100% real -
totally was a shoot and the cameras
just happened to be there and catch it all!
VIDEO Also just ignored that the Thuganomics character was supposed to be a corny white guy trying to be a black gangsta rapper and treated the whole thing as legitimite. Just ignored the heel version of the character, Brock feud, "FU" I mean I know most of the fans were in on the joke and Cena would have gotten over anyway, but still, the way it's presented in the documentary just feels weird and almost propagandish FFS, why do they try to gloss over and/or change this crap?
I loved heel thug-gangsta-wannabe Cena. That was when the gimmick really worked, lol. Calling his finisher the F.U. and mocking Lesnar's finisher name was also great.
The whole gimmick came from Cena doing purposefully-corny little raps and shit backstage. IIRC it was a Vanilla Ice impression and they even had him do it on Smackdown before the gimmick change.
VIDEO I also remember reading dirt sheet shit about his gimmick- other wrasslers were pissed off, because he got to wear comfortable, loose fitting clothes to keep with kayfabe when traveling, despite the WWE having a dress code at the time.