Cena Needs To Drop Belt

In Troy Kennedy's Irish Whip debut, he takes a look at the inexplicably long title reign of John Cena and breaks down what the WWE needs to do in order to freshen its product.

John Cena is a world-renowned WWE superstar. And he very well could be one of the longest-reigning, most annoying champions ever. Never since Triple H's tenure of doom have I been so tired of seeing one man beat odds that are just unreal.

The WWE has created a big problem which it now must deal with. Having Cena beat The Great Khali but lose to Edge makes no since to me. Of course, I will give Cena credit where credit is unfortunately due. Cena is one of the longest reigning champions ever; he is point blank doing his job. But I have a problem with that, because in the WWE, Cena's best isn't good enough for me.

The fans don't expect what a Jeff Hardy does every night, but they do demand the absolute best that each wrestler can give. And it seems my problem with Cena is just that. Cena gives half effort in most, if not all of his matches, and does not give a damn about it. Yet many of the fans still cheer him on as if they were Stevie Wonder, because they seem not to know that he wrestles horribly.

John Cena makes me upset because he is the leader of a company with third-rate skills...and quite frankly that is not good enough to help pull the slacking WWE out of the mud. I can name three wrestlers who could carry the WWE out of this funk and back to its peak as a company. Guess what? Cena is not one of them because he does not possess the one factor that makes any WWE champion a household name: unpredictability.

When Stone Cold Steve Austin was extremely popular during the Attitude Era, it was mostly due to the fact that you never knew what was going to happen. Yes, we knew the Stunner was his finisher, but that was about it (and even that could come out of nowhere and happen to Vince at anytime). Wrestling in general has lost that feeling of how things can happen at the drop of a dime. Now, that is not all Cena's fault because he is not the one making decisions, but he isn't exactly helping either. Some of the blame must fall on Vince McMahon.

Vince McMahon has to do something. MMA is on the rise, and fans are just generally losing interest, especially after the tragic and puzzling death of Chris Benoit. I have no doubt that Vince (or Shane) will be able to create the WWE brand again, but the question is how soon. MMA is about to swallow the WWE, and the problem needs to be solved before we've lost all of our fan base. So how do we solve the problem ?

LET CENA LOSE THE WWE TITLE! Yes, Cena is great as a figurehead, but he isn't deserving of the title yet. He isn't one of the best. He is just a sad case of a face getting over with the fans and being handed the belt. Without it, he is nothing, sort of like Smackdown favorite Batista. Ken Kennedy, Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton all deserve a chance at the belt and should win it sooner than later.

John Cena is a great, but he is nowhere near a leader or pioneer of the sport like a Shawn Michaels. John Cena needed more time to develop in the system and he would have been great if the WWE didn't push him too early. Cena needs to lose his belt, take some time off, and get more of what we call common wrestling knowledge before he'll be ready for another endless title reign.

Signing out Troy Kennedy…..Kennedy.