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Yesterday, I read several posts on a wrestling message board that were grumbling about the new John Cena shirt [pictured above] due to what they called "lack of creativity" on the graphic design team at World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE].
Basically, Cena haters were upset that his newest shirt design is based on the old-school American Wrestling Association [AWA] logo and given an updated look to represent Cena and his catchphrases, which naturally to them, makes the shirt "lame" and "uncool" because it involves Cena.
These people need to grow up and get a life away from the keyboard. I personally love these type of shirts that take an old-school design or concept and give it an updated, new-school look, especially when its treated with RESPECT as in this case.
If anything, this shirt gives the AWA a nationwide shout-out in the year 2008 and pays homage to old-school wrestling, which may get younger fans to ask questions about the AWA as one knows an old school fan will point out the logo to them, which makes it the best of both worlds.
Hopefully, this shirt is a sign that WWE will start making more AWA related merchandise as it appears the dispute with Vern Gagne is apparently settled and while I would love to purchase this shirt, it still doesn't top Cena's "NES Pro Wrestling" shirt that featured him as an 8-bit character from the game. That is one shirt I will own one day when it goes on sale, as I will with this shirt.
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