I mean Punk was so over as a babyface. Every week he got the biggest reaction. But I guess Cena is a big mainstream star
Actual crowd reaction, yeah, a lot of people have Cena beat. Rollins, Ambrose, Orton, Daniel Bryan by far.. In ring talent, Cena is great, but others have him beat by a lot.. As far as being the icon for WWE though for the kids, which is what WWE is all about.. John Cena and The Warrior are probably the biggest two.
As far as the actual face of the company in ring and promo wise.. I'm gonna have to go with..
1. Seth Rollins
2. Samoa Joe (possibly)
3. AJ Styles of course.
4. John Cena can cut some insane promos, and the crowd reactions are strong.
5. Roman Reigns. I say this because people boo the hell out of him louder than any other Superstar. If he wasn't popular, the fans wouldn't boo so loud. If he wasn't popular, he'd be like Mojo Rawley and get barely any crowd reaction at all. Reigns will forever be boo'd because he buried Taker. ...however that being said, Lesnar buried Taker too, but Lesnar gets cheered.
WWE fans confuse me sometimes.