I'd say Jeff, Taker and Rey are all more over than Cena. The last one may also be pushing him for merch sales.
Define over, in your eyes. Whether it's face heat or heel heat, it's hard to say that too many guys can sustain a reaction from the beginning to the end of a match like Cena does. Jeff Hardy gets that initial pop and pops for his high spots. UT gets the initial pop and the victory pop, but unless he's in a match with a top notch worker, the fans are sitting on their hands during the match itself. Rey, I'd put him in with Jeff Hardy. Cena is getting a strong reaction from the moment he shows his face to the moment he leaves. The crowd reaction during his WM22 match with HHH was so surreal. I don't recall ever hearing anything like it, at least not in the WWE.
Agreed. I was at Unforgiven and the crowd was pretty dead for most of the ppv. They were alive for the entire Cena/Orton match however. I don't think I've ever heard a crowd that loud during a 4 minute rest hold.