John Cena “Person of the Year”
In their latest article, The Onion has awarded the “Person of the Year” award to WWE Superstar John Cena, and Pakistani human rights activist, Malala Yousafzai. The piece is obviously satirical, and is definitely worth the read.
“Of course, though equals in the eyes of The Onion, Yousafzai and Cena took markedly different paths to this year’s honor. Yousafzai survived a vicious assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman, battling the odds to surmount her near-fatal injuries and emerging more dedicated than ever to advancing the ideals of equality and freedom … Just as Yousafzai survived an assassin’s bullets, the fearless WrestleMania headliner has endured hundreds, if not thousands of suplexes, backbreakers, and steel chair blows to the head, and yet has refused to submit to a three count time and time again. And like the Pakistani activist, Cena also proved his bravery, standing tall in the face of a range of foes every bit as vicious as the Taliban, including Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, and Kane.”
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Indie Names Turning Down WWE Offers?
Former TNA star Joey Ryan posted the following on Twitter:
What a weird state the industry is in right now when my friends are turning down WWE offers to stay independent.
— Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) December 10, 2014
Ryan would not specifically mention WHO turned down an offer from the WWE, but added “it’s not terribly difficult to figure out who…”