WWE Paradox: WWE Superstar John Cena can wrestle, and better than Brock Lesnar

A better wrestler than most credit him for?

WWE Superstar John Cena has his fans and his haters; no one will disclaim his popularity, but there are older fans who are simply tired of seeing the leader of the Cenation on their television screens. Many fans have come to the determination that John Cena simply sucks in the ring and should be seen as public enemy number one. While this is not crazy, it is unfounded when Cena has shown that he is actually a terrific performer in the WWE.

No one will call him the second coming of Kurt Angle or Shawn Michaels, with whom he had great matches with in his career. No one will call Cena a great in-ring technician on the lines of Bret Hart and Ric Flair. However, he has shown that he can have a great match with several stars.

It is getting to be quite ignorant of fans to say that the other wrestler is the one who makes John Cena look good, and it is not Cena. Interestingly, Cena is the one calling the spots in most of his matches. He is the veteran, and whether or not he calls a good spot or not is on him and the other talent has to go with it.

The biggest issue with John Cena for fans has been that he has a limited move-set. Cena has shown lately especially that he hass more than 5 moves, but he always has. In his first match on WWE’s main roster, he faced Kurt Angle and showed more than 5 moves easily. In every single match, barring the squash matches, he has shown a good set of moves.

The older fans hate John Cena so much that they reach for anything they can to call him bad, and his wrestling has been picked on more than anything else in his career when that has never truly been a problem for him. Again, no one is calling him the best technician in the world, but the guy is by no means a push-over.

Cena had a series of great matches with Angle

The problem fans truly have with John Cena is his character. No one can get past this with Cena. His character is boring and he has been massively over-exposed to WWE fans. WWE fans are simply tired of seeing Cena in the main event every single week, month, and year. It gets old when there is no diversity.

This much a fan has more than enough room to back up.

It is why the same problem they have with John Cena in wrestling is the kind they do not care about with a guy like Brock Lesnar.

Lesnar’s moveset since his return is limited

Over the past year or so, Lesnar has been nothing but strong move and suplex barring his finisher. He may show some signs of other things, but when you German suplex a man 15 times....you are by no means showing great move diversity. The fans eat up this style of move-set by Lesnar. In reality, it is just as limited as people hated John Cena over

The difference? Character.

Lesnar barely talks, and he comes off more heelish than anything else. Fans dig heels, especially big guys who can throw others around like ragdolls.

John Cena is a big man, almost the same size as Lesnar in fact. However, he does not have a random strong move style. One can actually argue that John Cena has shown himself to be a better wrestler than Brock Lesnar in 2015.

Before you write your hate comment, think about it. John Cena has put on classic WWE United States Championship matches with several talented performers. He has been the best part of WWE RAW each week for his wrestling, not talking segments. He has also helped to put over the likes of Cesaro, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Neville, and more. He has been putting on very good matches on every PPV this year as well.

Yet Lesnar has not done this as often as Cena and arguably does the same old stuff we have seen him do. Cena continues to show us something new while Lesnar shows us the same move-set that he beat John Cena with at last year’s WWE SummerSlam.

It is arguable, but if we go off the facts....Lesnar is the exact thing a “wrestling” fan would hate. Meanwhile John Cena is the exact thing a wrestling fan would love if we based both men’s in-ring skill on this year alone.

Both men are obviously fun to watch. Lesnar shows some exciting material when he throws people around, but Cena has shown some classic matches with some of the WWE’s lesser known talent. Yet fans have the gall to call John Cena a bad wrestler?

My opinion? Open your eyes and see young sachwon. For you shall see nothing but darkness until the light comes forward.