>>19500449I was a little jimmy back then so my opinion doesn't count, but I genuinely can't fathom in retrospect why people were so low on that era of Cena in the ring. Especially with how much the consensus has flipped over the years and how a lot of "smarks" who are my age and younger unironically consider Cena a GOAT. What were all the uncs smoking back then to think he wasn't good at all?
These days when people talk about all-time great fed matches, the biggest and most contrarian smark in the room is probably going to bring up Cena vs Umaga or JBL. That'd probably be unfathomable to someone 15 years ago.