proves that Cena has been dropped on his head one too many times or that he’s just plain simple.
Somehow I don’t see Nickelodeon picking up this wholesome programming:
(Video courtesy YouTube/1r2r1r)
(Video courtesy YouTube/WWE)








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Evan O' Brien
www.fromheadlockstoheadlines.com
(thanks for the advertisement on that post that you edited, If your editing something to try to make someone out to be a homosexual try to make it less obvious. Hugh GVagina really that's an oxymoronic name coming from a supposed homosexual who has incestuous sex with ones own father.)
A person pointing out the obvious.
If you don't want to be insulted, don't publish insultingly stupid material. The least you could do would be to bother to actually put some time and research into your writing and not try so incredibly hard to look as ambitiously stupid as this 'analysis' would suggest you are.
Least you could do would be to write me a 'thank you' letter. I'm actually helping you here, but you're too busy being ULTIMATE~! Nothing gets people to take you 'seriously' like desperate attempts to prove their the shiniest moral turd in the toilet bowl. Keep providing us with more 'crack' analysis.
Me, I'll go write a blog about how Magglio Ordonez not being a wrestling fans hurts my feelings and pretend people give a shit.
Sweep the leg,
Hunter
I nearly killed a neighbours kid when I was 12 with a DDT...badly hurt his neck..I knew it was going to hurt the little fucker..but at least when my old man whipped me I could blame Jake the snake....another kid smashed his brother with a 2x4 ala Hacksaw Jim Dugan
I would like to take this moment to inform you of some recent WWF/E story lines, involving:-
- Rape
- Incest
- Necrophilla
- Drugs
- Abuse of disabled people
- Bastard children
- Dementia and abuse of mentally disabled people
- Death
- Terrorism
- Racial sterotyping
- Homosexual sterotyping
- Objectification of women
- Using death of wrestlers to promote the company and its stars
- Old person gives birth to a hand
- Ritual Sacrifice
- Live sex
- Live burial
- Use of multiple weapons during fights including and not limited to: Barbed wire, cars, hammers, nails and fire.
- Murder
- Torture
- Kidnap
- Blasphemy
- Feeding other people the remains of their dead pets (seriously)
- Alchohol Abuse
- Transexual Intercourse
- Pornography
- Stalking
So overall Mr. Cena, if I had children, I'd much rather they see a guy get punched in the face. However if you wish for your kids to see all of the above, good luck to you ...
And if you're going to knock the guy, at least get your facts straight. The WWE's pretty much been a PG company for the past 2-3 years. The product was seedier in the past to be sure, but the dynamic has changed dramatically. In the context of the present, I don't see how he's that hypocritical.
And what's with MMA's homoerotic infatuation with pro wrestling and their fans anyway? Pro wrestling is a TV show. Like Sopranos, Law and Order or the Simpsons. They have a guy like John Cena and he solves problems and slays dragons just like Tony Soprano whacked opposing mob bosses and put out fires caused by his bungling side kicks. MMA is a sport - a game with rules that dictate the outcome of their bouts. There's really no correlation outside of the fact that they're both on ppv.
If MMA fans are baffled as to why their sport hasn't recieved the credibility of OTHER sports - it's for reasons like this. Their ambitiously stupid, obviously molested and shrill fan base and media is more concerned with fighting with a pretend television show which makes it look like the constantly evolving tropes within the sport are not interesting enough to talk about. It's like the NFL 'calling out' a member of the cast of 'Friday Night Lights' because they're not a football fan. Why don't more people talk MMA? Because it's not interesting. Just ask the media that covers it.
What a stupid, stupid story. *Facepalm* for MMA with this stuff.
It's a shame Vince isn't interested in MMA vs Pro. Wrestling PPV. Settle that debate once and for all. Brock lesnar vs Rey Mysterio seeing as weight classes mean nothing in pro wrestling. High-fucking-lairious. Anyone remember that Daniel Puder, Kurt Angle thing a few years ago? Dana and Daniel were ready, Kurt and Vince weren't.
....at least the rampant steroid abuse is. The Chris Benoit story is particularly disturbing. Some website (was it this one?) linked another website chronicling all the pro wrestler deaths, the vast majority were from heart disease (or other similar problems) before their time. John Cena's probably speaking on behalf of his swelling brain, the WWE is clearly more dangerous than MMA, why?
One word
TOMBSTONE!
The WWE has cleaned up their on air product from the time of the video you posted, but that is mostly to deflect from their horrendous safety record and high death and addiction rates of ex employees (something MMA is having a budding problem with like when this started in wrestling).
And furthermore, if this isn't just company line, why does John Cena have to like the UFC? It's not for everyone but some people enjoy it. Just sounded like an opinion to me.
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:23
I can't really believe that people watch professional wrestling past the age of 9... I don't even know how to file this information as "relevant".
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C'mon man, we all watched it up to about 15-16, and its not relevant, its about as relevant as wooden deck skateboards with rubber wheels and trucks, no longer relevant but fun memories. Peace out dude
I didn't watch that shit. Ever.
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