Saturday Night's Main Event: Former WCW champion slams WWE for 'lame as hell' build to John Cena and R-Truth's match
Saturday Night's Main Event: Vince Russo, a veteran writer and booker, is not happy about John Cena facing R-Truth at SNME. According to him, the match has no real story or build. He also feels the contest is designed to get heat on the Cenation Leader.
Saturday Night's Main Event: John Cena will be locking horns with R-Truth at Saturday Night¡¯s Main Event in a match that has evoked sharp reactions from fans. Some feel that the 53-year-old, who has essentially been a lower midcarder in recent years, has no business being the Cenation Leader¡¯s opponent in his final year as an in-ring talent. However, others feel that this has the potential to be an entertaining match as Truth considers Cena to be his ¡®childhood hero¡¯.
A veteran writer has now weighed in on the build to the match and called it ¡®lame as hell¡¯. He further stated that the company is going through with this match simply to get ¡®heat¡¯ on John Cena, who turned heel at Elimination Chamber in March.
Vince Russo gets candid about John Cena, R-Truth¡¯s match
Vince Russo is a popular name in the pro wrestling industry. The veteran writer, who began his career in the 90s, was an integral part of the WWE creative team during the Attitude Era. He also worked with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where is won the company¡¯s title. In an exclusive interaction with Indiatimes, he said that the whole idea of pitting John Cena against R-Truth at Saturday Night¡¯s Main Event is ¡®lame as hell¡¯. He added that there is no real build for the match.
¡°It's lame as hell. They are just looking for a Cena match for "Saturday Night's Main Event" with no story and build---a QUICK one and done. They will probably use this match to get some severe heat on Cena,¡± said Russo.
This will mark Cena¡¯s first appearance after WWE Backlash, where he defeated Randy Orton to retain his Undisputed Championship.
How did the feud begin?
R-Truth, who a fan of Cena¡¯s work, tried to help him at Backlash by preventing Randy Orton from delivering a punt kick to the ¡®Last Real Champion¡¯ and received an RKO for his troubles. Later, during a press meet, Cena AAed Truth through a table. Following this, Truth challenged Cena to a match and vowed to make his see sense.
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Roktim Rajpal is a Principal Digital Content Producer at Indiatimes. He has been an entertainment journalist for a decade. Roktim is a movie buff and specialises in covering South cinema and Bollywood. He also takes a keen interest in web series.
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