In a recent episode of the 83 Weeks podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff talked about several topics, including John Cena's significant loss to Brock Lesnar at WrestlePalooza. Bischoff also explored the idea that Lesnar could serve as Cena's final opponent, potentially turning this into a redemption story for Cena.
This is what Eric Bischoff said, “If the story going forward is as you previously laid out, and this ends up with John and Brock in John’s final match, and John finally overcomes, it’s a redemption story. I love redemption stories, they always work for me. If it’s a Disney redemption story, I’ll actually shed a tear or two. If there’s a dog involved, I’ll be a bawling idiot. So, I hope that that is the case. If it’s not the case, and it was just what they did that night, that would be worrisome to me.”
On whether the events that unfolded were part of the storyline:
“If it’s part of a story, I think it’d be a great story, because redemptions always work. If it wasn’t part of the story and it was, ‘Well, here’s what we’re going to do tonight, and why?’ Ennh, not good. But we’ll find out.”
On how he would rate Cena’s final run with the company:
“I’d give it a C. Now, if you take the heel turn or whatever that was, take that out and just look at the rest of it, probably a B, maybe an A- or a B. It’s been pretty good, except for the way it started.”
On fans wanting to see their heroes go out on a high note:
“Just give everybody what they want, to see the guy go out on top. Everybody would love to see Babe Ruth hit his last home run. Nobody wants to see Babe Ruth strike out. Know what I mean? If you could go back in time. How many people would say, ‘I want to go back in time. I want to be there when Babe Ruth grabs his last at bat, but I want to see him strike out.’ No. Same thing here.”
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(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
