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Something to keep in mind about Cena is that ratings did go down under him. They were determined to get him over, but the push actually pushed people away. He did well selling merch to dumb kids still watching wrestling, but when it comes to naming the biggest stars in wrestling, there's no way he's anywhere close to Hogan, Austin or even Rock, who routinely helped Cena get over the million buy line for Mania.
Cena's star will continue to grow now, with the secret being out that he does have personality and can make it in Hollywood. And that's the star that is going to be remembered and valuable moving forward. People aren't suddenly going to look at Cena vs. Triple H from Mania 22 as expert storytelling. And Cena now is so much better than Cena from a decade ago. When Cena first got given the belt and got smashed over, he was not six years into his career. Now he's been doing this for 19.
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