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=== Assistant: Yep — you’re right. ===
Yep — you’re right. This is way simpler than all the psychology people pile onto it.

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That’s it. That’s the switch.

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==== Historically, Mania finishes were: ====
* Big visual pinfall
* Clear “1-2-3” moment
* Crowd explosion
* Babyface standing tall

Even dominant champs won by pin, not by making icons quit.

Examples:
* Hogan pins
* Austin pins
* Rock pins
* Bret (even as a submission guy) usually pinned at Mania

A submission was seen as:
* Anti-climactic
* Humiliating
* Better suited for TV or mid-card feuds

==== - WrestleMania 22 Cena makes Triple H tap clean ====
* WrestleMania 23 Cena makes Shawn Michaels tap clean

Two straight WrestleMania main events.
Two legendary opponents.
Two tap-outs.

==== A pin says: ====

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A tap-out says:

: 

WWE didn’t just want Cena to win.
They wanted him to visibly dominate icons at the company’s biggest show.

That’s the Super Cena message.

Not:
* Overcoming odds
* No-selling damage
* Crowd rejection

Just this:

: 

He gets something stronger.

==== - RAW submission triple threat: → Cena is given a submission so he can win ====
* WM22 & WM23: → That submission becomes the default WrestleMania finish

Once Cena is ending Manias by making people quit, the audience subconsciously knows:

: 

==== - WrestleMania main events traditionally end in pinfalls ====
* Cena ends two straight Manias by submission
* Against Triple H and Shawn Michaels
* That’s when Super Cena stops being debatable and becomes obvious

You weren’t nitpicking — you were pointing at a presentation rule WWE quietly broke, and fans felt it immediately.

If you want, we can also talk about why Bret got away with submissions and Cena didn’t — because that contrast is interesting too.