by Matthew Moseley

Created on: November 30, 2008

John Cena is a superstar in every sense of the word. A lot of people make arguments as to why John Cena is a terrible wrestler, and I've heard every single argument known to mankind, ranging from how much his moveset sucks, how bad he is at selling injuries, how his storytelling is average, how he doesn't deserve to be a main-eventer, etc. Before I provide my arguments as to why I personally believe John Cena to be a 'superstar', I undertook a little bit of research which I thought would help me understand a little better just why people thought he was such a bad professional wrestler. Upon recieving the feedback, it dawned upon me that many fans don't actually understand the business of professional wrestling at all.

One thing a lot of fans don't seem to understand is that professional wrestling is a non-competitive sport, but more importantly an entertainment medium. It exists solely on the basis of entertainment value. If it's not entertaining, it's dead. You cannot countinue to stage wrestling shows if you don't have any money, because you can't afford it. The art of professional wrestling is being able to work matches that entertain a large fanbase and create revenue. Everyone who works in professional wrestling works for a promotion. The promotions main goal is making money. That is the chief goal of every wrestling company. Thus, the best wrestlers are the ones who achieve the main objective the best, who is currently John Cena.

John Cena has been the face of WWE for some years now. Cena's passion for the business is matched by very few. While he isn't working or training, he appears on various television and radio shows to promote the WWE and visits young, disabled children who's dream is to meet their idol and spends countless hours signing autographs. Nobody can dispute the fact that the man is a workhorse who dedicates his life to wrestling.

In professional wrestling, the world champion is commonly seen as the person who is the number one draw in the company, the person who can sell the most tickets, the person a large majority of fans pay to see. John Cena has the sixth longest world title reign in WWE history, lasting over one full year in length. This alone proves that the WWE had enough faith in him to carry the company as their top babyface for what seems in modern times an extraordinary long period of time. During this time, TV ratings had started to slowly increase, indicative that John Cena, the companies number one draw was bringing more fans

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