And WWE will still survive without him. WWE has replaced every single one of their golden boys.
WWE is bigger than any one person at this point.
Who? Who would've had the mainstream appeal, mental and physical toughness to do what Cena did?
I can sit and rack my brain for hours and not come up with anyone in the entire business since 2005 that could be a guy who generates over 125 mil in merch sales every year, who will learn Mandarin and whatever India speaks in order to be an ambassador to help the company break into those tough markets.
AJ didn't keep tna above water, he wasn't even their face of the company. Got replaced by Christian and Angle only to play their lackeys, was Flairs lackey and outside of few months of TNA fuckery has always been a midcard act.