5 negatives from John Cena's WWE run in 2017

#4 That awkward proposal scene

Aren't they supposed to be actors?

One reason people will forward as to why Cena had to win his match against Miz was that the proposal scene at the bout's conclusion wouldn't have been as effective if he had lost. This is erroneous on two levels.

Firstly, it is a crying shame that one of the WWE's best performers was sacrificed so that Cena and Nikki Bella could act out a kayfabe proposal that nobody cared about or wanted to see. Secondly, the result of the match would have made no difference, in fact, it would have made more sense for Cena and Bella to lose but when find comfort in the fact that they'd be spending the rest of their lives together.

But apart from all this, the proposal was a negative simply because of how poorly it was carried out. Given the fact that the two had already been engaged for quite some time before Wrestlemania, most fans knew this was not a genuine proposal of marriage. But given the fact that the two are technically entertainers, the acting skills were so sub-par that it makes one wonder why they even bothered.

The sight of Nikki Bella standing there like a plank of wood with a half-hearted look of surprise on her face was enough to make fans of Professional Wrestling take their Mania bathroom/beer break a couple of matches early.

Yes, very few people might have wanted to see this, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have turned into something special. If only the two people involved actually gave a damn.