John Cena hyped up the arrival of his sixth move of doom in Shanghai, but what the WWE Universe saw was something quite silly, even by Cena’s standards.
Although John Cena seems like a serious person, WWE’s biggest star is probably one of the goofiest people in the company. And I mean that as a compliment in its sincerest form, because whether it’s laughing at Baron Corbin’s failed cash-in or breaking the fourth wall in promos with Roman Reigns, Cena truly does know how to entertain us.
Before today’s WWE Live Event in Shanghai, Cena told the WWE Universe to expect a special “Sixth Move of Doom” to debut. It’s a play on Cena’s comeback sequence of a flying shoulder tackle, hip toss, spinout powerbomb, Five Knuckle-Shuffle, and ensuing Attitude Adjustment being the “Five Moves of Doom”.
These five moves used to spell “doom” for anyone who stood in his path and became hated by the WWE Universe, until people finally realized how good he actually is in that ring (thank you, AJ Styles).
And today in Shanghai, Cena debuted THAT move as his sixth move of doom. He calls it the “Lightning Fist”, and according to a quote I found on Wrestling Inc., Cena says that the move has roots in Chinese culture. I am not sure how seriously to take that, because while Cena does speak Mandarin and enjoys showing that off (why wouldn’t he, right?), I know better than to fall for one of his tongue-in-cheek remarks.
Honestly, I kind of like the “Sixth Move of Doom”. Yeah, it’d be really stupid to pull this off in a critical Universal Title match against, say, Roman Reigns. It is hilarious, though, as a house show move. Then again, I doubt Elias thought it was quite funny, seeing as how he lost the match off of this strange, strange punch.
If anyone has to lose to the “Lightning Fist” in 2018 or 2019 on an episode of Raw, then it’s Curt Hawkins. Because Hawkins can make anything look awesome.