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Originally Posted by molson
Wasn't Piper telling Cena to tell the fans to fuck off? It was some fun continuity, that's the 2nd or 3rd Piper's Pit over the last few years where Piper has tried to talk Cena into turning heel. The WWE really isn't afraid of acknowledging Cena's boos - last night Cena actually brought up the 3-4 most hostile crowds he ever wrestled in front of over the last 5 years. You make it sound like Royal Rumble 1992 where the WWF didn't acknowledge, and then actually tried to edit out, the cheers when Sid eliminated Hogan, or when they cut short the Jake Roberts/Hogan feud because Roberts was getting too many cheers. For god's sake, they're booking him against the Rock at Mania, he will be the heel in that match, just like he was the heel against RVD, against Edge, against CM Punk. Every one of those matches involved a heel turn, and they were all considered great matches/storylines. In 2011, not unlike 1996, I don't think you can define heel/face strictly based on how a guy acts, or traditional booking. If Cena is boo'd and the Rock is cheered at Mania - Cena's the heel. And that alignment is very obviously intentional - just like it was intentional with RVD/Edge/CM Punk. If a company sets up a guy in a match where he'll be boo'd, and then he is, how is he not a heel?
I think the Nash thing is all about health. The guy has heart issues, I think they were hoping for 1 or 2 PPV garbage hardcore type matches, and that's still might be the plan, and opposed to him wrestling a full schedule.
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I think Cena is a heel right now. At best it seems like half the crowd is booing him and at worst it's most of the crowd like we saw at MSG. And while you can say it's not booked traditionally, they've been essentially running promos/segments every week begging fans to cheer for him. They had to run out multiple legends to pander to the crowd for him and even had to get rubs off of guys like CM Punk. Who would have thought that Cena would need to be using Ryder's name for cheap pops these days?
The Piper segment was good, although I thought it could have been better. Wouldn't have minded 5 minutes more. I thought Piper would push the angle more. There can be a good case to be made that he should be mad at certain fans who boo him and cheer the Rock. He is the guy out there every week, is the guy doing the promos, is the guy shaking hands and meeting kids. Rock comes in for a week every few months and gets the big pops. That is sort of bullshit.
As for Nash, I guess I don't understand why they bothered. They took the hottest angle they had and put Kevin Nash and his poor health in front of it. Just makes no sense at all.