5 Biggest takeaways from John Cena vs Roman Reigns

#5 Cena v 2.0?

Is Reigns more like Cena than we'd care to admit

"A cheap-ass corporately created John Cena bootleg"

That is exactly what John Cena referred to Roman Reigns as when he lent into him on the microphone before the duo signed the contract for their No Mercy match.

Some would agree with the statement...but most discerning fans would take it with a pinch of salt.

After all, whatever else the differences between the two men, 'Super' Cena has always been characterized by how much talent he buried when he was on top; how strong he was made to look at the expense of others.

And Roman Reigns, boring though he is accused of being from time to time, hasn't earned himself quite the same level of notoriety...yet

At No Mercy, John Cena hit Roman Reigns with a barrage of AAs. One of them was even from the second rope. And the Big Dog kicked out of all of them.

When Cena punched Reigns, the Samoan would be sent back a step or two by the impact. But when Reigns threw hands, Dolph Ziggler would have been proud of how much Cena flopped around for him.

And in the end, all it took was one Superman punch and one spear to wrap up Cena's futile resistance.

Personally, I felt the way it ended was a little bit of an anti-climax...a meek finish after an explosive build to the match.

But the message relayed by the WWE was loud and clear. Roman Reigns was made to look immensely strong...at the expense of John Cena.

History, it would seem, is repeating itself after all.

And it isn't without a sense of irony either.

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