Throughout the history of The WWE, fans have let their feelings be known by cheers and by chants. Whether it was yelling “What”?, between every sentence Stone Cold Steve Austin spoke, or The WWE Universe joining in for a classic D-Generation X, Suck It chant, The WWE can always tell what is on the crowds mind by their reaction.
Unfortunately, some crowd chants go far beyond letting their feelings be known, and start to cross the line into the realm of bullying other participants in the crowd. The perfect example of this being, chants of Cena sucks. Not because of who The WWE Universe are chanting against, but who their intended for.
The
problem with Cena sucks chants, is that they are not directed at John Cena
himself, but his fans around the arena. Think about it. You never hear Cena
sucks chants start to form, until Cena fans try to cheer Cena on during the
match, usually when he is trying to shift momentum back in his favor. This
means that, the Cena sucks chants are a direct response to The Cenation
chanting for John Cena., effectively bullying them.
A WWE
live event should be an experience to remember, not a place for bullying by
other spectators to take place. Seriously, we all know most John Cena fans are
little children, who just came to see their favorite super hero defy the odds,
and win a match against a villain or two, but crowds bullying these children
take away from that experience completely. You’re basically asking a seven year
old child to defend their favorite superstar. I really hope you feel proud of
yourself for that!
I
think the only effective solution here, is to ban The Cena sucks chant from
arenas completely. They take away from the experience for the younger children,
and can even be upsetting to young Cenation fans at times. I’m not saying all
Cena sucks chants should be banned, just the ones that are in response to, Lets
go Cena chants.
This
way, The WWE Universe is still free to chant, “Cena sucks,” just not in
response to a, “Let’s go Cena chant.” Now the younger fans don’t have to feel
like the crowd is picking on them during the show, but the crowd also doesn’t
feel like their freedom of speech is being taken completely away.
Look
at it this way. The younger fans deserve to enjoy this experience just as much
as you do. Why ruin it for them, by chanting that their favorite wrestler, the
man many of these young kids aspire to be one day, sucks and cant wrestle?
Regardless of your opinion of whether it’s true or not, can’t you let these
kids have their moment and see their hero in all their glory? Because that’s
what John Cena is to these young children, a hero!
Think
back to when you were young and watched wrestling. Didn’t you have a hero you
enjoyed seeing? Didn’t you beg your mom and dad to take you to an upcoming
show, so you could scream and shout for your hero, while he kicked ass in the
ring? Wasn’t that a great experience that you’ll probably remember for the rest
of your life? Then why take that away from some younger kid, who just like you,
wants to have a moment they will remember for the rest of their life?
In all
honesty, there’s a lot of bullying in the world of wrestling. There’s internet
trolls, who bash you for talking about your favorite superstars on Facebook
forums, there’s Facebook hate pages for certain wrestlers that some fans don’t
like, and there always seems to be a
bully waiting in the wings, just waiting to call someone a Cenatard.
seriously,
the wrestling community needs to grow up. This is something that we all enjoy
and should bring us together as fans. Who cares if someone’s a Cena fan, or
likes a wrestler you don’t? You should respect them as a wrestling fan, not
belittle them for who they root for.
Maybe
banning the chant will never actually happen, but we as wrestling fans can make
a choice to make this offensive ritual a thing of the past. Let the Kids and other fans chant lets go Cena, to
their hearts content, you can always just chant, “Cena sucks”, in your head.
This one of the dumbest things I've ever read. "The problem with Cena sucks chants, is that they are not directed at John Cena himself, but his fans around the arena. Think about it. You never hear Cena sucks chants start to form, until Cena fans try to cheer Cena on during the match, usually when he is trying to shift momentum back in his favor. This means that, the Cena sucks chants are a direct response to The Cenation chanting for John Cena., effectively bullying them." Well this just clearly isn't true, there have been loads of occasions that a "Cena Sucks" chant started on its own, it even happens outside of matches. Secondly the chants aren't about bullying, it's about showing their distaste for the product - which they have every right to do. Simply not watching it would be a more effective option, but hey, they want to chant they can chant. A bunch of grown men doesn't take anything away from the kids. They can still cheers Cena, they just have to hear the anti-Cena's opinion, which is fair enough. So they have to cheer against the anti cheers, that's part of the fun, it even gives them more reason to cheer. The "Let's go Cena, Cena sucks" chant is a fun back and forth between both sides, there's no bullying involved, it's both sides voicing their opinion. The kids get to be part of that - which is much better than simply cheering.
ReplyDeleteFinally, the dumbest part of all: you're calling for WWE to ban a chant, which they clearly can't do. If they could, don't you think they'd have banned the stupid what chant? What do you want them to do, kick out about 50% of their audience out of the arena? Best they can do is edit footage on non live events: which they already do. Of course the ban will never happen. You might as well write a blog calling for WWE to bring Andre The Giant out of retirement. The fans like chanting, you're the only one that sees it as bully, it clearly isn't going to stop.
Pretty sure this was written by a butt hurt cenatard
ReplyDeleteYou have over thought this. People are trying to have a good time at these events and its people like you that cause problems.
ReplyDeleteAre you even remotely aware of the fact that it was John Cena himself that started that chant? Stop masturbating to Cena posters already.
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