Well allow me to sperg out one more time about Cena's ending before it becomes maligned history:
If they had just had semblance of a STORY it would have worked. I can see it now, during Cena's heel run Cena should have been approached by Gunther,
"John before you retire I would like to have a match with you, it would be an honor." Heel Cena would brush him off,
"Well Gunther I respect your technical skills but there's a lot of men who would like to have a match with me before it's over. Men who have a little more star power than you." This diss would give Gunther a motive to hate John! He could have delivered promos about how Cena was a fraud and how he's going to win the tournament and make Cena submit. This could have been done in 5 Minutes and that's what infuriating to me it's not hard to write fun Wrestling Promos!
They have the money, they have the talent, but it's just a little too much work to give some soap opera segments. It's utterly bewildering. And what's worse are the WWE shills pretending it was still high art and satisfying to have John lose.
"Oh when Cena smiled it showed he was content, He never gave up but he knew his body was done!" GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT BULLSHIT!
I don't think I'm some "genius" like Vince Russo, I just know it could have been a good story, it could have actually gotten Gunther seriously over because he'd be a compelling bad guy. There was no buildup for this match, it just happened and that's embarrassing because Hunter and his lackeys knew months ahead it would end with Cena vs Gunther.