{"id":35718,"date":"2016-12-02T17:40:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T23:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=35718"},"modified":"2016-12-02T17:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T23:40:15","slug":"john-cena-host-nbcs-saturday-night-live-next-week-another-step-toward-expanding-fanbase-profile-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/02\/john-cena-host-nbcs-saturday-night-live-next-week-another-step-toward-expanding-fanbase-profile-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena to host NBC&#8217;s Saturday Night Live next week, another step toward expanding his fanbase and profile (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3052388932\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>John Cena will be making another big leap into the mainstream as he hosts Saturday Night Live on Dec. 10. Cena, who has guest hosted NBC\u2019s Today Show and has a good relationship with NBC Universal &#8211; the parent company of USA Network &#8211; is utilizing that relationship and his name value to expand his fanbase yet again as he builds a foundation for life after the full time grind of life on the road with WWE.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller\u2019s Analysis: Cena is really breaking out, and this is not only good for him, but it\u2019s also good for WWE. It sends the message that top stars in WWE are worthy of a prestigious spot as a host of Saturday Night Live. I\u2019m curious how the ratings do, but even more so I\u2019m curious how he comes across. He was so stiff and cardboard in the recently completed season one of \u201cTotal Bellas,\u201d but that was Cena \u201cjust being himself.\u201d How will he do with a script and playing off of others who are much more polished and experienced at sketch comedy? Being live and being on camera won\u2019t intimidate him in and of itself, but the pressure of being \u201cout of his element\u201d could throw him off. That said, he tends to come off as comfortable in his own skin, almost to a fault sometimes he\u2019s not necessary self-aware of how he comes across sometimes, but he\u2019s shown a comic touch at times. So this will be one to watch as it could be a significant contributor to whether he ends up getting other types of gigs outside of WWE. If he scores big with the audience, it could open even more doors. At 39 years old, he\u2019s much older than The Rock was when Rock left WWE and went into movies, but he\u2019s young enough to really establish a full second chapter of his professional life as a performer.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3342900312\"><div id=\"pwtor-3943841131\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>John Cena will be making another big leap into the mainstream as he hosts Saturday Night Live on Dec. 10. Cena, who has guest hosted NBC\u2019s Today Show and has a good relationship with NBC <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/02\/john-cena-host-nbcs-saturday-night-live-next-week-another-step-toward-expanding-fanbase-profile-wkellers-analysis\/\" title=\"John Cena to host NBC&#8217;s Saturday Night Live next week, another step toward expanding his fanbase and profile (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,2,3],"tags":[116,758,4331],"class_list":["post-35718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-john-cena","tag-nbc-universal","tag-saturday-night-live"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/11\/CenaPhotoWK_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35719,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions\/35719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}