John Cena: The UFC is over the top but the WWE is safe for anyone to enjoy
by Jesse Holland on Aug 31, 2010 10:08 AM EDT
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"It’s just not something that particularly interests me. UFC is where boxing was years ago, and I was never really into boxing, either. [WWE is] regulated entertainment that’s safe for anyone to enjoy. (The UFC) can be pretty over the top, and it’s not something I’d want my children to watch."
WWE superstar John Cena puts the F in the UFC after the world's largest fight promotion descended upon Boston for its "Edgar vs. Penn 2" pay-per-view event from the TD Garden on Aug. 28. Cena won't let his kids watch anything Octagon related because it's not "regulated entertainment" like the WWE. Anyone think the "Prototype" has a valid argument? Or has he taken one too many chairshots over his illustrious wrestling career?
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Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
UFC is over the top but WWE isn't?
Ok John, anybody who has seem your movies knows that YOU have good taste. I’ve seen episodes of Jerry Springer that were less over the top than WWE and their goofy sketches.
Lesnar isn't the most skilled fighter but until somebody beats him he is the #1 HW in the world. It's obviously not Fedor and sure as hell isn't Werdum!
Considering since 1985 114 Wrestlers have died before the age of 65...
Many to problems related to having such large bodies (umm steroids) and mma has had 1 or was it 2 deaths, since 1993 (i believe)…I would have to say wrestling is a bit more over the top and I would much rather have my kids watch the guys that don’t abuse themselves for fake, choreographed, entertainment. Those number don’t include all the nearly cripples and invalids that were part of wrestling….Phucken idiot!
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
by Da Monkey on Aug 31, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I wonder what his standard of safe is?
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
i was wondering the same thing
dont wrestlers sometimes cut themselves so they will bleed everywhere? also i feel like ive seen some of those guys bring out barbed wire and shit like that. how is that safe or any better for your kids to watch?
never have any regrets, because at the time, thats all you wanted to do
During the attitude era aroudn 1997 you had Mae YOung hook up with Mark Henry
the result of this trist was Mae young getting pregnant and giving birth to a rubber hand covered in vasaline. Yup that is what kids definitly should watch.
I've got something to say; it better to burn in hell than to fade away!!!
They also show some wrestlers male,
slamming women on occasion as well. If I remember correctly…Great stuff for children to watch!
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
Deaths
Da Monkey since 1993 MMA now has two deaths after that one not too long ago. The first death they actually found the guy had a heart defect that was un-noticed prior to the fight, so his death wasn’t a result of the fight. Nonetheless they count it as two.
Meh. Like I care what a pretend athlete has to say about a real combat sport. Cena is irrelevant and so are his comments.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
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haha
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Aug 31, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats his opinion...
which i am sure nobody gives a hoot about….later cena
Who is John Cena and why is he wearing jean shorts in the ring?
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Twitter Handle = @xFenixKnightx
BECAUSE
Stone Cold wore them and Cena wishes he were half as entertaining as Austin.
I allow and encourage my kids to watch MMA with me. I try to keep them away from wrestling. Kids try that shit and snap their necks all the time. I remember being DDT’d on cement as a kid. We all thought Jake The Snake ruled.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Stonecold wore them but never in official matches.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Twitter Handle = @xFenixKnightx
by xFenixKnightx on Aug 31, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
"official"
What?
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Eh, you know what I mean. Lol
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
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by xFenixKnightx on Aug 31, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
actually stone cold did wear them in a match
after they discovered rikishi was the one who ran him over, he and austin had a no holds bared match and he wore them lol
SHOGUN SLAYED THE DRAGON! Hell Yeah
by Phenomenal Angel on Aug 31, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
So true kev...........that wrassling stuff is so dangerous to watch for impressionable kids.
I like fighting.
You just called me Kev
Fucker.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
HAHAHA
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
sup kev
Conan : You are known as a striker. Is that correct? Tell me what that means.
Chuck : Well I like to punch people, or kick them.
They shouldn
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
No kidding you ever see the videos of the idot backyard wrestlers,
jumping off of roofs and through tables ect….It is amazing that he would say that. At least most people that have a grasp of mma respect the danger that come along with it!
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
Lol
I like to watch those morons when I am bored. Bum bashing is another nice way to pass the time…………..
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
I was one of those idiots
We used to make our own rings and have all day wrestling tournies. Made our own belts out of cardboard and shit. That was dangerous as all hell.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
**Points and laughs**
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
No tables or barbed wired bats or anything like that.
I was 7. What do you want?
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
They didn't have those belts when I was a kid. We had to put the work into being a champion. Nobody else was going to cut and paste your belt together for you. That's just the hard work that goes into being a Champ though.
LOL
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
I bet your belt had a shit ton of glitter on it.............lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
I played super heroes as a kid. We wore our Halloween costumes and tried to rescue the cutest girl on the block.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
More like this lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
If so I do not want to see them lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
Liar
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
You caught me.
Hand in cookie jar***
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
Lol It's cool we wrestled on trampolines.............
Never made belts though, art is for fags!!! Tim allan grunts
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
trampolins?
Do you live in Malibu? We had a slab of pavement near a fence.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
My cousin had one............
it was the only trampoline in the whole county lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
You guys must have been popular.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
We lived in a rural area............
Literally the only kids to play with was family, all 5 of us. lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
Lol. I had dryed out dead grass & dirt =D
I used be the ultimate warrior then tag teams- Demolition >:-p
by d*locc on Aug 31, 2010 12:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You know what I'm talking about.
Everyone our age did that shit. It’s what you do when you are broke. It didn’t require any money.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
And who never
tried to throw a figure four leg lock on somebody just to see if it hurt as bad as it looked?
"I'm sorry about my performance tonight... I had sand in my vagina."
-Forrest Griffin
Yeah the figure 4 hurts like hell................
It’s impossible to set up in reality, but if you let someone put it on youit feels like your knee is gonna explode. lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
There were
a ton of moves we used to try out and only then realized that wrestling had to be fake (we were young and it was not public knowledge yet that this was fake, I’m old.). They either A: would have killed you, or B: were really easy to escape from. And I’m talking old school moves here like the Hogan leg drop, etc.
"I'm sorry about my performance tonight... I had sand in my vagina."
-Forrest Griffin
The Hogan leg drop hurts you if you miss. Gluteous Maximus pain.
I've got something to say; it better to burn in hell than to fade away!!!
Pile driver = paralysis.............
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
Dragon this is all I could think of...
That is crazy Jay…I mean me and my friends used to mess around a bit, but we were more into putting on the karate glove and feet and kicking the crap out of each other, lol….Which in it self I guess is desrvaant of its own point and laugh! Glad to see you are not a drooling invalid though! I mean that not being a dick…
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
Lol Nice pic.
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
And wrestling is real safe...
ask Owen Hart…too soon?
John Cena is a lover, not a fighter
Can you imagine what Dana White is about to say about him. Hopefully, his kids won’t catch the nuclear F-bomb tirade Dana is about to unleash. Pro Wrestling has had how many deaths? And it’s not over the top?
formerly the original UFCAddict... back when mania used to keep score of how many comments we made. Currently ranked 22nd on UFC.com fantasy picks.
John Cena is a lover, not a fighter
That’s a euphemism for a pussy.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
Well color me pink..............
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
Just drop the cookie and it'll all be over..............
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
I cant believe this guy made it big with that gimmick. Thats why WWE sucks now a days. IMO of course.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Twitter Handle = @xFenixKnightx
What does he mean by "regulated entertainment"?
They can’t watch hockey or football either? If I was only allowed to watch WWE and shitty John Cena movies growing up, I’d off myself before my 12th birthday.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Strangely, I watched a few mins of wrasslin'
the other day. Jericho beat Kali, then did some retarded speech, then Kali slowly lumbered up to him and slapped his chest. So Jericho tumbled down the turnbuckle, onto the floor, inflicted with flourishing pain from getting his poor chest slapped.
On to man v food. CLICK
"Now fuck off, I got work to do!" -Cyrus
F U CENA
Cena is a bitch. Go take some more steroids. I grew up watching WWF and wrestling now is a freaking joke. Just look at Cena’s gimmick! All he has done is rip of gimmicks like Stone Cold and The Rock.
Ya it’s really safe for children. Half naked dirty sluts accompanying wrestlers. It’s really safe for children to hear that their favorite wrestler went crazy on Roids and killed his family and himself! Cena your a bitch! and wrestling is dead. Once Vince is too old or dead the WWE will tank.
Oh SNAP!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Twitter Handle = @xFenixKnightx
by xFenixKnightx on Aug 31, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
*benoit rage
www.mondaymorningblackbelt.com
by daniel worby on Aug 31, 2010 10:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
a fair few of the WWF/WWE wrestlers have died due to steroid use etc
nor very regulated is it mr cena
i mean chris benoit was a great role model isnt he
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said argh" – GSP
by Rampagelangford on Aug 31, 2010 9:48 AM EDT reply actions
*wasnt
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said argh" – GSP
by Rampagelangford on Aug 31, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
This is laughable....
WWE Wrestling has some of the worst acting and skantilluly dressed women I have ever seen. I admit I have watched WWE in the past but lately it’s been quite embarrasing to admit this. I just think people are jealous of how popular MMA and UFC has gotten and probably the cross over of WWE fans to MMA is threatening these WWE stars.
YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF JOHN CENA
Conan : You are known as a striker. Is that correct? Tell me what that means.
Chuck : Well I like to punch people, or kick them.
cena tell that to stone cold after owen heart snapped it like a wishbone.
wrestling died to me when the rock and austin left.
"its either going to be genius or its going to f***ing suck. Until I see the first cut I have no idea. But you know what? Neither does anybody else"
Rory 'The Waterboy' Macdonald
Thiago 'Pitbull' Alves
Yushin 'Thunder' Okami
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua
Dominick Cruz
No Rock, Austin, or the Real Mick Foley; wrestling is gone to me. Also Macho Man and Jake the Snake. I died a little inside. The new wrestlers I have two words for them
SUCK IT!!!
I've got something to say; it better to burn in hell than to fade away!!!
kids think wwe is real
So if you look at mma vs wwe and think they’re both real, mma wouldn’t be nearly as bad for kids to watch. In fact for the vast majority of kids who have a small attention span, mma would be down right boring for them. Their brains aren’t going to understand most of the technical parts, and they need all the stories and costumes and personalities the ridiculous wwe actors provide. But its far from more appropriate for kids. Watching a woman get back handed by a man, while being held helplessly by another man, while 20,000 ppl cheer it on because she’s a “villian” doesn’t send a good msg growing up.
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by daniel worby on Aug 31, 2010 10:19 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
"It’s just not something that particularly interests me."
I find this hard to believe. He doesn’t like watching two dudes fight? He’s just saying this garbage so he doesn’t lose his job.
"Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Fan of: Cole Miller, Dentist Neer, Alan Belcher, Bones Jones, Frank Mir
i believe he feels the way he says
I don’t agree with it. But its too real for many ppl. And they rarely “wrassle” anymore anyways from what I know. They tend to talk…and talk…and talk…aaaand talk.
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by daniel worby on Aug 31, 2010 10:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Women being degraded,damn near naked and all kinds of sexual acts is safer for kids to watch
Rather than a sport that is REAL and pure….whata fn jackleg…
I like bacon...and Rashad Evans is a pussy
I haven’t seen WWE in a number of years but I can tell you as a father of four I wouldn’t let my kids watch it (not that they’ve shown any interest to watch it) because of all the sexual overtones and innuendos. I have let my 10 and 12 year olds watch MMA when there’s a good grappling match going on but have also used ‘parent discretion’ once the elbows find there mark a few times and the blood starts to trickle. I want them to appreciate the martial arts of MMA at their age, not so much the swollen face of one’s opponent (like Marcus Davis the other night).
LMAO
I used to watch WWE, but UFC is so much more real. He knows that UFC is the biggest threat to WWE out there and ultimately his own livelihood.
However, WWE is hardly the bastion of morality. It intentionally targets a young audience and then confronts them with all sorts of despicable images and scenarios. I’m not sure I’d let my daughter watch WWE, but wouldn’t hesitate to let her watch UFC.
Don't think
Either of them are appropriate for children under the age of say 13. You really want your children watching a gory MMA match?
by FyodorrE on Aug 31, 2010 11:00 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
all respect for Cena...
just went down the toilet. I’d let my kids watch MMA with the understanding that this IS MARTIAL ARTS………. then a bunch of juice heads cutting their heads open with razors, smashing each other with chairs, bats wrapped in barbed wire, and jumping off ladders.
This dude, mos have lost his marbles.
I was a huge wrestling fan as a kid. I got into martial arts and then started watching K1 and UFC. I like UFC better now with the rules then before Zuffa had them. Just my opinion.
fuckin idiot
so letting my kid watch steroid freaks hit each other with chairs is a good thing what a fuckin nob rash
Cenas a company man
Everything he says to the media is pre-approved by Vince McMahon. This is pretty much what Vince thinks of MMA. Plus they’re trying to push WWE towards the kids now that they’re rated PG and they’ve toned down the product since Linda McMahon began running for senate. Comparing WWE content with a violent, real, exciting and more successful alternative in MMA (specifically the UFC) is an easy way to take cheap shots at a superior product and to move WWE away from the adult audience that they once tried to attract in the late 90s-early 00s. I don’t know whether Cena truly believes this or not but I do know that this is exactly what the McMahons want their top star to say to the media.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
by David W-S on Aug 31, 2010 11:58 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Exactly David W_S
The UFC) can be pretty over the top, and it’s not something I’d want my children to watch."
Both are PG shows the big difference is one is a real sport and the other is a fake sport.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
Anyone think the “Prototype” has a valid argument? Or has he taken one too many chairshots over his illustrious wrestling career?
Neither, I think he’s just a shill for his boss. The WWE offers the same, and often times, more, violent content than the UFC, as well as offering more sexually explicit content than the UFC.
You said it!
David you hit the nail on the head. They went PG so now there’s no blood and the chicks are starting to wear clothes. Not only for Linda McMahon but to get the younger crowds back like in the 80’s. They lost the entire demographic of 18-34 y/o to UFC. I would bet Cena does watch MMA considering his one time rival Brock Lesnar is kickin the holy hell outta people (except Carwin). But he’s the top dog, so he’s gonna say whatever is good for the company.
Over the top: a few words in response...
Owen “I died on the company dime in a stunt that had nothing to do with fighting” Hart, Goldust (promoting stereotypes of gay men and making links between homosexuality and predatory behaviour, all on prime time for impressionable kids), Mankind…
Sexyama gets a little pink with his ring outfits, but the in-octagon product is about as regulated as it gets.
Can Cena say that fighter safety is monitored by any athletic association in ANY legal jurisdiction in North America?
Sucks when your PPV bonuses are getting siphoned off, even by lame title fights like Silva v. Maia…
John Cena
This guy is a Vince McMahon product,Steroid user,and needs to shut his pie hole.This is MMA love it or get the hell on Cena.The WWE is what you shouldn’t let your kids watch.
by TERRENCEFROMSOUTHEAST on Aug 31, 2010 8:01 PM EDT reply actions
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