John Cena My Life DVD disk 1 review

Originally posted on Feb, 12, 2008

Ok so I haven't posted a blog in a while. Well since Cena made his return at the Royal Rumble. I was going to post this sooner, but it needed some editing.

Disk 1

The beginning about his boyhood and rise to stardom is very poignant. He was a very cute little boy with a square head. I especially liked the parts when his dad talked about him making a video and wresting in the basement. I really admire his work ethic and eccentricity.  

His move set is talked about. A lot of people say it's limited. The first move they talk about is "You Can't See Me" I don't know why this referred to as a move. I think of it more as a taunt. This "move" is compared to the moves of The Rock, Stone Cold and Hogan by Vince He said it's a ridiculous move. It was developed by Cena to get crowd participation.

I really like the 5 Knuckle Shuffle even though it really does nothing. It's just showy and dumb, but in a good way. I like it more than the F-U or the STFU. Tazz tells this funny story about the 5 Knuckle Shuffle. He says he's not a fan of the move. He said that Cena came up to him with the idea of it and he helped him with the name of it. One of Cena's brothers, Dan said it's a wannabe gangster move.

According to the DVD the F-U is one of the most recognized moves in this day.

Vince says he's an entertaining athlete.  

The part when the question is asked what the future will bring for Cena of course the pec injury is not mentioned because it happened after this was made. They say he has unbridled enthusiasm and he can do what he wants career wise. His success is compared to his predecessors; Hogan, Triple H, the Rock, and Stone Cold and Vince says he will be bigger than them. JBL and Tazz say he will be the next huge superstar.

Why I think Cena can't be as marketable as Hogan was. He can't be because there are too many restrictions on how things can be marketed to kids. Cena could never have his likeness in a Saturday morning cartoon. What would a Cena cartoon even be about? Could there be a cartoon based on his movie The Marine? There are too many FCC restrictions now on children's programming. He would have make some sort of edutainment show. I guess he could go on adventures and just spew random facts to make the show educational.

He couldn't have his own 1-900 number. It would have a silly number like 1-900-TLK-CENA or 1-900-FOR-CENA. He could just say dumb things over the phone through recorded messages like "The champ is here!" or he could rap or something on it. Or it could be like the Corey hotline from The Simpsons and he could just list words that rhyme with his name. He could say "Here are some words that rhyme with John…gone, song, wrong, prawn…". Or he could even talk about his last name "Here are some words that rhyme with Cena… subpoena, cantina…".

Or he doesn't even need a phone number you could just text him. Texting is the new thing now. "Text the word 'CENA' to the number XXXXX" and  you receive messages from him and freestyles.

He could do cereal commercials or even have his own food products. Of course it would have to be healthy food since he can't do what they did back in the day and sell unhealthy food to kids. I think he should have a fun cereal something square shaped like Chex.

He also needs to make some kind of family oriented film. Something that has either a supernatural being like a ghost, witch, or genie, or a movie that has some kind of talking animal he befriends and they go on an adventure. He could even lend his voice to a cartoon character. I'm not even sure what kind of character it would be.

The extra feature on this disk is his muscle car collection. I'm not a fan of those, but my dad did find this approximately 40 minute segment enjoyable. Then my dad told me why didn't I tell him that Cena like muscle cars. I never told him because at the time we met him I didn't know that about Cena.

I accidentally found some Easter eggs on this disk one is an outtake of one of his friend's interviews and the other is about Cena's college football team and the Roach Patrol.