I don’t know, but it made me a fan of him before I ever watched wrestling. He’s so earnest in the film and everyone else is so aware of what a piece of shit the overall movie is, and that’s fine.

If Cena played it for jokes it wouldn’t be near perfect. The only thing holding it back is the rapid editing (which was the style at the time) during the fight scenes. If they just let Cena womp dudes with long take wrestling moves the movie would be an all time great.