John Cena will face Rusev for the United States Championship at Wrestlemania. Let's break it down!
Pros
1. Cena excelling at lesser role
This will mark the 2nd year in a row that Cena won't be involved in a World Title match after competing in 8 World Title bouts between WM 21-27 and WM 29. That's a lot of World Championship matches at the big event. An even better fact? He only lost 2 of those title matches. Anyway, seeing Cena taking a backseat from the WWE World Title is needed and welcomed. I'm not a fan of Cena and I've made it known all throughout this blog but I respect the guy. This is the 2nd year where Cena has faced a young heel. Say what you will about Cena but he's pushing the future here. This is a role that I can get used to seeing in the coming years of Wrestlemania.
2. Making the US Title important
John Cena feuding for the US Title instantly makes the title worth winning again. If someone like Cena wins the title, it will add the much needed eyes back on the title. People will start to care about defenses of it again and the quality of matches will definitely go up. Cena could also do his part in pushing more younger talents while holding the titles. And imagine the different PPV matches you could see. A Cesaro/Cena match would be lovely while Cena/Neville sounds just as good. Cena feuding for or having the US Title makes it important and would certainly help the rise of the the midcard title.
3. Rusev's first WM
Rusev made his roster debut the day after Wrestlemania XXX. In his first Wrestlemania, he's going to face John Cena. Like Bray Wyatt last year, this is a big honor for a rookie like him to have. Cena is THE GUY. Just putting him in the same match with Cena will do a few things. One, since it's Wrestlemania, although the obvious foreign heel, he'll probably be cheered by the smark crowd. Two, even if he loses, he'll give Cena a fight and even more exposure to himself. Rusev will come out looking strong and will definitely elevate himself as a worthy challenger to soon to be WWE Champ Roman Reigns.
Cons
1. Rematch
There's nothing wrong with having a rematch at Wrestlemania. Taker/HBK, Rock/Austin, Cena/Batista are all rematches from previous events. The problem is that this match already happened at the LAST event. They didn't even try to hold it off. WWE thought they were smart by giving Rusev the cheap win at Fast Lane. It wouldn't be so bad if they tried to add something to this match but it's the same thing as Fast Lane. It's just a plain old US Title match. Why would they do the exact same match at back to back events, especially if the 2nd event is Wrestlemania? Such an odd choice.
2. Cena wins!
Once again, there's nothing wrong with John Cena winning. He's been winning all his career, especially on the grand stage of Wrestlemania. Cena is 8-3 at the big event. The problem is EVERYONE knows that this time, Cena is going to win and give Rusev his first loss. There is no way Cena will be humiliated at Wrestlemania by a rookie. It just won't happen. Cena has lost to Orton, Miz (with the help of The Rock), and The Rock at Wrestlemania. I highly doubt his 4th loss will come at the hands of Rusev. Actually, there is no way it will. Cena will win because it's the storybook ending for this feud. Rusev has to lose eventually and after beating everyone else, there's no left, so he has to lose. Last year, while the world knew Cena was going to defeat Wyatt, I had hope that Wyatt could do the impossible. He didn't. Rusev is no different.
That's all for Rusev/Cena. I really thought I'd have more cons for this but I can't complain with Cena taking a backseat for the 2nd year. Seriously, it's very refreshing.
Next up, Triple H VS Sting!
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