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When John Cena and Randy Orton battled over the WWE Championship at SummerSlam, there was nothing personal about their rivalry. Their conflict revolved solely around the WWE Championship and Orton’s desire to take it and The Champ’s desire to keep it.
All that changed the day after SummerSlam. With one brutal kick to John Cena’s father’s head, Orton made their war personal. And as demonstrated in Cena’s decimation of Raw GM William Regal on Raw, the Legend Killer as brought out a vicious side in The Champ that our fans have never seen before. To Cena, the rematch at Unforgiven with Orton is about much more than the WWE Championship; it is about avenging the man who means more to him than anyone else in the world, his father.
In his nearly year-long championship reign, Cena has turned back all challenges from a wide spectrum of opponents. From Umaga to Shawn Michaels to The Great Khali to Bobby Lashley, Cena has been pushed to the edge numerous times. But no one seemed to push The Champ over the edge until Orton attacked his father in his home state of Massachusetts.
When Raw came to Boston the night after SummerSlam, it was supposed to be a joyous occasion for Cena. It was supposed to be part-homecoming, part-victory celebration. It was supposed to be a night full of proud moments. Cena was especially looking forward to seeing his father in his ringside seat. The elder Cena had always supported his son, and believed in him when everyone else doubted him. The WWE Champion has no greater fan. Cena has often pointed to the camera and said, “This is for you, Dad” after successful championship defenses.
But Orton turned a joyous event into a nightmare with one brutal kick. The Legend Killer openly seethed when Raw GM William Regal and Mr. McMahon denied his pleas to get a WWE Championship rematch with Cena. In the past, Orton has attacked others to prove a point, but his assault Monday went beyond professional sports. He attacked a man’s father. Cena’s father was just an innocent spectator, not a WWE legend or Superstar.
Maybe Orton’s attack on Cena’s father is part of his grand plan to take the WWE Championship. Maybe he hopes that Cena will be so enraged at Unforgiven, that he wil be vulnerable and prone to a key mistake that will cost him the gold. When Cena looks at his dad’s black eye, he sees Orton. He beats himself up with his own misplaced guilt. Maybe he feels that he shouldn’t have had his father at ringside that fateful night. Cena knew that Orton was remorseless and does anything to get what he wants. But Cena couldn’t have foreseen the third-generation Superstar stooping to a new low of lows. Even hardened longtime WWE observers were stunned by the attack.
And our fans may be stunned again when Cena and Orton meet for the WWE Championship at Unforgiven. We all know that Orton will do anything to win the title. But will Cena do anything to get revenge? And does anything mean possibly ending the Legend Killer’s career? The only way to find out is to catch Unforgiven, live on pay-per-view on Sept. 16 at 8/7 CT.
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