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WWE News: John Cena's finishing move to be re-named; made more corporate and kid-friendly Jan 10, 2009 - 5:30:37 PM
Rapper gimmick. Chain Gang. Now, the FU? The evolution of John Cena's corporate-and-kid-friendly character away from the rapper gimmick that pushed him into a main event slot on Smackdown in the mid-2000s will soon lead to another aspect of Cena's original character being done away with.
Cena's "FU" finisher will undergo a name-change to "The Throwback," reports Jim Ross. No word on whether the STFU submission hold will be re-named to The Holdback. Nevermind.
Ross says it "works for me and is certainly easier for me to communicate to my 5-year-old granddaughter who's a Cena fan of sorts."
Caldwell's Analysis: I'm just picturing (or audibly previewing) Michael Cole shouting "The Throwback" in the same sentence as "WWE Universe" repeatedly on Raw broadcasts and I'm starting to feel a little queasy. The name-change is fine to appeal to that kids audience that Vince McMahon claimed to Congress is such a teenie-weenie small portion of their viewing audience.
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