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I'm not sure about the timing for Tito Santana in 1991. I know they brought in Konnan for tryouts around that time and that Tito gave Undertaker his first pinfall loss, so it's possible they wanted to do more in Latin America. I think as @air_raid pointed out, it was more likely in Autumn of 1992. WWF has just released Davey Boy Smith and Ultimate Warrior and Vince McMahon was of the mind that Randy Savage's days as an in-ring performer were drawing to a close. He needed to get the belt off Ric Flair and wanted to go in a new direction, so the options for a new champion were quite sparse. I imagine on that list that Bret Hart has talked about would have been himself, Curt Hennig, Tito Santana, Ted Dibiase and Bob Backlund. The thing to bear in mind with Tito was that Vince was looking outside of the the US for revenue streams as house show business in the States was not great. So set in that context, Tito as an international star appealing to Mexico makes sense as to why he would have been considered. Obviously though, Bret Hart was by far the strongest candidate given his broad appeal to North America and Europe in particular.

My main issue with Cena is that he can't throw a convincing punch. That he struggles with this, the most basic offensive moves, always grated with me. He can look quite awkward at times with basic moves and general demeanour. It's a hard thing to put my finger on, but it's like the difference between seeing The Rock put on a sharpshooter versus seeing Bret Hart applying the same move.